Jacob "Jake" and Dale Beck Originally We from Pennsylvania, So the reason the Business Was Located in Danville Was by Happenstance.
"Jacob and Dale Were Coming Home from the War. Dale WAS Stationed At Chanute and Had A Girlfriend in Danville," PECK SAID.
On oakwood Avenue Near Ellsworth Park.
"This used to be a brickyard," PECK SAID. "They used to quarry shale out of a nearby pond."
Gemco on Griggs Street.
"Dale and Jake WERE KIND of Cowboys and Flew All Kinds of Planes," PECK SAID.
Not only did the company control, it grew and thrived.
TODAY, The Multimillion-Dollar Company Boosts 470 Employees and Develops and Produces Fabricated Metal Components for The Gas Turbine, Missile, Aerospace and AirCraft Incrat ins.
"We ManuFacture 100 Different Kinds of Baffles and Inserts," PECK SAID. "We Make Gas Turbine Parts that Tend to be in the Hot PART of An Engine.
"Our Customers Design The Part to Fit Their Engine and We USE Their Prints," He Said.
on it. "
Of the Aircraft Industry Portion of the Work, "25 to 30 Percent of what we do have a mility application," he said.
The Company Also Requests Requests to Develop Products for Customers That Are they Are then Manufactured Elsewhere.
"WE Developed A Titanium Laptop Case for Apple and a Titanium Cell Phone Body for Nokia," PECK SAID.
"IT is Commonly OwNly But a section entity," PECK SAID.
The equipment at Danville Metal Stamping ’s Manufacturing Facility Ranges" From Low Tech to high tech, "he said.
In the too and die Room, 50 percent of the tools needed for a job are made on the premises, account to peck.
A Traveling Wire Electro Discharge Machine USES A Brass Wire and An Electric Current to Cut Metal that is Submerged in Water.
"It Very Accurately Cuts the Metal," Said Project Manager Gardner Peck, who is just peck ’s so.
In the Press Room, Several Old Hydraulic Presses Are Use Paster Parts with A Punch and Die.
Then, then
"WE COULDN’ THEM in Any Door so we had to cut holes in the root and low lower them in, "PECK SAID.
A Couple of Robots Also Share Space in the Plant with High-Tech Fiber Optic Lasers.
"We’e USING More Robots," PECK SAID. "At first, they we too exitensive, too difficult to program and not account, but they’e getting better."
Lasers are used to cut, weld, drill and trim metal with precision.
"Fiber Optic Lasers are a new, more effect way of delivering the beams," PECK SAID.
Highly Skilled workers and Quality Control Inspectors Ensure that Every Part THATLILITY Meets the Highest Standards.
"A Big PART of Our Business is Nondestructructive Testing," PECK SAID. "We use Digital X-RAAYS, Test Parts for Air Flow and Use Pressure Testing."
Parts Also Pass Through a Fluorescent Penetrant Inspect in Which a Powder is Applied that Will Show ANY TINY CRACKS Or Defects in the Metal.
"IT Amazes Me the TOLARANCE We Make Parts to," PECK SAID. "The parts have very close tolerances; then have to have tight seals to compression air."
PECK ACKNOWLEDGES that at times it is difficult finding skilled labor, partly beCause of the sky required but mostly,
"There’ s nobley who comes here ready, "he said." We train. "
"It’ s very sophisticated and very satisFying worker, "He continued." Our Employees are macking something that goes into technology. "
PECK SAID The Negative Perception of ManuoFacturing Jobs "Being Exported and People Getting Laid Off HURT US." ""
"It’ s unfortunate becaue it makes it difficult to his good folks, metal stamping parts "he said.
"There’ s a Lot of Manufacturing Coming Back Metal Stamping Parts to the UNITED States, "He Said, Adding that one japnese cuserican-made parts.
Gardner PECK SAID He Sees Orders Come Into the Danville Plant from Art Art Globe, and it is a trend that will constinue into the future.
"What’ s interest is the dollars that are metal stamping parts coming in from all over, "he said.