Machining & Engineering Capabilities PDF Print E-mail

gimbal3.jpgL.A. Gauge provides our customers with a broad range of services and strives to be a “one stop shop” from engineering through final delivery. We frequently assist our customers with design and cost engineering support. At L.A. Gauge quality is always first and we strive to maintain that reputation with our customers.

  • CNC milling (4&5 axis)
  • CNC Turning
  • Lathe
  • EDM
  • Grind O.D., I.D., surface
  • Jig Grind
  • CNC Jig Bore
  • Lapping & Polishing

 

DESIGN & MANUFACTURING ENGINEERING

CAD/CAM System:

  • Mastercam (v9.1 &X2)
  • Solidworks 2008
  • AutoCAD 2007
  • Adobe Acrobat Pro 6
  • Ashlar Vellum 3D Software
  • DNC Interface to all CNC equipment
  • IGES and Step file data compatibility
  • Shop Travelers & Job Cost based on custom, fully integrated, accounting-shop MRP software

Low Stress Machining

L.A. Gauge has over 50 years experience machining pure Beryllium and has developed stringent controls to avoid part stress & micro-cracking.

Electron Discharge Machining (EDM) Expertise

Low Stress
  • State of the art 4 axis capability
  • Sole sourced approved EDM components supplier for the Rocketdyne Space Shuttle Main Engine                 
  • Supplier of components of the James Webb Telescope

Lapping

  • Temperature/humidity  controlled department
  • Surface finishes to 2 millionths
  • I.D. , O.D. & Flat lapping

Optical Polishing & Substrate Manufacturing


Reflective Metal Optics

L. A. Gauge optical solutions are manufactured with Planetary Polishing processes utilizing interfermetrical testing in a controlled environment to ensure the finest finishes possible. We have developed a polishing process that will enable us to produce extremely flat and smooth surfaces on a wide variety of complex geometrical shapes and sizes, from in-house designs or customer supplied specifications, prototype to production quantities.

mirrors3.jpgFine cleaning

  • Typically parts surface tests < 0.3 ug /100cm2

Critical Tool Selection

Strictly Controlled

  • Speeds & Feeds, depth of cut, and multiple passes

Thermal Stress Relief

  • Inert gases & vacuums used

Acid Etching

Electroless Nickel Plating Line

  • Construction In Progress

Work Cell Manufacturing

L.A. Gauge has the ability to machine prototype hardware AND the capacity to perform high volume production.

Beryllium Capstan manufactured for Storage Tech.

  • Over 200,000 produced at 3,000 per month

Beryllium and AlBeMet components for FLIR targeting systems for helicopters and aircraft

  • Ahead of or meeting customer production requirements

Beryllium guidance components for missiles and aircrafts

  • Trident, Minute Man, and others
  • AlBeMet parts for Homeland Defense Satellites

Beryllium components for nuclear reactor chambers

 
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