("V" Process)
(Permanent Mold)
(Permanent Mold)
(Graphite Perm Mold)
(Die Casting)
(Sand / Plaster Mold)
(Sheet Metal Fabrication)
(Plastic Thermoforming)
("V" Process)
TPi Arcade is the most advanced Aluminum V-Process sand casting facility in the US. Their 55,000 total square-foot facility houses state-of-the-art computer controlled equipment run by manufacturing experts. TPi realizes today’s speed to market challenges and is optimized to provide a cast sample in as little as 2 weeks and production parts a week after sample approval. TPi can provide anything from prototypes to low volume production to raw castings to turnkey programs for a single source solution.
In-House Services:
- Realtime X-ray
- Spectrograph chemical analysis
- Mechanical testing (yield, tensile and elongation)
- T-5 heat treatment
- T-6 heat treatment
- CMM layout
- Welding
- Additional blasting finishes available
Additional Services:
- Machining
- Pressure testing
- Minor assembly
- Die penetrant testing
- Wet and powder painting
- Anodize
- Impregnation
- Others available upon request.
(Permanent Mold)
- 18 Horizontal Machining Centers
- 14 Vertical Machining Centers
- 23 Lathe Turning Centers
- 16 Casting Stations
- 4 Coordinate Measurement Machines
- 1 Laser Scan System
- Extensive Melt capacity
(Permanent Mold)
Watry Industries is one of the most automated, high-tech, permanent mold foundries in the industry. Located in Sheboygan Wisconsin on the western shore of Lake Michigan just 2 & 1/2 miles east of I-43, Watry currently encompasses 271,800 square feet and owns land for future expansion to the existing plant.
Processes offered are CAD Design for molds, fixtures, and specialty equipment for secondary operations, building of this tooling and equipment, permanent and semi-permanent mold casting, heat treating, precision machining, powder coating, pad printing, and sub-assembly, all performed in house by Watry.
Casting Capabilities:
- 21 Reverberatory Gas/Electric Melt Furnaces, 600lb to 20,000lb holding capacities, 300 lb/hr to 2,400 lb/hr melting capacities
- 45 Tilt Pour Casting Machines, 21” to 30” Stroke, Various Mold Size Capabilities
- 18 Rimrock Auto Ladling Robots
- Turntable w/6 Station Tilt Pours and 6-Axis Robotic Pouring and Extraction
- 4 6-Axis Pouring and Extracting Robots, 165kg to 350kg Load Capacities
Secondary Capabilities:
- 2 Jet Blast Units, Rotary and Continuous Feed
- Belt Grinding Equipment, Both Manual and 6-Axis Robotically Operated
- Heat Treat Solution and Age Equipment
- Air and Water Quench Equipment
- 20 High Speed Horizontal Machining Centers
- 14 High Speed Vertical Machining Centers
- 1 CNC Turning Center
- 6-Axis Robotic Loading Of Multiple Horizontal Machining Centers
(Graphite Perm Mold)
Located in Attleboro, Massachusetts, Castechnologies is the leader in providing precision, machined, zinc aluminum castings from the Graphite Permanent Mold (GPM) process.
This process, which Castechnologies uses exclusively, combines the low cost of easily machined graphite molds with a high-strength zinc-aluminum alloy, ZA-12, to provide an economical alternative to other manufacturing processes in annual volumes of 500-15,000 pieces.
Castechnologies broad knowledge of the Graphite Permanent Mold process and modern machining techniques will maximize the process to the benefit of the customer. They design and build their casting equipment in their own facility and continually upgrade their equipment utilizing up-to-date, off-the-shelf components.
Partial Production Equipment List:
Mori Seiki F-M1 CNC Vertical Machining Center with Indexer
Three Fanuc Robodrill CNC Vertical Machining Centers with Indexers
Mori Seiki SL-200 CNC Turning Center
Miscellaneous Manual Milling, Drilling or Tapping, Turning, Grinding, Polishing Equipment
Partial Mold Shop Equipment List:
Mori Seiki TV-40 Machining Center
Bridgeport Series 2 CNC Milling Machine
Miscellaneous Milling Machines with Digital Readout, Lathe and Support Equipment
CAD/CAM Capable of reading most file attachments
(Die Casting)
Cambridge Division of Pace Industries
The Cambridge Division is one of Pace Industry’s longest-running facilities. Founded in 1945, Cambridge has been providing contract manufacturing die casting worldwide for more than 70 years. Three facilities with over 300,000-square-feet combined space provide a large environment for expert manufacturing services. Cambridge focuses on value-added services, producing higher-end components and serving a number of different industries.
Pace’s Cambridge Division excels in serving niche and specialty markets by expertly producing difficult die castings and providing exemplary project management and engineering support. Taking it a step further, Cambridge’s value add services include in-house product assembly, machining and finishing to create a total solution. The division is also ideally positioned to serve design houses that assist innovative customers and start-ups in the medical, aerospace, instrumentation and defense industries.
Cambridge Division is equipped with:
- 27 Aluminum die casting machines ranging from 400 to 1,300 tons
- 4 Zinc die casting machines ranging from 250 to 650 tons
- Proprietary shot control monitoring systems on 100% of all shots
- Process parameters that automatically reject out-of-tolerance shots
- Over 60 CNC machining centers
- In-house wet paint and poweder coat lines
- High end Renishaw probing technology utilized for complex machining
- In-cycle part measurement with automatic offset correction
(Sand / Plaster Mold)
K&H Precision Products, Inc. was established in 1985 providing a superior quality part and on-time delivery with clear and open communication. K&H Precision Products is a family-owned and operated American manufacturer offering complete production services from complex design and pattern-making to prototyping and low-volume production.
With recently expanded foundry and de-flash departments, complete with a no-bake sand molding line and a plaster mold line, K&H operates in a 17,000 sq. ft. facility. Their Machine Shop, Quality Control, and Shipping departments span an additional 20,000+ sq. ft. bringing K&H Precision Products to 37,000 sq. ft. of streamlined production space. They pride themselves in cutting-edge aluminum casting capabilities and CNC machining technology, all operated by skilled staff of 40 dedicated employees.
Located in the Finger Lakes Region of New York State, K&H is an open-minded, innovative foundry and machine shop specializing in precision prototype and low-volume production of aluminum casting and CNC machined parts.
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K&H Precision Products is outfitted with:
- Fully integrated CAD to CAM machining solutions
- DNC server to streamline multi-machine buffering
- 16 total 4-axis machining centers
- HAAS TR210 dual-axis trunnion rotary table which offers 3+2 and full 5-axis machining
- Numerically controlled turning capabilities
- HAAS and protoTRAK system controls for custom CNC programming
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(Sheet Metal Fabrication)
Vernier Metal Fabricating specializes in precision sheet metal fabricating, assembly and finishing.
Our 55,000 sq/ft facility is located on a 12 acre campus in Seymour Ct. We offer DFM for sheet metal components, prototyping and full scale production. Vernier has departments dedicated to each aspect of precision manufacturing of sheet metal components and weldments. Metal fabrication services aren’t one size fits all, which is why VMF believes in customizing their services to fit the customers specific needs.
Vernier Metal Fabricating capabilities include:
- CAD Engineering and DFM Support
- Laser Cutting with Automated Sheet Handling
- CNC Blanking
- Conventional and Robotic Forming
- In-House Powder Coating, Painting and Silk Screening
- Extensive TIG welding and Spot Welding
- Hardware and Assembly
(Plastic Thermoforming)
Bo-Mer Plastics was founded in 1946 in Auburn, New York where it still conducts business today. They are a custom plastic fabricator serving a variety of customers in both the US and abroad. Bo-Mer Plastics has a strong focus on understanding the customer’s vision and working with them hand-in-hand to bring that vision to fruition.
Bo-Mer is an engineer based manufacturing supplier that uses design and engineering expertise in order to provide customers with their desired parts in a timely and cost-effective manner. They have the creative ability from the top-down to bring an idea or drawing to life, all at a one-stop shop.
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Bo-Mer Plastics has the following equipment:
- Single Station Thermoforming machines that can accommodate up to a 7′ x 11′
- Rotary Thermoforming machines that can accommodate up to a 6′ x 10′
- Inline (thin gauge) Thermoforming machines
- Custom engineered rotational molding machines
- Multiple CNC 3-axis and 5-axis machines