Located at its headquarters plant in Arlington, Vt., Mack’s sheet metal fabrication center serves the medical, commercial, energy/environment, and computer & business equipment markets with:
- Design for Manufacturability services, both pre- and post-production
- A wide range of in-stock materials for quicker turnaround and improved time-to-market
- Laser-cutting and CNC-punching capabilities, augmented by a host of secondary equipment and finishing processes, which are detailed here
- Stringent quality and cosmetic inspection standards that are critical to marketplace success.
Design for Manufacturability
Valued as experts in design solutions, Mack’s metal engineers can jump on board to extend your company’s design and engineering capabilities. Whether your engineering staff is limited, focused on other projects, or too consumed with the product launch to efficiently support engineering changes, Mack can help. Currently, we support the latest versions of the following software:
CAD/CAE/CAM
Pro/ENGINEER (Pro/CABLING, Pro/SHEET METAL, Pro/SURFACE)
SolidWorks 2010
Unigraphics
CADKEY/AutoCAD
Cimatron/SURFCAM
Engineering Analysis
Moldflow Mold Advisor
Mack can easily receive three-dimensional models and design files via our FTP site. Visit our FTP North page or our FTP South page for more Information.
Behind the technology, Mack has experienced engineers, who are not only concerned with designing your product for initial manufacturability, but will also build the prototype, certify that it meets all quality and cosmetic specifications, and review it post-production to ensure optimum cost-effectiveness and quality as it moves through the final manufacturing process.
Materials
The material is not on order… it’s here! Mack stocks a wide range of cold rolled, galvanized, galvannealed, aluminum, stainless, titanium and other specialized steel materials, minimizing purchasing delays and providing quicker turnaround to you, the customer. Whether you need titanium or 17-4 stainless for a medical application, brushed 304 stainless with vinyl coating for a commercial product, pre-perforated material for venting or pre-painted steel for short lead times, Mack’s uniquely extensive sheet metal inventory will get your program off and running today.
Mack distinguishes itself among sheet metal fabricators not only because of the quality and extent of its material inventory, but also because of its unparalleled expertise in processing it. From laser-cutting titanium to welding pre-plate with high precision laser technology, Mack’s metal capabilities are notable in the industry.
Equipment
Mack’s fully equipped soft-tooled metal fabrication cells include CNC sheet metal machining centers for punching, forming and laser cutting, along with CNC press brakes and a host of auxiliary equipment for joining, riveting, hardware insertion, silk-screening, cleaning, painting, deburring and bead blasting.
