EBTEC pioneered the development of non-contact, energy beam technologies with the Apollo space program nearly four decades ago. Today, we serve customers in power generation, medical, aerospace/aviation, commercial/industrial, and defense/marine market segments. Innovative research and customer-focused solutions are central to our commitment to further developing the science of high energy machining.
Our 35,000-square foot facility is fully-equipped to handle individual pieces, low to high volume production, and complete product manufacturing. Our project engineers, tool designers, and skilled technicians are at your service to help you identify the best process.
The global marketplace has forced manufacturers to put greater emphasis on turn-around times. That's why, in addition to high energy beam services, EBTEC offers one-stop-shopping, with vacuum heat treating, furnace brazing, metallurgical research, testing, inspection, and conventional contact machining all supplied in-house.
Electron Beam Welding was a brand new technology when two engineers fresh out of school recognized its potential and founded EBTEC. Their first step was to educate the engineering community about possible applications of EB welding for the rapidly expanding space program. The early days were spent creating prototypes and samples to teach customers how the process worked.
Sample welds in new space age alloys and dissimilar metals helped convince engineers working on the Apollo project that EB welding could meet many of the new demands that space travel would place on engineered products. It took some convincing, but the process worked so well that EB welding became an important part of the Apollo Program's goal of landing Man on the moon.
EBTEC's EB welding allowed for new advantages in weight savings, structural integrity, strength, and reliability. It permitted the use of materials that could not be welded conventionally. Applications were found in aerospace, aviation, and industry.
EBTEC continued to grow as the company looked ahead for new applications of EB technology, anticipating the needs of precision industries. Medical implants, specialized surgical tools, and microelectrics were some of the new products that were processed with EB welding.
During the 1970s EBTEC also started to develop laser technology, another high energy beam source. Lasers offer advantages in welding similar to EB, along with unique capabilities in cutting and drilling. The low heat input of laser welding, for example, allowed for the encasement of highly sensitive microelectrics. As electronics became even smaller, heat sensitivity became more critical, and EBTEC found its services in increasing demand.
These were the aerospace years. The astounding growth in the production of aircraft, spacecraft, and missile systems during this period was fueled in part by new applications for high energy beam technology. EBTEC provided a wide range of services for most major contractors during that time, including Pratt & Whitney, General Electric, Textron Lycoming, Hamilton Standard, Sikorsky and Hughes.
While EB welding continued to be central to EBTEC's business, lasers came into their own as a machining tool. Lasers drilled and cut both metals and nonmetals, especially materials where direct contact machining was ineffective or impossible.
EBTEC Corporation continues its growth and expansion strategy. Advances in medical technologies utilizing our services have provided longer life expectancies. Power plant efficiencies have risen as a result of some of our engineering, technical processes, and excellence gained from experience. Aircraft, which are flying at twice the speed of sound and taking of vertically, are utilizing our laser and electron beam subcontract services. Marine and commercial vehicles are running on alternate power and greater efficiencies as a result of our manufacturing involvement. The commercial trucking industry is experiencing a decline in scheduled maintenance as a result of advanced welding processes.
We have expanded the facility to provide manufacturing opportunities to our valued customers in the power generation industry with a facilities addition, large component turning (VTL), horizontal milling, abrasive waterjet cutting and drilling, huge chamber electron beam welding (10Ft3 with 25Kw - output power). We have invested in CNC milling machines to assist our medical customers in some of their exacting machining needs. We have put in line a complete medical welding cell with 7 lasers to support the needs of our expanding and critical medical customers.
EBTEC Corporation is committed to the next ten years to continuing to serve those that are our most important assets - our customers. Please review the rest of our web site and see for yourself, just how we can fit into your needs from full-service manufacturing to subcontract high energy beam.
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