Categories Aerospace

EMI Aerospace at MRO America’s Next Week!

April 11, 2023

Stop by booth #349 during MRO Americas next week to enter for your chance to win a Yeti M20 Backpack cooler! Learn more about how we can help with your next MRO project and to meet our EMI Aerospace experts. See you there!

To learn more about our Aerospace division, visit our website at https://www.qmc-emi.com/industries/aerospace

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Categories Production

Benefits of Quality Walks

Daily quality walks at the production plant

April 6, 2023

Quality isn’t just our trademark; it’s who we are. And our customers have come to expect high quality products, every time. At our Production facility, we start every day with a quality walk. This is a time for our Plant Management, Quality, Engineering, and Program Management teams to review quality and production concerns from the previous day and the improvements, changes, and fixes needed. Their focus is on quality inputs which are process and data driven, using the PDCA Methodology as the team works through concerns. This full service solutions approach helps us find quick resolutions so we can keep your program running on time.

To learn more about the quality products we make, visit our website at https://www.qmc-emi.com/capabilities/.

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Categories Aerospace

EMI Aerospace at MRO America’s, April 18-20!

April 4, 2023

If you’ll be at MRO Americas in Atlanta, be sure to stop by booth #349 to enter for your chance to win a Yeti M20 Backpack cooler! Learn more about how we can help with your next MRO project and to meet our EMI Aerospace experts. See you there!

To learn more about our Aerospace division, visit our website at https://www.qmc-emi.com/industries/aerospace

#EMI #aerospace #MROAM #metalstamping #lasercutting #metalforming #lipskin #heatshield #fanduct

Categories Production, Prototype

Our Foundry Tooling Capabilities

March 21, 2023

Kirksite is a zinc-based alloy used to create prototype and short run production tooling for automotive and aerospace parts. These tools are easily machined and the surfaces can be polished to a smooth finish. Our in-house kirksite foundry enables us to keep the entire process under our roof, from tooling to finished part. This allows us to produce foundry tooling and incorporate changes very quickly to meet your tight time frames.

Our foundry tooling equipment includes:

  • Three Limberg MPH foundry furnaces with a 14,000 lb capacity
  • One Limberg MPH feeder pot furnace with a 1,000 lb capacity
  • Caster AR-Cel 300 air set sand machine
  • 25 Ton overhead gantry crane
  • 10 Ton overhead gantry crane

Kirksite has a rich manufacturing heritage and our in-house foundry tool capabilities allow us to create lower cost, quicker, minimal finishing castings on-site. We have a pour capacity of over 750,000 lbs a month with the ability to pour up to a 35,000 lb single casting.

Kirksite Metal Properties

Kirksite is a lower cost liquid metal option that requires minimal finishing while creating a very accurate cast.

  • Ultimate tensile strength: 35,000 psi
  • Brinell hardness: 100
  • Density: 0.25 lb/cu in
  • Solidification shrinkage: 0.12”/ft
  • Melting range: 717-745F
  • Casting temperature: 800-850F

Our Kirksite Process

The kirksite process can take 10-12 hours of continuously adding kirksite and torching it before a die is complete. This requires years of experience to know when the die is ready for the next step.

Our Foundry employs some of the most skilled tradesman in the industry. Using their many years of experience and vast knowledge, they create accurate molds through four main production stages:

  • Prepare and set-up Styrofoam pattern
  • Create die cavity with bio degradable binder and sand
  • Pour molten kirksite metal to create casting
  • Prepare casting for machining operation
Kirksite foundry

Learn more about our Kirksite foundry here.