Our Facilities and Capabilities
Hy-Tek’s materials engineering and research facilities consist of a workspace of 8,000 square feet within a facility comprised of over 45,000 square feet. These facilities are in complete compliance with all federal and State of Illinois environmental regulations relating to airborne emissions, waterborne effluents, and handling and storage of toxic and hazardous materials.
Engineering software available at HMC’s facility:
- AutoCAD
- ProEngineer (ProE)
- SolidWorks
- AUTODYN Hydrocode
- ANSYS LS-Dyna CFD software
- ANSYS CFX CFD software
- ANSYS Emag FEA software
- ANSYS Mechanical FEA software
Manufacturing Equipment available at HMC’s facility:
- CNC lathes (14) up to 30 inch diameter capacity
- CNC Milling (10) Horizontal and Vertical up to 40 inch capacity w/ 5 axis capability
- Laser cutting, marking and etching
- Sawing capability up to 20 inch diameter
- Form presses up to 200 ton
- EDM, ECM grinding
- Manual turning, milling, drilling, tapping, reaming, honing and grinding
- Plasma, MIG, TIG and stick welding
- Furnaces to 3000 deg. F
- Silver and Copper Brazing System
- Sand blasting, grit blasting, vibratory de-burring
- Aqueous and vapor cleaning
- Material handling equipment to 20,000 lbs.
Inspection Equipment available at HMC’s facility:
- Computerized Precision Coordinate Measurement Equipment up to 40 x 40 x 80 inch capacity
- Optical Comparator to 30 in. diameter
- Precision granite surface plates to 6 ft.
- Digital bore gages to 24 inch - .00005 accuracy
- External digital measurement to 30 inch - .00005 accuracy
- Micrometers to 24 inches
- Indicating gages to 72 inches
- Lab grade pin and gage block sets
- Laboratory Equipment for metals and materials analysis and characterization
- Computerized Calibration System
- Shop floor SPC data collection system
- Digital coating thickness measurement
- Hardness measurement equipment
Electronics Lab
- Storage Oscilloscopes
- Logic analyzers
- Precision DC power supplies
- Precision AC power supplies
- Circuit analyzers
Other lab equipment
- Tension/compression measurement to 400,000 lbs.
- Precision temperature measurement
- Torque measurement to 5,000 ft-lb
- Pressure transducers to 10,000 psi
- Acoustic level measurement
- LabWorks data collection and analysis
