Manufacturing automation
Facility Expansion Update – Winter 2019
We are officially in Phase 2 of our manufacturing facility expansion project – and we couldn’t be more excited! Since our previous summer update, we’ve made great strides towards the completion of construction. September proved to be one of the busier months with the remaining plastics departments moving from the old PMP building to the […]
More >>Tool Gauge Evaluates MiR for New Plastics Facility
In the continued pursuit of implementing new technology and increasing automation throughout our plastics and metals division, Tool Gauge management and engineering are in the first phase of evaluating new cobots from Mobile Industrial Robots (MiR). Robotic specialists from Olympus Controls were onsite in late November to demonstrate the capabilities of their […]
More >>Facility Expansion Update – Summer 2019
Summer is just around the corner and our aerospace manufacturing facility expansion project has made some major headway since our Spring update. In early March, Washington Patriot Construction lifted and placed 55 tilt walls within three days to set the outer perimeter for the main manufacturing facility in Phase 1. Structural steel was delivered soon […]
More >>Facility Expansion Update – Spring 2019
Snow has melted, spring flowers are blooming and the Tool Gauge expansion project is back on track with some impressive movement since our Fall Update. Dickson Company broke ground with demolition in September 2018, demolishing 8 buildings including the original Tool Gauge PMP facility. After clean up was completed, Washington Patriot Construction came in […]
More >>See You Soon at AIX 2019 in Hamburg, Germany!
Tool Gauge is excited to announce that we will be exhibiting again at the Aircraft Interiors Expo in Hamburg, Germany from April 2 – 4, 2019. We will be representing Washington State alongside 10 other aerospace companies under Choose Washington at booth 6E80 / J inside the Hanse-Pavilion. AIX is an annual event showcasing […]
More >>Interview with Steven Ouzts, Manufacturing Engineer
In honor of Engineers Week, we’re taking some time to get to know our engineers including Steven Ouzts, Manufacturing Engineer. Originally from Utah, Steven and his family moved to Sammamish, Wash., at a very young age. He attended Western Washington University, majoring in Manufacturing Engineering. “I pretty much got hired as soon as I graduated […]
More >>Facility expansion update – Fall 2018
Our Tacoma aerospace manufacturing facility expansion is going according to plan! Our building demolition phase was completed by the end of September 2018 and we are on track to break ground on new construction in October 2018. Our new facility’s first floor will feature a customer lobby featuring historical Tool Gauge story boards, pictures, and […]
More >>Interview with Namrata Roy, Engineering Intern at Tool Gauge
Tell us a little bit about yourself, Namrata. What do you study and where? I just finished my third year of mechanical engineering at Principia College in Elsah, IL as part of a dual degree program with the University of North Dakota (ABET mechanical engineering degree). What attracted you about interning at Tool Gauge […]
More >>Tool Gauge evaluates cobots
Today’s smaller aerospace manufacturers face challenges on many different levels. They have difficulty hiring due to a wide shortage of factory floor talent to carry out assembly work or tend to machines. To remain competitive on the global stage, they need to keep their manufacturing costs under control, especially as new aircraft programs come online. For […]
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