Facilities & Processes
NADCAP & Approved Processes We are NADCAP certified for Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection (FPI), Magnetic Particle Inspection (MPI), Conventional EDM, fusion welding and chemical processing. Birken Manufacturing has been certified to the most stringent quality standards in the Aerospace industry since 1998. This marks our strong commitment to continuous improvement in our quality control processes. Our registrations include sheet-metal fabrication, precision assembly, precision machining, hot and cold metal forming,fusion welding and pneumatic and hydraulic testing.
Birken’s quality policy stresses continuous improvement. By tracking quality issues and determining the cause of any quality problems, we seek to institute corrective action to assure that the issue never reoccurs. Our employees are encouraged to assist manufacturing and engineering by determining corrective action that will improve manufacturing precision, efficiency and provide value and quality for our customers. Our quality system conforms to existing MIL-STD specifications.
Other Customer Approved Processes:
- Fusion Welding
- Resistance Welding
- Pressure Testing
- Flow Testing
- Epoxy Painting
- Assembly Function Testing
Processes Available
Precision Component Grinding, Lapping, Honing
- Flatness to .000002
- Dia. Roundness to .00005
- Dia. Cylindricity to .0001
Assembly & Test
- Hydraulic (fuel / oil) Testing
- Pneumatic Testing
- Component Assembly
- Oil Flow Testing
- Pressure Testing
Grinding
- Surface Grinding
- I D Grinding
- O D Grinding
- Crush Grinding
- Super Abrasive Grinding
- Centerless Grinding
- CNC Universal Grinding
Machining (Max Size)
- CNC Horizontal Turning – 20”
- CNC Vertical Turning – 50”
- CNC 5-Axis Horizontal Milling – 64” x 40” x 32”
- CNC Vertical Milling – 80” x 40” x 30”
- CNC 5-Axis Vertical Milling – 30” x 20” x 20”
Alloys
- Nickel
- Aluminum
- Steel
- Magnesium
- Titanium
- Inconel
- Stainless Steel
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Special Processes
- Painting
- Hot Forming
- EDM
- Fushion Welding
- Resistance Welding
Engineering
- AutoCAD
- MasterCAM
- CADkey (Key Creator)
- Unigraphics
- Solidworks
Inspection
- FPI (NADCAP)
- MPI (NADCAP)
- Zeiss CMM (40” x 65” x 24”)
- Brown + Sharp CMM
- Customer Self Release - Pratt & Whitney, General Electric & Rolls Royce
Welding
- Manual TIG Welding
- Automatic TIG Welding
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