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Cutting, forming, rolling, welding, machining and finishing, all inside one 53,000 sq ft Dayton shop. Fewer hand-offs means fewer surprises.

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From the CMF machinery list

TOS Varnsdorf WHQ 15 CNC horizontal boring mill at CMF

CNC horizontal boring mill

TOS Varnsdorf WHQ 15

Machines big weldments true after welding, in one setup, without shipping them across town.

Table
98 × 138 in
Second TOS mill
78 × 137 in
Used on
Blast tanks, test fixtures
Flow 5-axis abrasive waterjet at CMF

Abrasive waterjet

Flow 5-axis waterjet

Cuts thick plate, stainless and aluminum cold, with clean edges ready for weld and no heat-affected zone.

Cut size
78 × 156 in
Pressure
95,000 psi
Power
100 HP
LVD 8-axis CNC precision press brake at CMF

CNC precision press brake

LVD 8-axis press brake

Holds the same bend on part 200 as part one, with programs saved for every reorder.

Force
320 t
Installed
2024
Heavy brake
Pacific 400 t · 14 ft bed
Machining at CMF

01 · TOS WHQ 15 CNC boring mill

Machining

Two TOS Varnsdorf CNC horizontal boring mills (tables to 98 × 138 in), Hurco CNC mills and engine lathes to 34 × 144 in machine big parts after welding, without leaving the building.

  • Large-part boring, milling and facing
  • Post-weld machining to print
  • Bores, bolt patterns, sealing faces
  • One setup, one quality system
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Cutting & waterjet at CMF

02 · 5-axis waterjet · laser · plasma

Cutting & waterjet

Our Flow 5-axis waterjet cuts parts up to 78 × 156 in at 95,000 psi. A 5 kW LVD Strippit laser handles plate to 1 in, and Hypertherm plasma cuts plate to 2 in.

  • 5-axis waterjet, 78 × 156 in, 95K psi
  • 5 kW fiber laser, 1 in plate, 60 × 120 in
  • Hypertherm HD plasma, 2 in plate, 72 × 144 in
  • Cut parts kitted for forming or weld
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Forming & rolling at CMF

03 · Press brakes to 400 t · plate rolls

Forming & rolling

An 8-axis LVD (320 t, new 2024), a 400-ton Pacific with a 14 ft bed and two 135-ton Cincinnatis, plus four Bertsch plate rolls and three Roundo angle rolls.

  • Press brakes from 135 to 400 tons
  • Plate rolling to 3/4 in × 12 ft
  • Angle rolling to 9 × 9 × 1/2 in
  • Cylinders, cones and segments
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Welding & fabrication at CMF

04 · Weldments · assembly · kitting

Welding & fabrication

24 Miller MIG stations (to 600 amp) and 5 TIG stations build weldments, tanks and assemblies, from one-off prototypes to production runs.

  • MIG, TIG and stick welding
  • Carbon steel, stainless and aluminum
  • Fixturing for repeat production
  • Full assembly and kitting
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Shearing, punching & sawing at CMF

05 · Cincinnati shear · Strippit punch · Amada saws

Shearing, punching & sawing

12 ft Cincinnati squaring shear, punch presses to 88 tons, an Amada HA-400 auto-feed saw (16 in) and contour band saws to 36 in.

  • Plate and sheet shearing
  • CNC turret punching
  • Band sawing of structural shapes
  • Material prep for every downstream step
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Inspection & finishing at CMF

06 · Inspection · in-house paint

Inspection & finishing

Every job runs through our ISO 9001:2015 quality system, checked with an 8 ft FARO Arm and PolyWorks and a granite surface plate.

  • FARO Arm with PolyWorks
  • First-article inspection
  • Material certs and traceability
  • MIL-I-45208A approved vendor
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How a job moves

Drawing to dock.

  1. 01

    Review

    Engineers check your drawing for fit, process and cost.

  2. 02

    Plan

    We route the job across cutting, forming, welding and machining.

  3. 03

    Build

    Your parts move through one shop on one schedule.

  4. 04

    Inspect

    Checked against your print under ISO 9001:2015.

  5. 05

    Ship

    Painted, packed and on the truck, ~10 min to I-70 / I-75.

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