Teledyne Brown Engineering, Inc

Facilities & Equipment Information

Teledyne Brown's manufacturing facilities are ideally suited for the fabrication, assembly, integration, and test of high-quality products where responsiveness, performance, precision, and reliability are critical.

Nuclear Quality Approvals


•   NQA-1 Compliant – Nuclear QA Program
•   ASME – Section III – Nuclear Vessels
•    - N Stamp, N-2983
•    - NPT Stamp, N-2984
•  National Board – Repair and/or alteration of pressure vessels
•    - R Stamp, No. R-2240

Other Quality Approvals


•   AS9100B Registered – Aerospace Quality Management System
•   ISO9001:2000 Registered Quality Management System
•   SSP-41173 – NASA Space Station
•   NQA-1 Compliant – Nuclear
•   NASA/MSFC Design and Manufacturing of Flight Hardware

Factory Capacity (square feet)


•    Manufacturing Plant 1      83,200
•    Manufacturing Plant 2      208,000
•    Office            4,300
•    Stockroom         1,800
•    Electronics         10,500
•    Assembly          7,280
•    Potting            1,145
•    Flight Cable         2,560
•    Calibration Lab       968
•    100K Clean Room     4,336
•    300K Clean Room     1,493

In‑House Capabilities


•     Sheet Metal Forming   
•     Machining           
•     Welding           
•     Heat Treating           
•     Sandblasting           
•     Painting           
•     Mechanical Assembly
•     Electronic Assembly
•     Cable Braiding
•     Potting Shop
•     Vacuum Bake
•     Electronic Testing
•     Environmental Testing

Inspection


•     Mechanical Inspection, Coordinate Measurement Machine (48" x 78" x 39" high), Optical Projector (Shadowgraph)
•     Electronic Inspection, Microscopes, Automatic Cable Tester
•     Visual Examination (Remote) Lenox 25' Borescope
•     Ultrasonic Examination, Flaw Detection, Thickness Measurement
•     Liquid Penetrant Examination
•     Magnetic Particle Examination
•     Electromagnetic (Eddy‑Current) Examination
•     Helium Mass Spectrometer Leak Testing
•     Hydro and Pneumatic Pressure Test
•     X-ray

Numerically Controlled Machines


•      Cincinnati Saber 750, 25" x 15" x 30"
•      Hurco BMC, 40" x 18" x 19", 4 axis
•      Hurco MDI, 30" x 15" x 16" 
•      Hyundai CNC Lathe, 10" x 17"
•      HAAS VF-5/40 Taper VMC, 50" x 26" x 30"            
•      K&T Model HB‑4, 40" x 24" x 20"
•      Plasma Torch, 3/8" x 8' x 8', cuts 110" per minute
•      Hurco VMX 42, 42" x 24" x 30"
•      HAAS VS3, 150" x 50" x 50"
•      HAAS VS1, 84" x 50" x 50"
•      Kia Lathe 10" x 40"
•      HAAS VF6, 64" x 32" x 30"
•      Hyundia-Kia 8" x 14"
•      GMX 200S Linear (mill turn) 201/2" x 421/2"
•      KSI SQC 32 Swiss Turn
•      Cincinnati Sarbe 1000, 40" x 20" x 22"

•      Custom TBE Designed Flue (Extruded Outlet) Forming Machine
•     Mazak Fabrigear 150 Laser Cutting Machine
•     Mazak Super Turbo-X 48 Mk II Laser Cutting Machine
•     BLM E-Turn Model 52 Pipe Bending Machine
•     Liburdi Diametrics Model 5004 Orbital Weld System - 5X
•     Liburdi Diametrics Model 5002 Orbital Weld System - 3X
•     Liburdi Diametrics Model MH-115 Weld Systems - 4X
•     Liburdi Diametrics Model PTW160-C Power Supply - 9X
•     Liburdi Diametrics Model P300 Power Supply - 3X
•     Miller Deltaweld 452 MIG Welders - 12X
•     Miller Synchrowave 350LX TIG Welders- 2X
•     Miller Spectrum 2050 Plasma Cutting System
•     Bug-O Systems CWE-5 Circle Welding System (Track Mounted)- 2X

Machine Tool Capabilities


•      Manual Mills
            –      Bridgeport, 48" x 12" x 16" (5 ea.)         
            –      Deckel, FP4M, 20" x 16" x 16", vertical/horizontal (2 ea.)
            –      G&L 3" Spindle Boring Mill
            –      Stanimac 4" Spindle Boring Mill, 96" x 60" x 72"
            –      Moore Jig Borer, 12" x 15"
•      Manual Lathes
            –      American Turn Master Power One 35" x 160"
            –      Clausing, 17" x 80"
            –      Clausing, 21" x 80"
            –      Hardinge, 10" x 18" HLV‑EM Precision
            –      Monarch, 12" x 36" Model EE
•      Manual Saws
            –            Horizontal Band, Do All, 8"
            –            Vertical Band, Do All, 16" x 16"
            –            Vertical Band, Do All, 20" x 20"
            –            Drake Johnson V-16 Band Saw

Sheet Metal


•      Wiedemann 30‑ton Punch
•      Press, Amada 88 ton x 8"
•      Shear, 1/4" x 120" N.C. Backage
•      Band Saws, Do All, 36"
•      4" x 4' Comeq Roll
•      15-ton Di‑Acro Press
•      Western Arctronics Spot Welder
•      1-ft2 Vibratory Finishing Machine
•      3-ft2 Vibratory Finishing Machine
•      4-ft2 Vibratory Finishing Machine
•      Montgomery Roll, 3/4" x 10' x 10'

Processes


•      Steam clean
•      Paint shop (all types of paint)
•      Stress-relief oven, 60" x 60" x 48"
•      Optical trace flame cutting
•      Optical trace plasma cutting
•      Submerged arc welding
•      Gas tungsten arc welding
•      Flux‑cored arc welding
•      Gas metal arc welding
•      Shielded metal arc welding
•      SURF‑CAM CAD‑CAM systems, 3 axis – 2 seats
•      Conformal coating and staking of printed wiring assemblies
•      Potting of electronic modules and cables
•      Fabrication of cable assemblies (includes crimping and braiding)
•      Assembly of printed wiring assemblies and chassis
•      Inspection and testing of PWAs, cables, and chassis
•      Vacuum bake of connectors, backshells, and completed cable assemblies
•      Clean room assembly operations
•     Custom Built Two-Stage Stainless Steel Dip Tank Cleaning System (4' X 4' X 30' Capability)
•     Custom Built Six-Stage Carbon Steel Dip Tank Cleaning System (4' X 4' X 30' Capability)
•     Cross-Draft Drive-Thru Paint Booths (16'W x 20'T X 60'L)
•     Electrostatic Paint Application Equipment
•     Overhead Gantry Crane Systems 1/4T - 2T Capacity (26 Bridges)

Electronic Fabrication


Capabilities include:


•      Printed Circuit Assembly
•      Electronic Chassis Assembly
•      Cable Assembly
•      Potting and Molding
•      Conformal Coating
•      Testing
•      Wiring Harness