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PLASTICS EMERGE |
Airex began in 1950 as America's first Plastics Foundry, molding and
casting parts with emerging lightweight materials in new designs for Aerospace
applications. |
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AIR-TO-AIR MISSILES |
Early expertise in Low-Outgassing Potting Processes led
to requests from major Aerospace contractors to wind copper conductors for
sensors used in Air-to-Air Missiles. Success in the 60's
with electromagnetic components led to full Military qualification
of the Airex Manufacturing facility. |
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STRATEGIC MISSILES |
Charles Stark Draper Laboratory's highly visible success
developing the guidance system for the Apollo Moon Mission led to Airex
developing Automated Winding Systems
for both the Peacekeeper and Trident Guidance Systems. This
high density winding and precise positioning of conductors was
state-of-the-art in the 70's, and began a legacy that remains at the
core of Airex designs to this day. |
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AEROSPACE |
Our passion for Quality & Craftsmanship in the first
30 years led to increased Manufacturing Volume in the early 1980's.
New Cutting-edge Magnetic
Materials were implemented and Innovative Insulation Coatings were
applied after extensive collaboration with the Aerospace industry, adding
a baseline to Airex designs that remain unchallenged in the
industry. |
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MEDICAL MARKETS |
Manufacturing components in higher volume led to levels
of efficiency typical of high-end medical markets. Our ability to achieve
High Performance at some of the industry's most Competitive Pricing drove innovative
new product designs in the '80's and '90's leading to breakthrough medical
technologies in trauma centers and ICU cardiac treatment units.
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SPACE VEHICLES |
Space-based components from Star Wars to Space Station
require constant technology improvements to achieve increasingly complex
missions. Integrating the features of our Vacuum
Compatible Designs substantiated by
internal Environmental
Testing Services
became key to space-based optical applications in the late 1990's. Clean
room integrity coupled with optimized thermal performance achieved
highly stable operating platforms for mission critical applications.
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SEMICONDUCTOR |
Airex' heritage in these high performance, high quality
applications led to design features and manufacturing standards suitable
for the "space-on-earth" requirements of semiconductor manufacturing.
Unit-to-Unit Consistency,
Ultra Low Cogging and
Extreme Positioning Accuracy are
synonymous with our standards. Wafer fabrication from vacuum chambers
to positioning stages to lithography technologies requires many
of the product life and component reliability features inherent
in Airex designs of the 21st century. |
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AUTOMATED MFG |
Key to our current designs are Automation Systems
designed and built by Airex to insure the highest performance for the markets
we serve. Reducing the variability inherent in hand winding and positioning of
coils means Guaranteed Performance
at customer sites. Cost advantages underlying this
design-to-production approach make Domestic
Manufacturing an option in competitive international
markets. |
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