Dynamic Flowform’s NQA-1 Quality Assurance Program was approved by Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL).   Dynamic was added to LANL’s Approved Supplier list.    NQA-1 is a national consensus standard for development and implementation of a quality assurance program that meets the Department of Energy requirements.

Dynamic Flowform’s management team attended the AUSA Massachusetts Bay Chapter Award Dinner held on March 4, 2010 in Burlington, MA.   Before the evening’s program began, the team had the opportunity to chat with General David H. Petraeus, Commanding General , CENTCOM (US Central Command).   General Petraeus was awarded the Chapter’s 2010 Person of the Year Arthur R. McMillan Award.  “With national and international partners, U.S. Central Command promotes cooperation among nations, responds to crises, and deters or defeats state and nonstate aggression, and supports development and, when necessary, reconstruction in order to establish the conditions for regional security, stability, and prosperity.” 

General Petraeus assumed command of Central Command in October, 2008.  Previous to that, he led the Multi-National Force in Iraq.  He held top positions at the US Army Combined Arms Center and Fort Leavenworth as well as on many of the missions and operations in Iraq and Bosnia.  He has held leadership positions in airborne, mechanized, and air assault infantry units in Europe and the US as well as many staff assignments including Aide to the Chief of Staff of the Army.   General Petraeus has as MPA and PH.D.  He is highly decorated within the army.  US News and World Report, Time and Esquire Magazines have all named him as one of the top leaders/ most influential people.   (Massachusetts Bay Chapter AUSA Program for the Award Dinner)

Dynamic Flowform’s management was truly honored to spend time with General Petraeus.

Dynamic Flowform has installed its seventh flowform machine.   This new equipment is capable of producing tubes that range from .500″ to 16″ diameter by 30 feet long.    The flowform machine was specifically made to produce small diameter tubes with long lengths.    This new capability opens up new flowform applications in various markets including:  oil/gas, power generation, chemical, petrochemical, food/dairy, biopharmaceutical and defense industry.  Hydraulic tubing and heat exchanger tubing made of Nickel and Titanium alloys can now be economically flowformed with this equipment.

Dynamic Flowform has installed a new, tube bending equipment capable of bending flowformed tubes up to 8.5″ diameter, with wall thickness as heavy as .500″.    We are in a constant quest to increase our capabilities and vertically integrate.    Dynamic Flowform commissioned the development of this tube bender so that we can offer our customers a one stop solution:  flowformed tubes that are bent. 

Over the past few years, Dynamic Flowform has added many non-flowformed equipment, such as forging, EDM machining and non-destructive testing (NDT) inspection equipment.    To find out more about ordering custom, seamless tubes that are bent, please contact our Sales Department at 978-667-0202.

In December 2009, Lockheed Martin (LM) bestowed upon Dynamic their “STAR Supplier Award” for the outstanding performance in production of one of their key programs.   This is a prestigious award given to only two suppliers in 2009.   Over the many years, a total of 245 suppliers have received the STAR Supplier Award out of tens of thousands of Lockheed vendors.  

Since its inception, the STAR program has been successful in creating a common corporate-wide supplier program identity and establishing a single set of criteria for evaluating suppliers and rewarding excellence across the Lockheed Martin enterprise. For Lockheed Martin’s business areas and their suppliers, the program has provided a clearer understanding of Lockheed Martin expectations and streamlined administration of supplier excellence initiatives.

Once again this spring, college and high school classes are visiting Dynamic Flowform to learn about the flowforming process and see a state-of-the-art manufacturing plant.  In a time when manufacturing is regularly being sent over-seas and there are not enough skilled engineers and machinists in our country, the Dynamic team believes that it is vital to expose young people to all of the possibilities that are offered in an American manufacturing plant.  In addition, Dynamic’s staff is committed to educating people about the innovative flowforming process so that they can begin to incorporate this beneficial process in their own designs.  Visitors are impacted when they see a 6′ workpiece and the resulting 24′ tube or hold a small preform and the post-flowform missile that our warfighters are carrying on their backs in Iraq.After a recent visit, one faculty member wrote:

Hi Matt,

Honestly, I can’t begin to thank you for the amazing day we had at Dynamic Flowform. Your presentation and then the walk through of the work area was just incredible…

I’ve been telling everyone I’ve spoken to this afternoon just how terrific it was…thanks so much for taking out so much time to prepare for our visit.  You not only represented your company well but gave our students a clear understanding of flowforming and a shining example of a true professional…

Adrianne

To schedule a tour for your class, please contact Matt Fonte at mfonte@flowform.com or 978-667-0202.

This winter, Dynamic Flowform purchased a deep hole boring machine that can gun drill holes up to 7″ diameter, trepan solids up to 11″ diameter and bore holes up to 15.7″ diameter.  These hole making operations can be done up to 28 feet in length.   The machine will arrive in early 2009 and will be used to support Dynamic’s flowforming preform operations.

In January, 2008, the US Marine Corps Systems Command in Quantico, Virginia, awarded a firm-fixed-price contract to Dynamic Flowform Corp. to produce the 60mm Lightweight Company Mortar System and 81mm Lightweight Mortar System cannon assemblies and spare components.  In 2001, Dynamic began collaborating with the Marines and the US Army to design, flowform prototypes and then test them.  This project was featured in a Special Operations article last year.  Production of these redesigned mortar tubes commenced in January, 2008.

We, at Dynamic Flowform, wish you and yours the very best holiday season and a healthy and prosperous new year!  Click here for more holiday cheer!

In order to better serve its aerospace customers, Dynamic Flowform Corp. recently applied for AS9100 certification.  On November 16, 2007, Dynamic Flowform received certification for AS9100 from TUV USA for the manufacturing and testing of flowformed components.  This certification focuses on the aerospace, aviation and defense industries and is in addition to the ISO 9000:2001 certification that Dynamic has held since 2004.  The AS9100 standard is a rigorous and challenging quality management system.  Dynamic is proud to be AS9100 certified and is confident that this certification will help assure its customers of ithe company’s commitment to quality.