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"We don't just launch sounding rockets - we build them!"
As the only NASA Facility in the United States that manufactures and fabricates sounding rockets, NSROC's 25,000 sq. ft. Manufacturing & Fabrication Facility is unique. Equally unique - and absolutely indispensable to the success of every NSROC mission - are the 35 CNC and Mechanical Technicians, Machinists, Metalsmiths, Welders, Sheet Metal Workers, and Apprentices who man the shop. The shop produces an average of 11,500 parts, pieces and components a year and has consistently maintained a 98% Quality Inspection rating.
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Overhead Views of the NSROC Shop |
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MILLING MACHINES |
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| Small |
3 CNC HURCO KNEE Milling Machines |
10" x 14" x 20" |
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5 Bridgeport & DoAll Manual Milling Machines |
12" x 14" x 27" |
| Medium |
1 HURCO SLV40 Ultimax |
15" x 20" x 40" |
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1 Leadwell V30 |
15" x 20" x 36" |
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1 Leadwell V40 |
20" x 20" x 40" |
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1 Fryer MC40 |
20" x 20" x 40" |
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1 Series II Bridgeport |
14" x 18" x 36" |
| Large |
1 BUTLER CNC Mill Power Center |
100" x 50" x 50" |
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1 ANAYAK CNC Milling Center |
100" x 50" x 50" |
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1 LUCAS Milling Machine |
96" x 72" x 60" |
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1 Giddens & Lewis Horizontal Boring Mill |
72" x 96" x 144" |
Click here to see a video of the ANAYAK in action!
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The Fryer MC40 |
The Butler CNC Power Center |
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Precision Drilling on the ANAYAK * |
Drilling to Spec on the Lucas |
* 800 sensors were mounted behind the holes in this skin; total holes milled: over 1200!
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LATHES |
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| Small |
1 Clausing 2000 CNC Lathe |
10" x 24" |
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2 Monarch & Harding Lathes |
10" x 24" |
| Medium |
1 Pacemaker Lathe |
18" x 120" |
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1 Axelson Lathe |
18" x 144" |
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1 Lyons Lathe |
24" x 120" |
| Large |
1 Binns & Berry CNC Lathe |
33" x 240" |
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1 Binns & Berry CNC Lathe |
33" x 120" |
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1 American Lasun Turnmaster CNC Lathe |
20" x 80" |
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1 Lodge & Shipley Lathe |
32" x 120" |
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From Steel to Skin on the Binns & Berry |
A NSROC Co-op Student Learns to Weld |
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WELDING |
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| 2 ESAP |
MIG (Metal Inert Gas) |
| 3 LINCOLN |
TIG (Tungsten Inert Gas) |
| 2 LINCOLN |
Stick (Steel & Stainless Steel) |
| 1 TAYLOR-WINFIELD |
Small Spot |
| 2 ESAP |
Burning Machines |
| 2 ESAP |
Plasma Cutters |
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SHEET METAL |
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| BREAKS-POWER |
1 Chicago |
8 ft. |
3/16" Aluminum |
1/8" Steel |
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1 Verson |
8 ft. |
3/16" Aluminum |
1/8" Steel |
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1 Chicago |
4 ft. |
1/8" Aluminum |
1/16" Steel |
| BREAKS-MANUAL |
1 Unknown |
8 ft. |
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109" Steel |
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1 Chicago |
4 ft. |
.090 Aluminum |
.063" Steel |
| SHEARS-POWER |
1 Niagra |
6 ft. |
1/3" Aluminum |
3/16" Steel 1/8" Stainless |
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1 Cincinnati |
8 ft. |
3/4" Aluminum |
1/2" Steel |
| SHEARS-MANUAL |
Unknown |
8 ft. |
.090 Aluminum |
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| ROLLOVERS-POWER |
1 Built-Rite |
5 ft. |
1/4" Aluminum |
3/16" Steel |
| ROLLOVERS-MANUAL |
1 Pexto |
4 ft. |
1/8" Aluminum |
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| THE WET JET |
The Flow-International CNC Water Jet has the ability to continually repeat a function to make many items of the same size and shape; and the ability to nest parts by flipping their position to get the maximum number of parts possible from the material used. The Wet Jet can be used on almost any thickness of aluminum, steel and some plastics; and can cut a 4 hour Hurco-Ultimax job to one hour. |
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Shearing Metal |
The Wet Jet |
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OTHER PROCESS |
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| Heat Treating 2000° F |
1 Electric Oven |
15" x 7" x 5.5" |
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1 Electric Oven |
24" x 12.75" x 11/5" |
| Hardness Testing |
1 Wilson Rockwell PTC Instuments Portable Steel Tester |
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1 Tinius Chisen Universal Testing Machine (30,000 lbs. Capacity; 60" vertical travel w/charting capability) |
| Insulating & Bonding |
Spraying RTV 3145 for Payload Protection |
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Spraying Protective Foam for Heat Resistance and Payload Protection |
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Applications of a variety of Epoxies & Stycasts. |
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