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In 1985, two men who were
employees of United Airlines, each with considerable years of service,
founded Metal Fusion, Inc. (a California Corporation) and earned their
FAA Air Agency Certificate in November of that year. Metal Fusion
(MFI) is now solely owned by one of the original founders, Paul Carrick.
Initially, our primary customer was Garrett Air Research, now a leading
aerospace company. MFI is still repairing the parts for this leading
aerospace company that we began repairing in 1985 and has added all the
major airlines and several other aerospace and industrial companies to
its customer list.
The rework capabilities of MFI revolve around metal spraying, welding,
machining and inspection. Over the years, our metal spray capability has
grown from a Metco MN system and a 3MB Plasma gun by adding new systems,
as our workload required us to do so. Today MFI has two plasma systems, a
40Kw unit and a newly installed 80Kw Metco 7M unit. We also have
combustion powder and wire systems, and a TAFA 900 dual wire arc system. We
now have two spray cells and a state of the art dry cartridge dust
collection system that exceeds all current pollution control regulations
and can be readily upgraded should that ever be required.
Presently MFI employs four metal spray technicians and one coating
engineer. This gives MFI a combined staff experience of almost 100
years in thermally applied coatings.
Initially, welding and machining were the vehicles that permitted MFI to
penetrate the aerospace component repair marketplace, and it has built on
that core competence from the beginning. Today the machine shop has
grown to four lathes; the largest being a 1998 model with a
40"x200" capacity, and two milling machines. Our largest
mill has a 48"x48" table and is equipped with a 24"
tilting rotary table. We also have a large cylindrical grinder and
a surface grinder as well.
Welding has always been part of the MFI formula and we have two TIG
welding machines that are operated by talented craftsmen who are
unusually skilled at joining inconel, stainless,
titanium, magnesium and aluminum parts with these top systems.
Our welding capability is complimented by our certified Dye Penetrant Inspection capability. Three of our
employees are certified to Level Two for inspection of aircraft parts for
flaw indications, per NAS 410.
Three MFI employees have A&P licenses and we are very familiar with
the latest FAA requirements, regulations and procedures. We have
4,000 square feet of shop space and 1,200 square feet of office area. A
1,000 square foot parking/loading area fenced and concrete paved is in
the front of the building.
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