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)

Milling

Turning

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.