Summary

CNC precision machining, Deephole Gundrilling, ID-OD honing, OD turning, Bottle Boring, Autofrettage, Burnishing, Reaming, Threading, Angled Holes, Bore Transitions, Testing, EDM, Spaceflight Hardware, MIG-TIG, micro-TIG, rapid prototype, re-engineer, re-manufacture, gun barrels, Dewars, pressure housing, contoured nozzels

Description

NKW is a tier-1 machine shop providing engineered precision-machined products and services. Products include gundrilled barrels, thermoflasks, thermohousings, pressure housings, and other high-pressure/high-temperature rated tools, subassemblies, and assemblies for the extreme drilling, geophysical, aerospace, pharma, and defense markets. Services include pressure-temperature-magnetic permeability-helium leak-dye penetrant testing, heat treating & aging, re-boring, threading & re-threading, re-sealing, certification & re-certification, and calibration of equipment and tools. NKW also performs engineering design, analysis, re-engineering & re-manufacturing, and rapid prototyping. Over four decades, NKW has amassed unique experience in thermal management, barrel making, struts, nozzles, contoured nozzles/inlets/outlets, and hydraulic piston & sleeves, and related engineering and manufacturing know-how. NKW is qualified to mfg NASA Class I Life-critical Spaceflight Hardware.

Special details

Gun-drill barrels to 40'L x 8.5'IDs Bottle-Bore features to 330' deep 5-axis CNC Milling CNC Lathing to 21'ODs CNC EDM down to .020' holes / 0.5mm Thermoflasks rated to 40Ksi @ 500F Electro-polishing Experienced machining most exotic alloys 33Ksi pressure testing pit Hydroforming / Autofrettage to +60Ksi Thermal testing to 2200F Aging and Heat Treating FEA modeling software CFD modeling software Thermoflasks HPHT-rated (high pressure/high temp) Thermohousings HPHT-rated

Profile

  • Incorporated in
    Texas
  • Established since
    1976
  • Main/Branch
    Branch

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