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Facilities & Equipment
A real inventory of what runs on our Chico, California floor — 17 injection molding presses (28–500 ton, 1.45–80 oz shot size) and 7 die casting machines (250–560 ton, 3.5–5 lb. shot weight), plus the tool room, CNC/finishing, assembly, and inspection equipment behind them.
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Machine roster confirmed against Wrex Products' internal equipment list. Facility square footage, current headcount, and any equipment additions/retirements since that list was compiled are still pending confirmation — see docs/factual-verification.md before adding those specific figures.
Plastic Injection Molding — 17 presses, 28–500 ton
28 Ton Arburg (×2) — 1.45 oz shot
55 Ton Arburg — 3.14 oz shot
55 Ton Cincinnati — 3.51 oz shot
85 Ton Cincinnati (×2) — 4.4 oz shot
90 Ton Cincinnati — 7.6 oz shot
150 Ton Van Dorn — 8 oz shot
200 Ton Van Dorn — 14 oz shot
225 Ton Cincinnati — 15 oz shot
230 Ton Van Dorn — 25.4 oz shot
300 Ton Van Dorn — 30 oz shot
310 Ton Cincinnati — 26.6 oz shot
315 Ton Cincinnati — 18 oz shot
440 Ton Cincinnati — 54 oz shot
500 Ton Cincinnati — 54 oz shot
500 Ton Van Dorn — 80 oz shot
Die Casting — 7 machines, 250–560 ton
250 Ton ZiTai (×2)
400 Ton HPM — 3.5 lb shot
400 Ton Buhler — 3.5 lb shot
420 Ton ZiTai
500 Ton Toshiba — 5 lb shot
560 Ton ZiTai
Tool Room, CNC & Finishing, Powder Coating, Assembly, and Inspection
Tool Room
- Haas VF-3ss 4-axis VMC with automatic pallet changer — indexed and simultaneous 4th axis
- Haas VF-1 3-axis VMC
- Fadal VMC 4020 (3-axis)
- Fadal VMC 6030 (3-axis)
- Milling machines with digital read-outs (×8)
- Engine lathes (×3)
- Blanchard grinder — 36" capacity
- Surface grinders (×5)
- Automatic 3-axis surface grinder — 12"×26" capacity
- Pedestal grinder
- Table-top grinder
- Charmilles Robofil 310 wire EDM
- Charmilles Roboform 350 CNC sinker EDM
- Hansvedt SM-150B manual EDM
- Heat-treat furnaces, atmospheric control (×2)
- Draw furnace
- Radial drill
- Heli-arc welder
- Sunnen hone
- Deckel cutter grinder
- End mill sharpener
- Westhoff drilling machine
- Glass bead blaster
- Micro welder
- Band saws (×2) and cut-off saw
- Belt sander
- Power polishing tools
- Die filer and various small power tools
CNC Machining & Finishing
- Haas VF-3ss 4-axis VMC with automatic pallet changer — indexed and simultaneous 4th axis
- Haas VF-1 3-axis VMC
- Fadal VMC 4020 (3-axis)
- Fadal VMC 6030 (3-axis)
- Bridgeport milling machines (×5)
- N.C. Proto Tractor milling machine
- Sharnoa-Tiger 4 NC milling machine
- Single-spindle drill presses (×9)
- Gang-table drill presses with 4 heads (×3)
- Commander multi-head drill presses (×4)
- 6-spindle Burgmaster drill press
- Telco 17-spindle drilling machine
- Desoutter drill machine and Desoutter tapping machine
- Pneumatic drilling machine
- 24-spindle Milman tapping machine
- Procunier lead-screw tapping machines (×3)
- Hydraulic trim presses (×5)
- Punch presses (×2)
- Helicoil machine
- 24 cu. ft. Hutson vibratory deburrer
- 32 cu. ft. Brandon vibratory deburrer
- 7.5 cu. ft. Sweco vibratory deburrer
- Ball burnisher
- Disc sanders (×3: two 18", one 24")
- Flap-wheel sanders (×4)
- Belt sanders (×4)
- Drying conveyor belts (×3)
- Band saw
- 25 HP rotary air compressor and dryer
Powder Coating
- Pre-treatment cleaning system
- Sand blasting cabinet
- Painting booths with powder reclaim (×3)
- Industrial gas-fired curing ovens (×2), 700,000 Btu
Assembly Department
- Ultrasonic welders (×3)
- Imtram GS-200 pad printer
- Imtram GS-100 pad printers (×2)
- Kensol hot-stamping machines (×4)
Inspection & Quality
- MicroVu Excel 662HM multi-probe CMM
- MicroVu Model 24118 video measuring machine
- Bausch & Lomb microscopes (×2)
- Granite surface plates (×8)
- Digital height gages (×4)
- Micrometer sets, calipers, indicators, gage pin sets, gage block sets, thread gages
- Calibration standards, including thread wires
- GageTrak calibration management software
- Customer-supplied measuring and test equipment accommodated on request
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