LAI Capabilities - Aerospace

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The Precision Manufacturing Experts.

Gerhard Schwebler

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� Custom fabrication of precision components and subassemblies

� Five U.S. manufacturing facilities, all IS0 9001:2008 | AS9100 certified

� NADCAP certified for special processing

� More than 100 manufacturing workstations

LAI InternationalThe Precision Manufacturing Experts.

Phoenix, AZ

Minneapolis, MN

Scarborough, ME

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workstations

� 180,300 square feet of manufacturing space

Additional details:

� Corporate headquarters located in Scottsdale, Ariz.

� 225 employees

� Named Inc. 5,000 Fastest-Growing Company, 2007-09

Phoenix, AZ

Tucson, AZ

Westminster, MD

A broad geographic footprint, with five facilities in four states

Facilities

Minneapolis, MN� 26,000 sq. ft.

� 45 employees

� Waterjet shaped hole-drilling

� F-22 and F-35 screen panels

� Waterjet R&D center

Scarborough, ME

� 75,000 sq. ft.

� 125 employees

� Electrical Discharge Machining

� Five-axis laser cutting

� CNC machining

� Five-axis milling

� Datum re-qualification


Tucson, AZ

Westminster, MD� 40,000 sq. ft.

� 55 employees

� Laser cutting of tubes

� Waterjet cutting

� Laser cloth slitting

� Laser heat-treating

� Panel assembly

Phoenix, AZ� 13,600 sq. ft.

� 20 employees

� Five-axis waterjet

� Waterjet hole-drilling

� Panel assembly

Tucson, AZ� 8,000 sq. ft.

� 7 employees

� Advanced five-axis laser machining and drilling

Customer Base


Focused Market Solutions

Defense

Aerospace

Power Generation

Our vertically integrated processes enable manufacturers to accelerate product innovations, optimize program-driven supply chains and achieve manufacturing excellence. LAI has earned Lockheed Martin’s Corporate STAR Supplier Award for the F-22 Fighter Jet and Northrop Grumman’s Platinum Source Preferred Supplier Award for the F-35.

Our processes enable OEMs to focus on introducing new products that provide clean and efficient energy at an affordable cost. By integrating LAI into your design process, you can be assured your complex engineered parts will be designed for manufacturability.

LAI offers complete manufacturing solutions for mission-critical defense-related applications and handles multi-tier supply chain management.


Defense

MedicalDevices

related applications and handles multi-tier supply chain management. LAI has the capabilities, capacity and expertise to work with large, complex defense-related programs.

LAI implements custom manufacturing solutions, including unique manufacturing equipment and cells, and has the capacity to handle production manufacturing with more than 100 machining centers. LAI’s partnerships create competitive advantage for our customers, enabling them to grow their market shares and profitability.

LAI provides innovative solutions and services for medical device applications, including precision laser welding, spiral tube cutting and EDM processing. Products include orthopedic equipment, surgical instruments and components for magnetic imaging equipment.

Industrial

Precision Component Manufacturing


Industry Certifications and Awards� Goodrich Turbomachinery Products, approved supplier

� Hamilton Sundstrand, approved supplier

� Honeywell Engines, approved supplier

� Honda Aircraft Engines, approved supplier, 2009

� Klune Industries, approved supplier

� Kongsberg Defence & Aerospace, preferred supplier, 2009

� Jet Propulsion Laboratories, approved supplier

� Lockheed Martin Raptor of Distinction manufacturing excellence in producing components for the F/A-22, 2004

� Lockheed Martin Corporation STAR Supplier Facility Award, 2002

� Lockheed Martin Aeronautics Material Management Center STAR Supplier Award, 1997

� Lockheed Martin Statistical Process Control System Certification, 1997

� Metal Works Corporation, approved supplier

� Micro-Tronics, approved supplier

Supplier awards, certifications and special recognition:

� Aircelle/SAFRAN Group, approved supplier for mechanical fabricated parts, 2007

� BAE Systems Aircraft Business Units Register of Evaluated Suppliers for Military Programme Activities, 2008

� Babcock & Wilcox, Supplier Performance Rating System Evaluation, 1995

� Barnes Aerospace, approved supplier

� Boeing approval of quality system per D6-82479, 2002

� Boeing – Gold for quality and delivery - 2010

Quality certifications:

� AS9100 Rev. B Certificate

� AS7003 NADCAP Non-Conventional Machining Certificate

� AS7100 for Welding/Brazing Certificate

� AS7116 NADCAP Non-Conventional Machining Certificate


� Micro-Tronics, approved supplier

� Middle River Aircraft Systems, approved supplier

� NASA Group Achievement Award, Cassini mission, 1998

� National Association of Tooling & Machining, Superior Safety Performance, 2001

� Northrop Grumman Platinum Source Preferred Supplier, 2009, 2010

� Northrop Grumman Platinum Source Supplier Award, 2008

� Pratt & Whitney, Canada, approved supplier

� Pratt & Whitney, Hartford, Conn., approved supplier

� Raytheon Missile Systems, approved supplier

� Rolls-Royce Engines, approved supplier

� Schlumberger, approved supplier, 2001

� Smiths Aerospace Components, approved supplier

� Sun Automation Group, 100-percent on-time delivery performance certificate, 2006

� Teledyne Advanced Materials, approved supplier, 1997

� Warman International, approved supplier

� Boeing – Gold for quality and delivery - 2010

� Boeing Integrated Defense System — Puget Sound Site's Small Business Supplier of the Second Quarter Award and Gold Rating for Delivery, 2004

� BWX Technologies, Super Vendor Recognition for Quality, Delivery and Performance, 1997

� Damrow Company, approved supplier

� Dresser Rand, Special Recognition, 2004

� Dresser Rand, Total Quality Performance Supplier, 1996

� GE Aircraft Engines Special Process Certification, hole-making in nickel and super alloys

� GE Aircraft Engines, Product Integrity Supplier Assessment, satisfactory review, 1997

� GE Certified Supplier

� GE Customer Impact of the Year Award, 2002

� GE Nuclear Energy, approved supplier, 1995

� GE Johnson Technology, approved supplier

� GKN Aerospace, approved supplier

Aerospace ProductsCore attributes of product sector:

� Products include partitions, screen panels, hot-gas path components and nozzles from engine brackets, structural airframe panels and airframe components to engine liners and landing gear parts

� Proprietary processes maximize flow characteristics and extend life cycle of parts


life cycle of parts

� LAI’s engineering and production teams coordinate supply chain management of multiple complex manufacturing processes to deliver completed components for final assembly

Aerospace Products | Propulsion

CF34 EngineBombardier CRJ100/-200/-700/-900Bombardier Challenger 601/604/605EMBRAER 170/175/190/195ACAC ARJ21

CF34 Sectors4 part numbers

GE 90 & GE115Boeing 777200/200ER/200LR/200ERFreighter

GE 90 Sectors6 part numbers

CFM 56

GE's CF6 & Snecma's M56

CFM56 Sectors6 part numbers

GE-Nx

Boeing 787 & 787S

Dream Liner

GENx Sectors

3 part numbers

GENx Stiffeners

GP7000

Air Bus A380

Lockeed C-5A

Future Opportunities:

� Sectors� Shrouds� Support nozzles

� Stiffeners

Turbine casings


CF34-8C Sectors2 part numbers

CF34-102 part numbers

Inner Support Nozzle

Outer Casing

GE115 Sectors8 part numbers

Base Line5 part numbers

GENx Stiffeners3 part numbers

GENx Shrouds3 part numbers

� Turbine casings

Turbine engine components and systems:

� Actuators

� Can and annular combustors

� Combustion liners and assemblies

� Combustion housings

� End caps

� Engine tail cones and pipes

� Exhaust nozzle components

� Flow sleeves



� Flow sleeves

� High- and low-pressure stator rings and assemblies

� Impingement sleeves

� Noise abatement liners

� Radial diffusers

� Rear support covers

� Shrouds

� Transition bodies and assemblies

� Transition rings and ducts

� Vanes

LAI manufactures highly specialized, precision-engineered components



Inner support nozzle, CFM 34 engineCombustor cans, Rolls Royce

Aerospace Products

Program Components Strategic solutions

Aerospace / Defense

F-22 Air-Dominance Fighter Jet

F- 35 Joint Strike Fighter

Series of 20 different highly-engineered, precision-machined structural panels

� Identified key process parameters for drilling process - implemented automated fault-detection/avoidance mechanisms into process to increase yields

� Six Sigma project result 20% higher throughputs

Commercial aerospace

Boeing and Airbus 20 different engine brackets, � Developed efficient manufacturing processes for

full production; completed lean manufacturing

F-22

Airbus A340


Boeing and Airbus commercial aircraft

20 different engine brackets, formed and ready for assembly

full production; completed lean manufacturing initiative for turnkey manufacturing from purchasing material to finishing and assembly

Airbus A340 and A380 Noise abatement liner

� Developed process for rapid drilling of 100,000+ holes using five-axis abrasive waterjet as a cost-effective alternative to sand blasting

� Designed advanced tooling concept to accommodate variation in formed blanks

Aerospace Products

F-22 screen panels and

F-22 screen panel


F-35 screen panels

panels and rudder bump components

Precision off-axis waterjet drilling of complex hole patterns

Core Manufacturing Capabilities

Waterjet machining Laser machiningElectrical Discharge

MachiningCNC machining

� 3- and 5-axis workstations

� CO2 and Nd:YAGwavelengths

� High-speed EDM� Plunge EDM

� Conventional CNC machining including


workstations3-D cutting, trimming and drilling

� Machining of complex patterns, slots and windows

wavelengths� High-speed laser cutting

� Five-axis laser machining

� Laser cutting, drilling, marking, welding and heat-treating

� Plunge EDM� Wire EDM� Precision hole drilling EDM

machining including welding, turning, milling, drilling, grinding, grit blasting, tumbling and cleaning

� High-speed CNC machining with up to 20,000 r.p.m. spindle speed

Additional Capabilities

LAI produces precision components and subassemblies by integrating a solid base of manufacturing processes

In-House capabilitiesThird-party

manufacturing capabilities

� Assembly� Bending� Certified tooling calibration� CMM inspection� De-burring� Drilling� Engineering� Flow testing

� Anodizing� Broaching� Chemical milling� Electropolishing� Finish coating� Forming� Hot forming� Metal spinning


� Flow testing� Forming� Grinding� Grit blasting� Heat-treating� Kitting� Milling� Packaging� Painting� Riveting� Routing� Special packaging� Tapping� Tool making� Tumbling and cleaning� Turning� Welding

� Metal spinning� Plating� Powder coating� Rolling� Surface treatment

Ahead of the Curve

Scrap Delivery Escapes NC Tag

•Continuous Improvement•Six Sigma•Lean initiatives•Program Management Teams•Employee Cross training programs


Scrap Delivery Escapes NC Tag

East 0.0 100 0 0

Midwest 0.0 99.7 0 0

RTI 0.0 100 0 0

SW 0.0 100 0 1

SWL 0.0 100 0 0

Our Value to You

� World-class process standards

� Process standardization

� Dedicated production environment reduces production cycle

� Materials management reduces product acquisition costs

� Inventory management

� LAI’s Design for Manufacturing and Assembly (DFMA) teams help reduce production costs

From concept to production, LAI works closely with our customers to maintain focus on product excellence and quality


help reduce production costs