Scot Forge Company

For over 56 years, Slidematic Products has been a foremost discrete parts metal stamper specializing in Multi-Slide and Fourslide stampings and wire forms. We remain dedicated to production of the highest quality, provided with unrivaled service.Product Design Support: During the quotation process, all part designs are reviewed for potential control problems. Every attempt is made to identify and inform our customers as to potential production concerns. Alternative part designs may be suggested to improve product quality. Similarly, design features or specifications with high cost implications are challenged with lower cost alternatives.Tooling: Slidematic Products designs, builds, and maintains all tooling. Tooling is designed utilizing our CAD system employing standardized components whenever possible. Design procedures are structured to make full utilization of our state of the art machining centers and EDM services. These techniques assure consistent quality replacement components and duplicate tools, while serving to facilitate modifications when they are required due to part revision.Production: Slidematic Products' production facilities include over 40 Multi-Slides and Fourslides, which can service a wide range of strip and wire products. Our wire capability range is.005 to.187 diameter. Strip capabilities range from.003 x.040 to.090 x 3.000 .Slidematic Products also operates a complete conventional punch press department consisting of 13 presses ranging from 30 tons to 125 tons.

Acme Industries Inc. is a full-service, contract machining company, serving for more than 60 years. It provides services in cutting and shaping complex machine parts for industrial equipment manufacturers. The company offers machining of 6 inches up to 60 inches of cube/cylinder; complex, high precision parts and 25-20,000 pieces annually. It also supplies various computer numerical control (CNC) equipment and castings of metals/alloys. In addition, the company manufactures and markets large locomotive parts. The engineering department utilizes the latest software for computer-integrated manufacturing and uses state-of-the-art three-dimensional system to analyze and manipulate customer s solid models. Acme Industries Inc. is an ISO 9001:2000 certified company.

Established in 1908, Leitelt Brothers Inc. is one of the leading suppliers of sand castings in brass and bronze. The company specializes in short and medium production run orders. Located in Chicago, Ill., it provides production engineering facilities and precise alloy selection. The company has worked on projects, including aluminum sand castings, brass/bronze castings, machining, pattern tooling and ornamental architectural castings. The facility's molding systems utilize wood and metal matchplates. Leitelt Brothers Inc. features equipment for produce castings/tools.