Armstrong RM's Facility & Equipment List
To offer all of our processes for metal and plastic prototyping and low-volume production takes a lot of equipment and space. To offer all of these services and deliver rapidly on every order, Armstrong RM has four buildings that cover 95,000 sq. ft.
Facilities List:
- Rapid Prototyping and Engineering (4,000 sq. ft.)
- Quality Control (2,000 sq. ft.)
- Tooling Division (7,500 sq. ft.)
- Plastics Division (18,000 sq. ft.)
- Foundry Division (23,000 sq. ft)
- Machining & Fabrication Division (20,000 sq. ft.)
Rapid Prototyping and Engineering (4,000 sq. ft.)
- Armstrong has a 100-computer network with 8 servers on a gigabyte network backbone.
- Our CAD and engineering facilities are equipped with the following software:
- Solidworks
- Pro Engineer
- Our CAM machining area utilizes Surfcam and a secure wireless network to communicate between machines and computers.
- Jobs are tracked with barcode technology over the wireless backbone.
- SLA and SLS capability is available as well as high-speed machining for model creation.
Quality Control (2,000 sq. ft.)
Armstrong utilizes the following technologies for Quality Assurance:
- X-ray machines (TFI)
- Tensiometers
- Hardness testers (Brinell and Rockwell)
- Spectrometers (Spectrolab)
- RP X-omat film process
- Coordinate measuring machines (Helmel)
- Liquid penetration systems
- Temperature controllers(Honeywell)
- Micrograph
Tooling Division (7,500 sq. ft.)
Armstrong has a state-of-the-art Tooling Division staffed with highly skilled tool and die craftsmen and accomplished CAM machinists. The following equipment is included in the tooling arsenal:
- CNC milling machines (Tiger, Anilam)
- Hand-operated milling machines (Bridgeport)
- Joiners
- Drill presses
- Grinders
- Lathes
Plastics Division (18,000 sq. ft.)
Armstrong's Plastics Division is equipped with the following low-pressure molding tools for onsite part production:
- Canon R.I.M. molding machine (Canon)
- Dual-zone mold heaters
- R.I.M. dispensers (Hi-tech, Battenfield)
- Vapor degreasers
- Autoclaves
- Sand blasters
- Milling machines
- Compressors
- Lathes
- Paint booths
- Heat treat ovens
- Air Make-Up (Reznor)
- 25 Ton R.I.M. press (Battenfield)
- 50 Ton R.I.M. press (Battenfield)
- 75 Ton R.I.M. press (Battenfield)
- CFT-15 R.I.M. press (Krause Maffei)
- Ring Line R.I.M. material delivery systems
- Automatic R.I.M. material fill station
Foundry Division (23,000 sq. ft)
Armstrong RM has a nicely equipped Foundry Department including the following equipment:
- Several melting furnaces (McEnglevan)
- Shell core machines (Radford, Dependable)
- Heat treat ovens (Recco, Grieve)
- Welding equipment (Miller)
- Tumblers (Ultramatic)
- Graphite molding machines (Rant)
- Spin cast machine (Spin Cast)
- Mixers
- Scales
- Drying ovens (Porbeck)
- Sand muller (Carver)
- Sand mixer with hopper (Dependable)
- Pressure blaster (Universal)
- Wash-out machines (Universal)
- Quantitative gas checking system
- Sand reclamation system (Dependable)
- Plaster recycler
- Milling machines
- Sanders, belt and disk
- Vibratory tumbler (Wheelabrator)
- Plaster mixing machine, hopper & Altas Digital Scale
- Rotary impeller degassing systems
Machining & Fabrication Facilities (20,000 sq. ft.)
Armstrong's Machining and Fabrication Divisions are equipped with state of the art equipment including:
- Horizontal milling machines (Matsuura, HAAS)
- Vertical milling machines (Matsuura, Robo-Drill, Bridgeport, ACRA)
- Pallet loaders
- Drill presses
- Band saws
- Grinders
- PEM-serter
- Parts washers (Aqueous/Ultrasonic)
- Ultrasonic parts washer
- Lathes (Lebond)
- RF gasket machine
- Heat treat ovens (Grieve)
- Tapping machines (Flex-Arm)