A. S. Thomas, Inc. is proud
to be present at IMTS-2002 with the following manufacturers: Mikron-Bostomatic,
Booth D-4000, and MDSI/G&W Machine Tools, Booth D-4232.
Manufacturing
Mikron HSM 400U 5-axis
machining center showing live
machining of an impeller.

A. S. Thomas, Inc. has
developed this and numerous other production machining processes which have
provided dramatic reduction in machining cycle while improving part quality
and consistency.
NUFORM CAD/CAM and JIT
The NUFORM CAD/CAM System as
well as various Expert systems were demonstrated. The Expert Systems
demonstrated included Blade Milling Expert Systems and other Knowledge
Based CAE/CAD/CAM Systems designed to solve numerous manufacturing
problems.
A.S. Thomas, Inc. has provided
a large variety of turn-key manufacturing solutions across a wide spectrum
of products, including: medical instruments, surgical saw blades, turbine
blades, thread rolling dies, feedscrews, tooling hobs, etc.
Turbine Bucket machined on
G&W BD305 5-axis Machining
Center.