Columbia Machine Works was contracted to fabricate two 11′ diameter rings. These rings were burned out on our CNC plasma table out of two pieces of 2″ A36 plate, then welded at the seams with 100% joint penetration. They were then put on the boring mill to receive 40 equally-spaced, drilled and counterbored holes around the full diameter. Then we …
Fabricated Replacement Component for Die Casting Machine
On a nearly daily basis, we receive requests from customers to fabricate replacement parts for their machinery that are impossible to still get from the OEM. In these cases, all Columbia Machine Works has to work with, so to speak, is the broken piece of equipment that the customer ships to us and asks “can you make this?” Pictured below …
Emergency Press Repair Work for Automotive Stamping Customer
Our customer had a critical-to-production die with a crack in it, which was only going to get worse if something wasn’t done quickly. On the other hand, our customer could not afford to have their press out of service for more than a few days (was costing them millions of dollars per day to be out of service). So, over …
Large Stainless Steel Fabrication
Pictured is a large stainless steel fabrication being given a final quality inspection.
Large Industrial Equipment Repair
Pictured is a piece of industrial equipment that CMW repaired for one of our customers. CMW machined a new shaft for this piece in addition to extensive fabricated repairs.
Precision-Machined Die Cast Component
CMW has many years of experience machining precise die cast replacement parts such as this dogleg piece for a 3000 ton die cast linkage.
Precision Die Cast Component
Pictured is a precision die cast component CMW machined on one of its CNC machining centers.