Aerospace

Paradigm has over 12 years experience manufacturing aerospace components for commercial and government space flight. Over the years we’ve developed broad partnerships with material suppliers and familiarity with FAI, FAR, DFAR and ITAR compliances, which mean fewer supply issues or regulatory holdups for your job. We can quickly and easily machine thin-walled, swept-surfaced components from aluminum or titanium, while our CAD CAM software fully simulates the manufacturing process to virtually eliminate any programming mistakes or possible machine collisions.

 

Turbo Machinery & Pumps

We manufacture turbo machinery components including impellers, blisks, inducers and housings. These components require programming simultaneous 5 Axis motion to tight tolerances, and CMM software that allows us to inspect these complex ruled, swept and composite surfaces directly from the CAD model. We’re also comfortable with the difficult machine alloys that can be used to design these components including Titanium, Hastelloy,® Inconel® and other super alloys.

 

Medical Components

Our suite of precision equipment and software produces the tight tolerances and surface finishes necessary for medical applications. We routinely machine alloys like titanium, chromium cobalt and PEE K plastics to our clients’ strict specifications.

 

Rapid Prototypes

Our quick-turn rapid prototyping services can provide you with a functional component without the wait you might expect. Our pricing is often competitive with SLS , FDM and SL A technologies while providing a highly accurate prototype with the exact material properties of your final part. We have also reduced tooling and pattern costs for many companies by machining parts that might normally be cast and then post machined.

 

Engineering expertise

Drafting & Documentation

• Full staff of over a dozen drafters

• Geometric tolerancing to ASME y14.5 s

• SolidWorks digital design software for complex solid and surface generation, large assembly BO M and drafting

 

Reverse Engineering

• Modify or retrofit existing components

• Complex 3D surfaces

• Portable Romer CMM

ª Onsite inspection

 

Finite Element Analysis & Full Motion Simulation

• Compare alternative designs to select the best for final production

• Study interaction between different assembly components

• Simulate real-world operating conditions to see how parts and assemblies handle stress, strain and displacement

 

Laser Welding

• High quality welds with precision accuracy, low heat input, and extremely high speed

•  Joins metals not weldable by conventional methods including:

   • hard-to-reach areas

   • extreme proximity to sensitive parts

   • parts with magnetic fields

• Two laser welders:

   • 500-watt Nd:YaG laser

   • 2000-watt ytterbium fiber laser

• Penetration:

  • High-temp alloys: up to 1/8"

  • Stainless steel & aluminum: up to 1/4"

 

Assembly & Testing

• Complex component assembly: electrical PLC , pneumatic, hydraulic

• Level 1 helium leak test

• Destructive and non-destructive testing

• Welding testing

• FEA analysis and functional failure tests