Machining Capabilities
Our machining facility, Watkins Pattern Company, is an affiliate of Hitchcock
Industries, Inc. Watkins features ten machining centers with bed sizes ranging
from 31 inches to 150 inches to serve your various needs.
At Watkins Pattern Company, we:
Build all of Our Own Machining Fixtures
Are Capable of Doing Assembly Work (i.e. installing bushings,
threaded studs, heli-coils, nut plates, inserts, etc.)
Integrate Design of Casting and Foundry Processes with the Finish
Machining Process and Assembly
Have One Set of Datums to Control all Geometry
Generate Electronic Inspection Reports
Perform Faro Arm (CMM) Inspection
Numerically-Control Machining of External Aerodynamic Surfaces and
Other Functional Features
Have Experience in Machining Airfoils and Complex Contoured Surfaces
How Do Our Customers Benefit?
Buyer Places One Purchase Order to Hitchcock and Hitchcock Provides the Finished Part
One-Company Accountability for Dimensional Compliance
Changes Allowed During Process Development
Precision Control of Key Interfaces
Subsequent Assembly and Users Maintenance Enhanced
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