APS employs a team of professionals that is highly skilled in the latest tooling techniques. They have a strong CAD background and can work with your engineering staff, utilizing SolidWorks, AutoCAD, CADKEY and eDrawings to develop a solution for your specific requirements. We can work with 2D, 3D, solid or wireframe files with the following extensions:

At APS, we can work with materials of all grades and tempers, including:

Our manufacturing machinery and processes include the following:

Wire EDM Our wire EDM machining process offers total control of the initial build and maintenance of tooling, reducing tooling costs and allowing for quick delivery of engineering prototypes.

Fourslide The versatility of fourslide machines allows for the completion of a part that otherwise would require one or more secondary operations. Fourslide machines can be tooled to produce parts made from several types of materials, including flat strip, round wire and special shapes. Contacts, spring clips, retainers, fasteners and wire forms are just a sampling of the endless variety of products produced by APS on four-slide and multi-slide equipment.

Power Press Power press tooling offers high-speed production of close-tolerance stampings. Progressive die techniques can accommodate your most intricate designs. Where production quantities and part design warrant, multiple parts can be made on each stroke of the press, resulting in greater production capacity and reduced part cost. Contacts, spring clips, retainers, brackets, mounting plates and other hardware are just a few examples of products produced on this equipment.

Spring Coiling APS manufactures compression, extension, torsion and double torsion springs from round and flat wire. Electronic gages sort the springs automatically, which assures 100 percent part quality. Battery contacts, return springs, garter springs, lighting products and lock springs are produced to your specifications on our modern wire coiling and forming equipment.

Secondary Operations Our Secondary Department can prototype your designs prior to fabrication of any hard tooling. Additionally, we have the ability and resources to rivet, tap, spot weld, bend, form, pierce and provide any special packaging you may require.