Capabilities
Brek is an essential business and will be fully operational while the California Stay at Home Order is in effect.
Production is accomplished using 5 Axis CNC Equipment with programs developed using our in-house Catia and NCL programming systems. Through our commitment to invest in the latest technology, highly qualified personnel and through integration of vision, culture and strategy we are able to serve our customers with a high quality product at a lower cost within a short time period.
Facilities
Our commitment to meet our customer's expectation has motivated Brek Manufacturing to continually seek improvement. Over the last 5 years, we have expanded our operation by investing in New Machine Equipment and Facilities. Today, our 140,000 sq. ft. facility houses the latest 5 Axis High Speed Equipment, CMM Inspection Equipment and the latest engineering/manufacturing technology available.
Brek facilities include 6 sites located in two states, California and Kansas.
The California "Gardena" sites include:
Administrative Offices & Shipping and Receiving
Plant 1 - Manufacturing Operations
Plant 2 - Assembly Operations
Plant 3 - Manufacturing Operations
Plant 4 - Manufacturing Operations
The Kansas "Wichita" sites include:
Plant 5 - Manufacturing Operations.
Engineering
Complex contoured surface parts that are common to the mold line of modern aircraft are programmed in house using the NCL Programming System (Ver. 9.3), CATIA Software, UG Software and Varimetrix solid model CAD System.
Vericut (Ver. 8) is used for program verification prior to release of programs to shop floor. This enhances our tape proofing capabilities and eliminates costly proofing time usually associated with first run parts.
Brek Manufacturing utilizes the latest in software technology including: CATIA 4, CATIA V5, UNIGRAPHICS Version NX9 Software (3), and Epicor as their MRP System.
Detail Department
Brek Manufacturing Co. has appro. 10,000 sq. feet designated for detail/second operation work. Work area is temperature controlled enabling us to drill and bore close tolerance holes in a stable environment.
Assembly
Brek Manufacturing Co. has 14,000 sq. feet designated for assembly capabilities. This creates a diverse opportunity for our customer, by completing the installation of nut-plates, details and sub-assemblies we are able to supply complete assemblies/Kits directly to the end user.
Monolithic Machining
With High Speed Machining Techniques developed by Brek, complex assemblies such as these can be redesigned into one-piece monolithic machined parts. This method of machining has eliminated thousands of hours required for the assembly process.
Benefits:
- Elimination of large die and hand forgings
- Elimination of extrusions with long lead times
- Elimination of all tooling (forging dies, extrusions dies, mill fixtures, stretch form blocks, hydro blocks, router tools, heat treat fixtures)
- Elimination of assembly tools and the drilling and installation of over a thousand fasteners per bulkhead
- Immediate Cost Savings!