Our Facility
The flexibility to meet your production demands
With over 80 presses ranging in size from 5 to 60 tons, our pressroom offers outstanding flexibility to meet your production needs. It also means we don’t have to pull dies in and out of presses to meet demands guaranteeing uninterrupted schedules and on-time deliveries.
Pressroom capabilities at-a-glance
- Staffed with over 40 Pennsylvania Journeyman Tool and Diemakers.
- Over 80 presses ranging from 5 to 60 tons.
- Three shifts operating each day.
- Seven days a week production available.
- Reel to reel, bulk loose piece, or stacked production runs.
- 100 strokes per minute (SPM) up to 2000 SPM.
- Separate pressroom maintenance shop streamlines maintenance issues, keeps dies running, and parts to specification.
Quicker turnaround times
Redesigned to support lean manufacturing, our new pressroom layout saves production time and increases efficiency, resulting in quicker turnaround times throughout the production run process. The benefits of a lean manufacturing layout, combined with our 13 PPT On-Line Vision Systems, 4 OGP Smart Scopes, and 3 OGP optical comparators increase product quality for you and your customers.
High speed stamping: Presses
| Quantity | Manufacturer | Tonnage | Style | Speed |
| 2 | Bruderer | 60 | 4-Post | 1,100 S.P.M. |
| 25 | Bruderer | 30 | 4-Post | 1,500 S.P.M. |
| 4 | Bruderer | 30 | 3-Post | 600 S.P.M. |
| 1 | Bruderer | 22 | 4-Post | 1,800 S.P.M. |
| 4 | Bruderer | 18 | 4-Post | 1,500 S.P.M. |
| 9 | Bruderer | 10 | 4-Post | 500 S.P.M. |
| 3 | Minster | 60 | Pulsar | 600 S.P.M. |
| 8 | Minster | 30 | Pulsar | 1,000 S.P.M. |
| 5 | Minster | 22 | B1-22 | 800 S.P.M. |
| 7 | Various | 5 | 800 S.P.M. | |
| 6 | Assembly Machines | 200 S.P.M. | ||
Stamping: Auxiliary equipment
| Quantity | Equipment Type |
| 68 | Dereelers with pallet, spool, and pancake capability |
| 77 | Automated reelers to handle all output formats |
Swiss screw machining
| Quantity | Equipment Type |
| 2 | Citizen L20 Swiss screw machine |
| 1 | Citizen K16E Swiss screw machine |
Shop equipment
| Quantity | Equipment Type |
| 20 | Surface grinders various types and manufacturers |
| 2 | 2007 Agiecut progress V2 wire EDM machine with SF module for finishes of 3.9 RMS |
| 4 | Bridgeport milling machines |
| 1 | Santec hole popper |
| 1 | Mitsubishi 6 axis conventional CNC sink EDM with fine finish |
| 1 | Hardinge toolmaker lathe |
| 1 | Sunnen hone |
| 3 | Drill presses |
| 2 | Lucifer heat treat ovens |
| 3 | Height gauges |
| 2 | Hardness tester (1-“C” Scale & 1-“N” Scale) |
| 1 | Grieve 750° inert Atmosphere Oven |
| 1 | Blue M 750° inert Atmosphere Oven |
Shop: Misc. Equipment
| Quantity | Equipment Type |
| 5 | Set plug gauges |
| 2 | Set Mitutoyo gauge blocks |
| 25 | Granite surface plates various sizes |
| 1 | 24″ vernier calipers |
| 2 | Tool etcher |
Quality Control Equipment
| Quantity | Equipment Type |
| 13 | PPT on-line vision systems |
| 12 | Keyence Vision System |
| 4 | OGP smart scopes for automated inspection with laser depth capabilities and SPC, CPK collection and charting |
| 17 | Optical comparators (10X 50X Magnification) |
| 34 | Microscopes |
| 7 | Camber gauges |
| 4 | Twist gauges |
| 3 | OGP optical comparators |
| 4 | Toolmaker scope |
| 5 | Chatillion force gauge |
| 1 | Leco potting and cross section system |
| 2 | Ultrasonic cleaners |
| 1 | Ultra polisher |
| 3 | Digital Height Gauges |
| 1 | Discussion Stereo Microscope |
| 1 | Keyence Image Dimension measure system |
Engineering
| Quantity | Equipment Type |
| 13 | SolidWorks Design Seats |
| 1 | AutoCAD design stations Current revision level |
Personnel
| Quantity | Role |
| 40 | Toolmakers |
| 25 | Die repair persons |
| 26 | Press operators |
| 14 | Quality control engineers and inspectors |
| 4 | Die design engineers |
| 6 | Machinists |
| 3 | Wire EDM Operators |
| 4 | Building & Machine Maintenance Personnel |
| 5 | Shipping Personnel |
| 3 | Automation Personnel |