Did You Know?
CNC touches all facets of manufacturing, in one form or another.

CNC machining is an integral part of everyday manufacturing operations. Providing numerous benefits, CNC machining creates a variety of high-quality components with efficiency and precision. Skilled CNC Specialists are required to ensure operations run smoothly from initial design to final product.

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Did You Know?
CNC milling allows for precision cuts, with accuracy as close as .0001 of an inch.

CNC milling machines are precise and efficient in cutting materials into the most basic or complex shapes. CNC mills manufacture a diverse range of components, including parts for engines, dies, mold tooling, and other complex mechanisms. In fact, almost anything can be made on a CNC mill.

Benefits of CNC milling [...]

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CNC turning is the most basic and cost-effective way to manufacture symmetrical parts from round stock.

CNC turning produces parts by rotating round bar stock material and feeding a cutting tool into the turning material. CNC materials include: [...]

Plouse Precision Manufacturing is now registered and compliant with International Traffic in Arms Regulation (ITAR) which is administered by the United States Department of State Directorate of Defense Trade Controls. [...]

Electrical Discharge Machining (EDM) is a highly accurate method of part production at Plouse Precision Manufacturing. Wire EDM involves utilizing an electrically energized thin brass wire to slice through metal - including difficult-to-machine metals – such as titanium, graphite, inconel, hard tool steels, carbide, and aluminum.

Wire EDM technology is essential for higher tolerance parts and repeatable tooling for those in the aerospace and medical device [...]

CNC Specialists

CNC machinery continues to revolutionize the manufacturing process and raise the bar for excellence. At Plouse Precision Manufacturing, your CNC Specialists for any manufacturing need, CNC machining is the focus of everyday operations.

Small-to-High Volume
We provide small to high volume (24/7) production runs. Controlling machinery through computer programming enables us to produce parts differing in size, complexity and quantity. Our CNC [...]

This year is off to a great start at Plouse Precision Manufacturing with significant increases in orders for all of our client segments. There are numerous reasons for continued optimism as many indicators point to growth for most sectors of the manufacturing industry and general economy. Even so, adopting a new attitude can be tough when it feels safer to remain skeptical.

Here are a few reasons to have a new and positive outlook on manufacturing in 2011:

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Our success is measured by our clients' success.

As contract manufacturing professionals we are dedicated to delivering high-quality service, innovation and manufacturing excellence.

So how do we ensure client success? Here are a few of the attributes that support our efforts:

• Industry leader in quality excellence, enabling our clients to achieve business advantage from our world-class capabilities and innovative [...]

The addition of our new Mori Seiki NH4000 DCG is one way we continue to deliver high-quality, cost-effective products. This horizontal machining center belongs to a new class of CNC machines used to create a wide variety of intricate parts and assemblies; including engine components, complex mechanisms and enclosures.

Click here to view the video on the Mori Seiki NH4000 DCG. [...]

The status of the United State’s Manufacturing industry is a hot topic among economists, in their never-ending quest to determine the status of both the country’s and world’s economic standings. While some claim U.S. manufacturing is losing strength compared to other countries, others say the data for these claims just do not exist.

With the U.S. economy on an upswing, a recent article noted economists and forecasters seem caught in a mindset where the slightest negative indicator, [...]

-- Plouse Precision Manufacturing recognized as a central Pennsylvania company that has excelled in building a strong, quality and productive web presence -- [...]

Despite its historic importance, at some point over the past decade individuals began to recede from the idea of pursuing manufacturing as a career. While the country stopped seeing it as the significant industry it was in past eras, here at Plouse, we can't help but ask, why...?

Here is a reminder to ourselves [and others within the industry], why manufacturing is so important to us and why careers in manufacturing should still be pursued and respected.

Many professions [...]

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HARRISBURG, Pa. – June 10, 2010 – Plouse Precision Manufacturing (PlouseManufacturing.com), one of the nation’s leading precision contract manufacturers, announced today the delivery of specialized, custom-manufactured parts which are critical to the staging for a major summer
concert tour. [...]

How do you rank cost, quality and on-time delivery when it comes to your manufacturing needs?

Defining the Factors

Before answering this question, let’s first define cost, quality and on-time delivery. Although cost can be measured in several ways, in this discussion cost is defined as the price of the part, not the total cost of ownership (TCO). Quality is the overall value and usefulness of the product or service. This may include features, durability, reliability [...]

--- Updated web features showcase company’s dedication to providing
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We started the year off on a high note. In early 2010,Plouse Precision Manufacturing was awarded three new federal firearm licenses. With the additional capability, firearm component manufacturing, we are able to manufacture a wide range of high-quality firearm components including springs, control levers, bolts, magazine cases and trigger parts.

New License Types

The new license types consist of 6, 7 and 10. We now have the ability [...]

During tough economic times, companies are faced with hard choices concerning which attributes best define their products, services and identity. The foundation of Plouse Precision Manufacturing is quality - quality in products, services and capabilities. Throughout our 50+ years, our commitment to quality has helped us through the tough economic times.

We are committed to creating affordable solutions, but not at the sacrifice of quality. The importance of maintaining [...]

To meet the ever-changing needs of our customers, Plouse Precision Manufacturing offers a range of capabilities, including live tooling with our computer numerical control (CNC) lathes. This machinery provides a high-level of functionality and flexibility that allows us to create economical solutions to complex manufacturing challenges.

CNC Lathes

CNC lathes are designed to fully utilize modern manufacturing processes. It starts with the customer's part being designed [...]

Highly integrated Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems consistently enable Plouse Precision Manufacturing, a full-service contract manufacturer, to facilitate continued service. These systems link critical information that optimize manufacturing processes and shorten turnaround times.

MRP is a software-based production planning and inventory control system used to manage manufacturing processes.

ERP is a company-wide system used [...]

As a contract manufacturing [...]

A few decades ago, an economic down-turn was more than likely to be confined to a certain country or region. Now, in part due to technological advances in the transportation industry, the world has shrunk, and we find ourselves linked more rigidly to the economies of many other countries. Surviving in this environment (we can do little to change) is a challenge with which many small business owners are struggling. Certainly, hourly rates in other countries are often only a fraction of what [...]

Acontract manufacturer (CM) is a firm that manufactures components or products for another "hiring" firm. Contract manufacturing may include a single precision part or a complex subassembly of the finished product. [...]

Our Community Investment Program allows the employees and staff here at Plouse, to give back to our community through sponsorships, creating parts for not-for-profit organizations and much more. This year, we are sponsoring the Palmyra FIRST Robotics Team 2539 from Palmyra Area High School, in Pennsylvania. [...]

The dictionary defines reverse engineering as "the process of studying or analyzing the principles of a device, object or system to further document its structure, function and operation." [...]