Services

Northwest Technologies provides competitive pricing, short lead times, and a large variety of quality products and services including:

Laser Cutting	Machining	Welding	Shearing	Rolling	Delivery
Fabrication	Forming	Finishing	Designing	Sawing

 

Laser Cutting
The flagship of our 45,000 sq. ft. manufacturing facility is our two 5200-watt Bystronic Byspeed and our 3000-watt Bystronic Bystar Lasers. We have the capability to make parts that are repeatable and accurate, whether it is a simple blank or a job that entails intricate artwork or lettering, to plus/minus .010 on most common materials. With multiple lasers, we can process large production runs quickly and efficiently.

Our advanced laser technology allows:

• Better consistency from part to part
• Lower costs from less scrap
• Quicker production of parts
• Cleaner, burr-free cuts
• Special fixturing of prefabricated parts, angles, and beams
• Etching on most materials
• Pipe and tube
  
  

  (Two) 5200-Watt Bystronic Byspeed Lasers 60" x 120" (5' x 10') sheets Mild steel through 1" Aluminum through 1/2" Stainless steel through 3/4" Fast high-quality cut with less taper

  3000-Watt Bystronic Bystar Laser 48" x 96" (4' x 8') sheets Mild steel through 3/4” Aluminum through 5/16” Stainless Steel through 1/2” Tube and pipe to 12” OD x 3/4” thick Plastics, acrylics, wood, shim stock, special alloys. Prefabricated parts, angles, and beam

Fabrication
Whether your need is build-to-print or custom design, Northwest Technologies' (NWT) wide range of fabrication experience and broad base of fabrication ability allows us to offer you the solution to all of your fabrication needs. Our fully integrated facility has processing capabilities that allow us to handle all aspects of your fabrication needs from the component level to huge assemblies. NWT provides the capabilities and skills necessary to create a multitude of metal components, weldments and full assemblies that are high quality and close tolerance. We are a precision fabrication and machining company capable of creating specialty items from large weldments to small precision machined parts. NWT can handle orders with minimum lead time. We are confident of our ability to completely produce your products, including the complex parts others walk away from.

Our Advanced Fabrication Capabilities Allow:

• Production and/or assembly
• Prototyping and/or retro-fitting
• Custom built to order
• Handling of finishing requirements
• Carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum
  
  
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Machining
Northwest Technologies (NWT) provides full-service, precision CNC machining capabilities including vertical CNC milling and manual milling. NWT specializes in close-tolerance CNC machine work in steel, stainless steel, titanium, aluminum, and many other materials.

NWT offers full-production machining and prototype assistance. Precision machined parts are available in most metals and alloys, in low to medium volumes as well as production quantities.

Willis Mill , Jet Mill Machine, and Bridgeport Mill Machine
Slotting, drilling, endmilling, peripheral milling
Manual Control with 3-axis “Digital read-out” (DRO) with auto quill feed and X-axis power feed

CNC Vertical Machining Center
3-axis
Max travel:
X-axis 40"
Y-axis 20"

CNC Vertical Machining Center
3-axis
Max travel:
X-axis 50"
Y-axis 25"

Monarch Lathe
Model 12” CK
Manually controlled

 

Forming
Northwest Technologies (NWT) offers hydraulic and multi-axis press brakes that are designed to provide our customers continuous production and consistent accuracy for their value-added metal fabrication needs.

NWT consistently offers the latest in computerized metal fabrication equipment designed to offer our customers cost-efficiency, superb quality and fast delivery for both low-and high-volume contract manufacturing orders.

NWT's Bystronic PR series press brakes with pressure reference and new IPC springback compensation technologies deliver accurate, "first-time" bends regardless of variation or material quality. This state-of-the-art technology is engineered to deliver a better bend in less time.

Cincinnati CBII-Press Brake CNC
350-ton capacity (down force) hydraulic
3/4" to 12’ length

(Two) Bystronic Beyeler CNC Press Brakes
150-ton capacity
Up to 10' length

Amada RG125 NC Press Brake
125-ton capacity (up acting) hydraulic
Up to 10’ length

Amada RG 80 NC Press Brake
80-ton capacity (up acting) hydraulic
Up to 8’ length

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Welding
Northwest Technologies (NWT) offers a broad line of precision TIG welders, arc welders, and MIG welders to ensure that our customers have the very best joining solution when it comes to achieving specifications for their value-added metal fabrication needs.

• 15 welding cells with full fabrication machinery available
• Certified MIG and TIG welding services
• Carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum
• (Two) 50’ x 200’ bays with 10-ton overhead cranes

Robot Welder
Dual fixed-table robotic cell capable of MIG welding (short arc and spray), synergic MIG welding, pulse MIG welding, or flux-cored arc welding.

 

Sawing
Autofeed Band Saw
Northwest Technologies (NWT) provides high capacity, close tolerance, cut-to-length parts.
NWT specializes in processing tubing, bar stock and structural materials with state-of-the-art cutting technology.

Amada RA400
14" auto-feed bandsaw
Tolerance to ± .020
Cuts bundles

Cosen NC Controlled Miter-cutting
15" x 26" opening
Auto-feed bandsaw
Tolerance to ± .010
Cuts bundles

Dake “Auto Feed” Cold Saw
14” blade
Tolerance to ± .005

Wilton Bandsaw
12" capacity
8" miter-cut

 

Finishing
Northwest Technologies (NWT) offers finishing services to handle the most demanding of requirements to the simplest of deburring operations. We offer tumbling with ceramic, plastic, or steel media and rust-inhibiting coatings. We offer several different types of media to remove burrs on metal parts. Samples can be produced to your specification.

At NWT, surface preparation is important. The end finish is only as good as the surface to which it's applied. Sandblasting the surface of your material prior to coating provides an excellent surface for the powder coating to adhere. Blasting also increases the adhesion and durability of the finish. Our blast system uses garnet media to remove the old finish, metal oxides or manufacturing by-products that remain on the metal.

Burr King – Tumbler Model Vibra King 45
Ceramic, plastic, or steel media and rust-inhibiting coatings

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Shearing
Northwest Technologies (NWT) offers shearing to our customers requiring these metal fabricating services. We assist our customers to produce the exact sheared-size components they need to meet their custom fabricated metal parts requirements.

LVD Shear
Capabilities up to 1/4” x 10’

 

Designing
Northwest Technologies (NWT) has a wide range of programs to offer compatibility with almost any software for fabrication and design purposes. We use Solid Works, CADKEY, and Bob Cad. All programs are IGES, DXF, and DWG compatible, so working with your files on other programs is a breeze.

 

Rolling
Northwest Technologies (NWT) offers sheet rolling services for both stand-alone job lots or as part of a larger fabrication.

Amerecon Roll
Material capacity: 0.135” thick x 72”

 

Delivery
Northwest Technologies (NWT) makes every effort to ensure your parts reach you in the condition they were intended and on time. We support this goal by utilizing our company trucks to transport parts, to and from vendors and clients. Additionally, we work with external freight services to transport parts nation-wide and internationally.

Pick-up and delivery services are available throughout the Pacific Northwest. We are also happy to ship or receive material via your favorite transportation company. Your delivery schedule is our priority.

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