Methods Opens New Precision Center
Customers can conveniently test and prove out challenging parts in this U.S. facility.
Posted: June 13, 2019
Methods Machine Tools, Inc. (Sudbury, MA) has announced the opening of their new Precision Center in Acton, MA. The facility was built for customers who need the ultimate in tight tolerance test cuts. Strategically located in the U.S., the center is the first-of-its-kind in North America for precision machining where customers can conveniently test and prove out challenging parts.
The center will enable manufacturers to arrive at the most accurate and efficient machining solutions for complex components, saving them costly trial and error in their operations. Designed and built by the company, the center offers a state-of-the-art, stringent climate controlled environment that monitors and maintains temperature, air pressure and humidity within the space at all times. To maintain complete environmental stability, the facility features a secured airlock entrance and exit. For ultimate machining stability, the building has one-meter-deep isolation pads with vertical and horizontal steel reinforcements.
“We are very pleased to open this truly state-of-the-art center. It represents a significant investment and will be an extremely valuable resource for the industry, our machine builder partners and customers,” said Jerry Rex, the president and chief executive officer. “Now North American manufacturers can send parts, tooling and material to our Precision Center without having to go outside the country. Intricate, challenging, tight tolerance and confidential test parts can be made right here in the U.S.”
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