Facilities

The SIF is well-outfitted with an extensive array of machinery, including wire EDM, milling, turning, welding, grinding, and inspection equipment. We stock material and hardware, and use industry-standard software tools from Mastercam and Solidworks.

Shop

• 10,500 square feet of Working Area
• Climate-controlled
• Loading Bay
• Two Overhead Cranes (2 and 10 Ton Capacity)

Equipment

Wire Electrical Discharge Machine (EDM)

• Sodick AQ327L with LP1W Control, 15″ x 11″ x10″ travel, Esprit software

Milling

• Proto Trak Vertical 3 axis CNC Mill, 40″ x 20″ x 19″ travel
• Hurco VM1 Vertical 3 axis CNC Mill, 26″ x 14″ x 18″ travel
• Hurco VM2 Vertical 3 axis CNC Mill, 40″ x 18″ x 18″ travel
• Milltronics 3 axis CNC Mill, 40″ x 20″ x 21″ travel
• Milltronics 3 axis CNC Mill, 100″ x 30″ x 26″ travel
• Bridgeport Mill with Acu-Rite 2 axis CNC control (table 48″ x 9″)
• Four Sharpe Mills with Acu-Rite 2 axis CNC controls (tables: 48″ x 9″)
• One Sharpe Mill with Acu-Rite 3 axis control (table 48″ x 9″)
• Fryer vertical bed mill with 3 axis CNC control (51″ x 22″ x 22″ travel)

Turning

• Harrison-Alpha CNC Lathe, manual turret, 16″ x 48″
• Poreba Lathe Model TRP-93VS 38″ x 72″, gap to 45″
• Two Monarch Tool Room Lathes with Newall Digital Readout (13″x20″)
• Two Hardinge Tool Room Lathes Model HLV-H with Acu-Rite III and Newall Digital Readouts
• Monarch Engine Lathe Model 612 with Newall Digital Readout (20″ Swing X30″)

Welding and Fabrication

• Miller MIG Welder Model MP30E with S/S & Aluminum capabilities
• Miller Syncrowave 300 TIG Welder
• Thermo Dynamic Hand Plasma Cutting Unit
• Acorn Table with Accessories (5’x5′)
• Wysong Shear Model 1025 (1/4″ Capy. x 10′)
• Darley 100 Ton Press Brake with Programmable Control
• Famco Pyramid Rolls Model PF5-36 (3/16″ Mild Steel Capacity)
• Empire Bead/Sand Blaster Model PF3648
• Dake 75 Ton Hydraulic Press
• Amada Automatic Horizontal Band Saw Model HA-400
• DoAll Vertical Band Saw Model 3612
• Gerver Hand Rollers (2″x2″)
• Gerver Hand Notchers
• Gerver Hand Shear
• Gerver Tubing and Bar Bender
• Three Welding Positioners up to 1000 lbs. capacity

Grinding

• Brown & Sharpe Surface Grinder Model 1024 Micromaster
• Boyar Schultz Surface Grinder Model 612 Deluxe
• Dumore ID & OD Toolpost Grinder Model Series 57

Inspection

• Brown & Sharpe Validator
• Jones & Lamson Comparator
• Micro-Hite 600 36″ digital vertical height gage
• Starrett Digi-chek 12″ height gage
• Varian 956 Vacuum Leak Detector, accuracy 1 x 10 -9 std cc/sec
• Meyers and Deltronic gage pins
• Rock of Ages surface plates, to 48″ x 96″ x 14″
• Gage Blocks
• Thread, Plug, and Ring Gages

Parts and Materials in stock

• Large Assortment of Hardware
• Aluminum
• Stainless Steel
• Ti6Al4V Titanium Alloy
• Steel
• Brass
• Copper
• Plastics
• Ceramic

CAD/CAM Tools

The SIF has access to a wide array of design tools from Mastercam X4, Solidworks, and Esprit.