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Engineering & Design At Franklin, we take the time to learn about our customers' unique applications and requirements. By confronting complex problems with innovative solutions, we design, engineer, and rigorously test our products through to market acceptance. Precision fabrication demands complete understanding of all customers' performance requirements. Technical assistance is guaranteed by utilizing our engineering staff. Computer Numeric Control Capabilities Franklin utilizes complete state of the art CNC equipment fabrication from the beginning of each job through to completion. This capability reduces the risk of error in the repeatability of parts, and provides excellent quality during each phase of the fabrication process. The competitive edge gained by utilizing our CNC machining centers can be appreciated by our customer by supplying quality parts on a timely and even rush order basis. By adequately investing in our CNC facilities and inventory of materials, Franklin provides quick turnaround service for large and small quantity orders. CNC, turret and engine lathes currently provide the capabilities to handle jobs up to 17 inches in swing and 48 inches in length. This CNC capacity compliments our larger capacity of conventional lathe equipment. Sawing, Sanding, & Shearing Capabilities Franklin continues to upgrade its equipment in every aspect of the organization. This is demonstrated by the recent addition of a new CNC panel saw to ensure repeatability of close tolerance product. Franklin also offers quick turnaround on small quantity and immediate delivery requirements for saw to size work. Franklin Fibre™, Lamitex®, and FranPlas™ materials are readily sawed, sheared and sanded from inventory. Franklin's shears have six foot capacity and can hold close tolerances. Sanding capabilities reach the maximum width of 40 inches and capable of handling 2 inch thick material in the maximum width. Thin gauge material up to 12 inches wide can be sanded to close tolerances. Both wet and dry sanding methods can be used to hold tolerance to ±.001. If closer tolerances are required, we can utilize our double disc grinder to hold ±.0005 tolerance on certain sizes of strip material. Turning & Screw Machines CNC lathes are used to hold tight tolerances where required for all turning work. Franklin is very experienced in turning all types of plastics and thermoset materials. By utilizing the latest technologies, Franklin continues to build experience in machining difficult materials. Vast inventories of tubing and rod stock are immediately accessible for the production of screw machine parts. Large and small quantity orders for automatic screw machined parts are processed routinely.

Stamping & Die Cut Parts Punched as well as die cut parts have been a long standing portion of Franklin's fabrication business. Franklin maintains a wide variety of punch presses including high speed for high volume requirements. Roll stock can be slit in-house, providing quick turn-around of processed parts. Franklin maintains inventories of standard size rolls of most punching stocks. Die cut parts for many applications can be process from our large stock of materials in inventory. Franklin Fibre™, Fishpaper, Nomex®, Nylon®, and Teflon® are just a few of the products that Franklin punches parts from on a daily basis. Small quantities of stamped and die cut parts are readily quoted competitively with our capabilities. Conventional & Specialized Fabrication All types of quality conventional machining equipment is maintained on the shop floor to handle the many different processes of milling, drilling, turning, sanding, forming, sandblasting, grinding, punching, and tooling work. Franklin has been a fabricator of plastic and non-metallic materials since 1921. Although many processes have been upgraded by the use of CNC equipment, many products are better machined from the original tools as designed. Franklin maintains its own tool and die shop for all our tooling. Quality Control Designing, producing, and delivering first-class products requires strict quality control in every phase of product development and production. Utilizing the latest technology in quality control equipment guarantees accurate quality checks and repeatability in performance. Samples for approval, certificates of compliance for materials, and on-site source inspections are daily business routines. Franklin has available upon request a complete quality control manual. The manual is based on the requirements of MIL-I-45208A. Please call us at 1-800-233-9739 or email us. Complimentary Fabricating Capabilities: Molding Bending Forming Coating Painting Stamping Silk Screening Lettering Assembly Design Complimentary Fabricating Services: CAD/CAM capability to receive CAD drawings on diskette for uploading to CAM system. Prepaid materials held in stock for future release Blanket order processing Just-In-Time Delivery performance. Kanban Inventory System Compatible E.D.I. Capable (Electronic Data Interchange) 24 Hour turnover on cut-to-size stock orders.