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Increasing Customer Documentation Requirements In todays tight budget environment, companies struggle to get everything done in a timely manor.  Metal creek can help by lending our services to you on very specific projects.  Are your customers asking for increased documentation of your manufacturing processes?  If you are doing work with the defense, automotive or aerospace industries you know what I am talking about.  PPAP, Procedures, Document control, Revision control, Process Maps, DFEMA, etc all add to your already overwhelming workload.  You can't afford to bring in full time help to get going in these industries...but that is where the work is....well that is where contract services offered by Metal Creek can help.  For a very affordable fee, we can help develop your processes, create procedures, help with documents, design fixtures, create tool lists, create setup sheets...everything you need to fulfil your customers demands for true process control!  When we are done, your costs end.  You can afford to get into industries you have not been in before. Send us your drawings.....Find out how we can help your company be successful in your next project! davewagner@metalcreek.com Advantages of 3D parts You have read all the stories of how people have saved time and money using 3D part models to program their machine tools...but as a small company, how can you afford to get your product into 3D without hiring a big dollar engineer?  Metal Creek offers services to take your designs in paper or electronic 2D format and convert them to 3D models and associated manufacturing prints.  All the new programming software is setup to create CNC programs from solid models.  Using the solid model can provide a great deal of automation to your CNC program creation process.  That is only helpful if your parts or customers parts are actually in 3D.  As a small business, the cost of adding staff to accomplish this transition is prohibitive.  Metal Creek can help convert these files to full 3D models, design your fixtures in 3D, verify interferences on your machine tools before you ever do your first setup. Call us..lets talk about how Metal Creek can help your company become better than ever! 1-920-606-7788 Machine Tool Programming Programming of a machine tool from 2D drawings can be time consuming.  Much of the software on these new machines can create the wire path from a 3D model.  Metal Creek can convert these 2D parts to 3D for a very affordable cost.  If you are a sole proprietor or a small operation, we can be your engineering staff ONLY when you need us!  We can save you hours of work that you can use to apply to increasing your sales or improving other areas of your business. Partner with Metal Creek to do more with less!