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We offer the following services at our Parsons location:

  • Hot Forming
  • Superplastic forming
  • Hot joggle
  • Hot vacuum forming
  • Welding
  • Fabrication/assembly
  • Full CAD/CAM capability
  • Stretch forming
  • Hydroforming
  • Machining
  • Custom water jet cutting

Hot forming

  • Hot forming 200 ton double action press
  • Hot forming 150 ton post press - hydraulic (36" x 100" work envelope)
  • Titanium, Inconel and other exotics
  • On-site design and manufacture of tooling
Superplastic forming
  • Superplastic Forming 100 Ton Press (34" x 54" Work Envelope).
  • Press Capable of Temperatures up to 2000 Degrees.
  • Commonly used for Weight Savings and High Temperature Structural Components
Hot Joggle
  • Hot Joggle of Medium to Large Aluminum Extrusions.
  • Hot Joggle of Titanium.
  • Press Tonnage up to 575 Tons.
Machining
  • Three and Four axis CNC machining
  • Specialize in titanium, stainless steel, inconel and aluminum.
Welding
  • 36" x 56" vacuum weld chamber
  • Spot welding
  • TIG, MIG, Sub arc capabilities
  • MIL-STD-2219 for Titanium, Inconel, and Stainless Steel
  • BAC 5975
Fabrication/Assembly

An excellent example of our fabrication and assembly capabilities is the MD-900 Explorer Firewall Assembly. This assembly is a superplastic formed, hot formed 6AL-4V titanium, riveted assembly. Comprised of 163 different parts, the firewall assembly is 36" long x 72" wide x 24" tall, and is certified through FAA to withstand temperatures to 2000 degrees F.

Kitting

One of the services we emphasize at this facility is kitting. We buy or build components that go into a complete assembly for the customer. Then we put them into a kit that goes straight to the Boeing assembly line and doesn't go through receiving. We have a 25,000 sq. ft. facility at this site specially set up for kitting services.

5 Axis Water Jet cutting

  • Tight, precision cutting - accuracy across work envelope of .005 - repeatability within .0015
  • Three & five axis, CNC programmable gantries
  • Cuts a variety of materials, including difficult inconel, stainless steel, composites, and ceramics up to 6" thick
  • Will accept most CAD files or use samples, drawings, Mylars or blueprints
  • Capable of omni-directional cutting
  • Ideal for final trimming of formed parts
  • Largest bed size of 6' x 12'
Titanium Chem-Milling and Processing
  • Aqueous alkaline degrease
  • Alkaline clean
  • Nitric fluoride etch
  • Phosphate fluoride coating (per BAC 5753, 5761, 5749 and 5861)
  • Maximum working area (net tank size) 2.5' wide x 11' length x 4.5' depth
Full CAD/CAM/CATIA/UG Capability
  • Unigraphics II with native CATIA and IGES translator
  • Cadkey with IGES
  • Compucor AS 3000
  • Files utilized include native CATIA, IGES, Unigraphics, DXF, DWG, and CDL

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