Machine Tools: MLI has designed and built both high precision and high-speed machine tools.  MLI performs machine tool evaluations, design studies, and capabilities analysis for your machining applications and tests machines to a customer's unique specifications using above state-of-the-art concepts and components.

Vibration Analysis: Includes modal analysis, vibration monitoring and testing, forced and self-excited vibrations, and vibration monitoring systems.

Metrology: Interferometric measurements, positional accuracy, repeatability, velocity ripple, pitch and yaw, thermal monitoring.

Tool Design: Selection and modification of tooling systems, modification of current tool designs, design of specialized cutting tools.

Process Planning: Hard-to-machine work pieces (flexible fixtures or parts), tool selection and management, part-programming strategies, machining of hard materials.

Sensors and Controls: Control of vibration, active and passive damping, force and position control, spindle speed control, sensor filtering and signal processing.

 

PRICES AND RATES (as of Jan 1, 2007)

Contact MLI for product prices and quantity discounts. Consulting time is billed at the following rates for engineering hours only. Not-to-exceed quotations and proposals can be supplied on request.

Domestic - Staff Engineers $210/hour + travel costs
Chief Engineer $250/hour + travel costs
Foreign - Staff Engineers $300/hour + travel costs (business-class accommodations)
Chief Engineer $375/hour + travel costs (business-class accommodations)
Legal - $500/hour + travel costs

 

SELECTED CURRENT AND PAST CUSTOMERS

Ford Pratt & Whitney 3M Sikorsky
Corning Carrier Union Carbide Ingersoll Milling
General Electric Giddings and Lewis Caterpillar Boeing
Air Force NIST General Motors Lockheed Martin

 

CONTACT INFORMATION

Dr. Scott Smith
MLI (Eastern Office)
15401 Groveland Street
Huntersville, NC  28078-5524
Phone: (704) 577-9924
FAX:   (704) 687-3246
E-Mail: smith@mfg-labs.com
Dr. Tom Delio
MLI (Western Office)
889 South Rainbow Blvd. #690
Las Vegas, Nevada 89128-6238
Phone: (702) 869-0836
FAX:   (702) 869-0912
E-Mail: tdelio@mfg-labs.com