SMT 2011

1. Southern Manufacturing Technologies
2011

2. Business Segments
•Aircraft
•Aerospace
•Defense
•Commercial
•Medical
Location
•Tampa, FL
•We have 90 employees
Capacity 67% as of 12/31/10

3. Customers
•AeroControlex
•Conax (Cobham)
•Honeywell
•Teledyne
•Triumph
•Woodward

4. Certifications
•AS 9100
•ISO 9001
Customers Certifications
•Honeywell – MPC (Manufacturing Process
Control), Source Delegation
•Triumph Actuation Systems – SIDA (Supplier
Inspection Delegation Authority)
•AeroControlex – ACES (AeroControlex Excellent
Supplier)

5. Visit www.smt-tampa.com for a virtual tour.

6. Materials
•Aluminum
•Titanium
•Stainless Steel
•Inconel
•Other metals
Stainless Steel Satellite
Valve Assembly
Titanium Missile Defense
Component
Anodized Aluminum
Servo Valve Housing
Helicals Installed
Aluminum Servo Valve Housings
Anodized & Chem Filmed
Helicals Installed
Stainless Steel
Parachute Release
Assembly

7. Titanium Atomizer Bells
Assembly Sectional View
Aluminum Housing
Multiple Hard Coat Surfaces
Aluminum Deep Cover Hogout
Anodized & Chem Filmed

8. Aluminum Cover Hogout
Anodized & Chem Filmed
Aluminum Cover Hogout
Anodized & Chem Filmed
Stainless Steel Rocket Valve Aluminum Housing Hogout
Anodized & Chem Filmed

9. In-House Processing
•CNC Lathes with Live Tooling
•CNC Mills Vertical / Horizontal with full 4
th
axis and
5
th
axis positioning
•CNC Waterjet Deburring
•Ballizing
•Grinding
•Manual mills, lathes, Bridgeports, etc.

10. Subcontract Processing
•Blast / Shot Peen
•Broach
•EDM
•Grind / Hone / Lap
•Heat Treat
•Laser Part Mark
•Waterjet cutting
Subcontract Testing
•FPI
•MPI
•X-Ray
•Ultrasound
•Pressure Test

11. In-House Surface Treatments
•Black Oxide
•Chem Film
Subcontracted Surface Treatments
•Anodize
•Chem Film
•Electropolish
•Dry Lube / Dichronite
•Paint
•Passivate
•Plating – Bronze, Chrome, Copper, Gold, Nickel,
Black Nickel, Tin
•Sermetel

12. Collaborate with customers’ engineering
department
•Machine-ability
•Cost saving opportunities
•Understand customers’ true needs
•Inspection techniques
•Value-added options (assembly)
Prototype
•One-off capability
•On premise engineering
•Specialized Tool Room
Production Qualification
•Small production run(s) to prove out process
Production
•Ramp up into full production

13. New Part Team & Responsibilities:
Manufacturing Engineering
•Collaborate with customers’ engineers
•Specify Raw Material Size & Shape
•Process Planning & Routing
•Operation Drawings
•Fixture Drawings
•Special Tool Drawings
•CNC Programs
•Tool Data Sheets

14. New Part Team & Responsibilities:
Quality Engineering
•In-Process Inspection Forms
•AS9102 FAIR
•Review & Approve Operation Drawings
•Gage Request Forms
•Production Count Sheets
•Define Special Gaging

15. New Part Team & Responsibilities:
Purchasing
•Order Material
•Locate New Suppliers as needed
•Use NADCAP & customer approved suppliers
as required
•Expedite Special Tooling & Gaging

16. New Part Team & Responsibilities:
CNC Supervisor
•Collaborate with Manufacturing Engineers
•Recommend Work Centers
•Coordinate with other Key Personnel

17. New Part Team Summary:
New part team typically meets 2 – 5 times during the
new part development process.
Team credentials:
•Black Belt
•Green Belts
•NIMS Certified Senior Trainer
•NIMS OJT Trainers
•Certified Project Manager

18. Day (-32)RFQ Received
Day (-25)Completed Quote Sent to Customer
Day 1 PO Received
Day 3 Meeting 1 – New Part Team
Day 9 Raw Material Ordered
Day 12 Meeting 2 – New Part Team
Day 15 Raw Material Received
Day 28 Meeting 3 – New Part Team – Process Released
Day 36 Production Start
Day 36-65Internal Processing
Day 65-68Outside Processing
Day 69 Final Internal Processing
Day 70 FAIR
Day 73 Source Inspection & Ship
2 revision changes received before production start

19. New Part Summary
Part quoted with a 12 week lead time and delivered in less
than 11 weeks.
“It has been a pleasure working with SMT throughout the entire procuring process.
From the beginning you and your team were very responsive and very easy to work
with. The parts you dropped off Monday look great, and our quality engineer who
performed First Article Inspection commented on the quality of the part and your
facility. It is not every day that a vendor provides a quality product and delivers a full
week ahead of schedule. I am looking forward to working with SMT in the future and I
just wanted to thank you for all your hard work.”
Many things, including, complexity, number and types of
outside processes, and revision changes, influence the lead
time and responsiveness.

20. “As I walked through the facility it was obvious there is a high level of value placed on the employees of
SMT. The facility was very clean, organized, with machines strategically located, all good indicators of a
committed and dedicated work team. There was also evidence of a strong emphasis on lean manufacturing
practices which supports effective cost reduction opportunities.
Also obvious was the commitment to stay current with the latest machining capabilities. The machines are
modern, appeared to be well maintained and strategically located to support the lean concept and most
important, an AS9001 quality system. The installation of the water jet deburr machine is a significant
addition to the overall operation.
In today’s supply chain environment where reduction and consolidation are the norm, first impressions are
more important then ever and SMT shows well. As a participant of the Goodrich Corporation Interiors
machining team I will include your company as a potential machining supplier to all Interiors sites of
Goodrich, domestic and internationally.
My applause to SMT’s President, Roy Sweatman for successfully leading his company through these rough
economic times and for preparing SMT for continued growth and success.”
Letter from 27 yr supply chain professional after tour of Southern Manufacturing Technologies, December
2010.

Letter from Goodrich buyer, 12/2010

21. •Lights out machining
•3 Horizontal Mills with twin pallets
•2 machines with 300 tool magazine
•1 machine with 120 tool magazine
•2 load stations
•23 pallets
•Runs 24/7

22. •Unidirectional press
•Carbide ball
•Customized fixtures
•Dimensional accuracy
•11 sigma process
•Surface finish

23. Purpose
•Quality
•Consistency
•Reliability
•Efficiency
•Cost Savings
KAN KH-6 Waterjet Deburring Center

24. New tooling added to Horizontal Mills
External burrs
www.harveytool.com
Internal burrs
www.jwdone.com

25. Kan KH-6 Waterjet Deburr Machine
Static Nozzle
Rotary Nozzle
Air Nozzle
x
y
z
b
0°-90°
v B Axis rotary table with 0°-90° tilt angle.
View from service door
v Arms and Tips with X Y Z movement.
View from service door

26. Fixtures & Work Holding
Part fixtures are designed in house for load
and unload on the machine master pallets.
A magnetic sensor system recognizes the
pin configuration, identifying the part being
processed, and loads the correct CNC
program.
Master
pallet
Work hold
fixture
Pin config
Master
pallet
Work hold
fixture
Pin config
B=0°
B=90°
B=180°
B=270°
b
0°-90°

27. vRotary nozzle
•Used for internal deburring.
•Comes with 7 Speed settings (200 to
900 rpm)
vStatic nozzle
•Used for washing cycles.
vAir nozzle
•Used for blowing cycles.
Nozzles

28. Before & After

29. Tool Paths Used
A.Helical X Y Z movement
•Using a custom macro
B.Z step movement
•Using a custom macro
E.Contour X Y Z
movement
•Using Esprit CAD/CAM

30. Before implementationAfter implementationFinal product

31. Machine Time Waterjet Manual Deburr
Before
Implementation
1.24 Hr/pt 0 2.2 Hr/pt
After
Implementation
1.34 Hr/pt 13 min/pt 54 min/pt
41% Total
Improvement
-8% improvement 49 % improvement
Example: Complex Housing

32. Long-Term Agreements
•Build to Forecasts
•Build to SOI (Supplier Owned Inventory)
•Build to VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory)
•Build to Kanban
•JIT (Just In Time) Delivery
•NP Agreements

33. Awards won in 2010 by SMT
2010 NTMA Technology Award Winner
SHARP Award Winner, OSHA

34. Questions?