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Operation Enduring Freedom - Senior Airman Phillip Knight from Sunnyvale, Calif., a weapons loader with the 77th Bomb Squadron, here prepares an inert 2,000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munition. The GBU-32 2,000lb. bomb includes a forged steel case (NSN 1325-01-074-5693) which is suspended under aircraft by forged steel lugs (NSN 1325-00-684-1364.) (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dave Nolan)

Operation Enduring Freedom - Senior Airman Phillip Knight from Sunnyvale, Calif., a weapons loader with the 77th Bomb Squadron, here prepares an inert 2,000 pound Joint Direct Attack Munition. The GBU-32 2,000lb. bomb includes a forged steel case (NSN 1325-01-074-5693) which is suspended under aircraft by forged steel lugs (NSN 1325-00-684-1364.) (U.S. Air Force photo by Master Sgt. Dave Nolan)

PRO-FAST Look Ahead

Program Participants

September 16 - 19, 2008, JobShop Lean 2008 Conference, Ohio State University

 

 

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Defense Logistics Agency

Defense Supply Center Columbus

Defense Supply Center Richmond

Aviation Forging and Casting Assistance Team, (AFCAT)

Defense Supply Center Philadelphia

Aviation and Missile Command (AMCOM)

Ohio State University

Ulven Industries

Consolidated Industries

Weber Metals, Inc.

SIFCO

RSP Tooling

Scientific Forming Technologies Corporation

Sikorsky

University of Toledo

Plexus

Information Handling Services

Scot Forge

TECT Cleveland

ERIE Press Systems

FDMC Executive Board Member Companies

L&L Associates

Ulven Industries

Advanced Technology Institute

Forging Industry Association

Consolidated Industries

Weber Metals, Inc.

Delfasco

Trinity Forge

W. Pat Crow Forgings

Former FDMC Executive Board Member Companies

Aluminum Precision Products

Ellwood Group

Scot Forge

FDMC Technical Advisory Board Companies

A. Finkl and Sons

Benet Laboratories

Forging Industry Association

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To: Our American Airmen, Soldiers, Sailors and Marines

Subject: From the Forge to the Front

On behalf of the Defense Logistics Agency and the Forging Industry Association – Department of Defense Manufacturing Consortium (FDMC), thank you for supporting our Nation! Although we are not on the front lines restoring freedom in Iraq or rooting out terrorists in Afghanistan, we are working hard to ensure the DLA and the U.S. forging industry are supporting you with wrought products from the forge to the front.

Throughout its history the Defense Logistics Agency has been known for innovation and change as it strives to support the warfighter with the materiel he or she needs to get the job done, in the most cost effective and efficient manner. In 2001, DLA partnered with the forging industry to improve our supply chains. Because forgings are strong, durable, and light, they have been used for critical weapons’ parts. Forgings continue to occupy a pre-eminent place in our arsenal. Although extremely beneficial, forgings do present technical and enterprise challenges to the logistics community.

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helicoptorInnovative Rapid Tooling Technology

The RSP Tooling technology was developed by Dr. Kevin McHugh of the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory. It is being commercialized by RSP Tooling, LLC. The technology is an indirect spray forming process which makes a tool directly from molten metal without the need of standard machining operations. For this reason RSP technology can manufacture a forging die at a fraction of the time and cost as compared to conventional tooling manufacture. Results from several forging tools produced on the beta machine have proven that the process can save 30% in cost and 50% in time. The next generation machine will increase this by a factor of ten with only a small increase in cost and timing making the benefits to the DLA even more impressive. Continued here...

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