We received an urgent call from a contractor onsite at a nuclear power plant in the southeast U.S. The contractor had inherited a project that was months behind schedule, and was under tremendous pressure to start installing 10000 laser cut stainless steel washers in just four days.
Because of our access to materials, and our laser cutting expertise, we were able not only to locate and take delivery of the correct material, but we also laser cut a partial shipment and had it onsite for the contractor within 30 hours. One day later, we shipped the remaining washers, along with material certifications, drawings, technical data for LEED certification, and other submittal data. The contractor received all of the washers in only three ...
In the project highlighted here, a well-known international filtration company approached us at C.P. Eakes Company regarding the production of a new filter design. The filtration company is best known for their everyday oil filters, but had developed a high-end pharmaceutical filtration solution. This filter was complex, requiring several sections to be assembled into a filter with a diameter of several feet. Further complicating the design, the filter media was a seven-layer stainless steel mesh with each layer using an increasingly fine mesh, baked into a single composite filter media. The design required laser cutting, roll-forming a flange on the radiused edge of each filter section, and deburring the exposed wires of different mesh ...
C.P. Eakes Company is the prime supplier of architectural cladding for a national manufacturer of glass door and storefront systems. This cladding acts as a veneer, so the cladding must be formed to provide a hand-in-glove fit to the extruded aluminum members. The cladding material is usually brass or aluminum, polished to a #4 satin finish or #8 mirror finish, so the bending process must be both delicate to protect the high material finish and precise to ensure a perfect fit.
We set up an increased raw inventory stocking program in order to provide a quick ship program for both metals in both finishes, all formed to custom sizes and lengths. Delivery times have been reduced by 35% for stainless steel and 70% for brass. Quality is ...
At C.P. Eakes, we specialize in developing and installing custom solutions, designed for specific requirements. In the project highlighted here, a national liquid soap manufacturer was in the process of repurposed a large storage space. They required additional manufacturing space; however, the conversion would require a number of significant modifications. The renovation the space would require included all new trench drains to direct water and residual product away from the new production areas.
Upon inspection, they discovered that the concrete floors in the former storage space were out of level in multiple directions. To accommodate their drainage requirements, the customer was prepared to replace all of the concrete flooring ...