Our Commitment To Quality

Manufacturing the highest quality precision fasteners in the world doesn't mean just anything to us - it means everything to us.

Our customers rely on our fasteners to perform flawlessly day-in and day-out in some of the most powerful, technologically advanced machines in the world. These machines provide power to millions of people around the globe; many power entire cities. Others are used to extract from deep within the earth natural resources that are transformed into fuels that run our engines, heat our homes and keep the world moving.

Quality Control Measures

• Mag particle inspection ASTM E709
• Dye penetrant
• Part marking - high quality, non-damaging
• Extensive control of all outside services
• Six Sigma quality techniques
• Pyrometer for measuring forging temperatures
• Metallurgical ID guns
• Audited and approved quality programs

Product Testing

• ANSI System 21, 22 and 23 thread gaging
• Hardness
• Tensile strength
• Proof loads
• Impact testing
• Metallographic evaluations
• Quantitative metal analysis
• Optical Emission Spectroscopy
• Tri-Rolls
• Optical compactors

Testing Equipment

Non-destructive testing:

• Mag Particle Inspection - ASTM E 1444-94a and P3A-AG1. Up to 24'
• Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection - ASTM E165, ASTM E1417 and P3A-AG4
• Operators Certified to ASNT SNT-TC-1A
• (PMI) Niton Positive Materials Identification equipment
• (2) Portable Impact Hardness testers - Phase II PHT-3500

Inspection:

• Optical Comparators
• 14" Suburban
• 30" J & L
• 30" Sherr - Tumico
• CMM: LK G-80C
• Thread Gages
• Go / No Go Ring and Plug Gages 1/4 - 24 to 4.00 - 8
• Internal/External Pitch Micrometeres
• O/D & Blade Micrometers
• Bore Micrometers
• Depth Micrometers
• Calipers
• (2) 24" Mititoyo Digital Height Gages
• Johnson Length Measuring Fixtures up to 148"
• Torque Wrenches
• Snap-On: 0-35 ft. lbs.
• Snap-On: 0-250 ft. lbs.
• CDI Torque Wrench Calibrator
• (2) Pocket Surface Roughness Gages
• Gage Blocks and Gage Pins
• All equipment calibrated and traceable to NIST

Part Marking:

• Vibro-peen
• ElectroEtch
• Low stress hand stamp

Weight and Balance Equipment:

• (6) Scales Ranging from 30 lbs. to 1,000 lbs. Capacity