ITAR Registered · Aluminum · Greenville, Kentucky
Aerospace CNC Machining, Anodized at the Same Address.
Structural aluminum for flight and satellite programs, cut to print and finished on one site. Our largest cutting envelope and our largest anodizing tank are both 120 inches, and that was on purpose. Nothing leaves the building half done.
ITAR Registered
Thin Wall Aluminum
Anodized On Site
One Off To Production
The direct answer
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Can you take an aluminum flight part from print to finished, anodized hardware?
Yes. The machining and the anodizing happen in the same building, under the same quality system, run by people who talk to each other in the hallway.
That is worth more than the shipping it saves. MIL-PRF-8625F requires anodizing after all machining is complete, and it makes the pre-machining allowance for coating growth the machinist's responsibility. So the part grows, the bore closes, the thread moves, and it comes back out of tolerance. Then the machine shop and the anodizer point at each other, and you are the one holding a program schedule.
A shop that does both owns both sides of that calculation. There is nobody to point at.
The facts
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What this shop is set up to do
Aluminum
Aluminum grades 6061-T6, 6061-T651, 7075-T6, and 7075-T651. And Cast Aluminum Tool and Jig Plate. The only material we buy in quantity, and that buying power saves you money on material. The alloy is on the shelf and the fixturing exists
120 inches of X travel
The largest part we cut is the largest part we can finish
MIL-PRF-8625F, in our own tanks
Tanks sized to 120 inches to match the mill, in the same building
ITAR registered with the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls
A controlled print is routine work here, not an exception somebody arranges
Built to AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015. Documentation complete, internal audits passed, certification audit pending
The system your program would run under is already in use
One-off through production release
A part that needs an experienced hand and a run of a thousand are both work we want
Already have a print and a quantity?
How the work runs
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The parts we want are the ones that look difficult
Single-piece structural aluminum. Deep pockets, thin webs, and internal features that are a genuine pain to reach. Brackets, housings, panels and fittings that start as a solid block and end up mostly air.
Prototype quantities and low-rate production both.
Aluminum is the only material we machine in quantity, and that is a business decision rather than a limit. The alloy is on the shelf when your release lands, the fixturing exists, and the process that ran your first article is the process that runs part four hundred.
We would rather have this conversation before the quote than after the first article. It is free, and shorter than the email chain that follows getting it wrong.
The hard ones get written down before we price them
On a complex part, before a number goes back to you, we write down what could go wrong and what it would take to stop it. Then we either price the risk or plan around it.
Nobody makes us do that. It came out of building the quality system and we kept it, because the parts worth taking are the ones where being wrong is expensive.
Credentials and questions
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What the credentials mean when the drawing is export controlled
Our quality system is built to AS9100D and ISO 9001:2015. The documentation is complete, a full cycle of internal audits is behind us, and management review is done.
If your supplier quality manual has a route for validating a shop in that position, send us the survey.
Questions we get from sourcing engineers
Do you machine anything other than aluminum?
Aluminum is the only material we purchase in quantity. The material shelf, the tooling and the anodizing line at the end of the building are all built around it.
Who does your anodizing?
We do, in our own tanks, to MIL-PRF-8625F. The part does not leave the address between the last cut and the finished coating.
Our drawing is export controlled. Is that a problem?
No. We are registered with the Directorate of Defense Trade Controls and controlled prints are normal work here. Ask for our registration details and the rest of our controls and we will put them in writing.
Will you talk to our engineers before you quote, or do you just price the print?
Before, on anything complex. Working with your engineers early can make a part lighter and easier to machine before the first chip comes off.
How fast do you quote?
Usually within 24 hours.
The Straight Answer
Will you machine our titanium fitting?
No. We machine and anodize aluminum.
What happens next
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What to send with the print
Don't be concerned if you do not have all the details. Send us what you have and we'll let you know what is missing.
The model and the drawing. A STEP file and a PDF is the usual pair.
Quantity, and whether it is a one-off, a first article, or a release against a schedule.
The finish, and the specification it is called out to. If there is a color, name it.
The date you need the parts.
Anything about the part that has already gone wrong somewhere else. That is the most useful thing in the email.
The Ask
Send us the hard one.
Need parts in a hurry? Send the print and we will tell you what we can do.
