Manufacturing Engineering Services for Defense & Aerospace
General Tool Company provides manufacturing engineering services that help defense and aerospace customers turn complex designs into practical, efficient manufacturing solutions. With decades of experience, our manufacturing engineers work closely with customers to evaluate requirements, address production challenges, and develop manufacturing processes that support quality, precision, and performance.
Our team combines computer modeling, engineering analysis, and advanced manufacturing techniques to identify opportunities for improved manufacturability. We collaborate with customers throughout the manufacturing planning process, applying technical expertise and practical production experience to help solve complex challenges.
GTC supports customer design data through CAD/CAM platforms including SolidWorks, Siemens NX (Unigraphics), Autodesk Inventor, and SurfCAM. We also work with neutral file formats such as IGES, STEP, and ACIS to support data exchange. Customer information is handled through a secure network with data protection and encryption measures.
- Our Experience
- Recommendations to improve "Manufacturability"
- Custom Machine Build
- Tooling and fixture Concepts
- Product assurance and validation
- Engine packaging
- Heat transfer, stress analysis
- Packaging, Material handling equipment
- Friction Stir Welding Machines
CAD/CAM
GTC has the best computer software and hardware systems for our staff of experienced programmers to transform a digital design into a physical part. Our team is skilled at creating the right tool paths for parts that need heavy roughing cuts for stock removal or very light finishing passes to minimize heat and distortion while holding tight dimensions and special surface conditions.
Simulation of machining processes verifies the expected results. Program edits and critical offsets established at the CNC machine are captured and shared with the programming department to keep the master program up to date and improve future programming.
Programs for computer-controlled measuring machines are also expertly prepared, and inspection results are fed back to the system for analysis and refinement of machining techniques. We use Siemens NX (Unigraphics), SolidWorks, ICAM, PC-DMIS, Origin Checkmate and Renishaw Productivity Plus, to name a few of the software tools at our command.
