The line runs through Meridian.

CNC machining, prototype development, production runs, assembly and quality inspection. One route from drawing to part, run on one bench.

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Bench 37.69°N 97.34°W Five stations, one bench

Fig. 01 — Bench route Wichita, KS

01 — Stations

Five stations on one bench.

Every part that comes through Meridian is routed across the same five stations. Nothing gets skipped, and nothing leaves the bench before its last stop.

Grid A-1 01

CNC Machining

Milling and turning to your drawing. This is the first station on the route and the one that sets the shape of everything downstream.

Grid B-2 02

Prototype Development

One-offs and first articles, so you can hold the part in your hand before you commit to a run.

Grid C-3 03

Production Runs

Repeat work run along the same route, batch after batch, on the same setup.

Grid D-4 04

Assembly

Components brought together and checked as a unit before they go anywhere.

Grid E-5 05

Quality Inspection

Measured against the drawing before anything leaves the bench.

02 — The route

How a part moves.

Five stops, in order. You can trace any job on the bench back to its drawing.

Send the drawing

Tell us the part and the quantity in the quote form below. Note any drawing you have and we will follow up for the file.

Map the route

We read the drawing and set which stations your part runs through, from the first cut to the last check.

Cut the first part

A prototype or first article comes off the machine so you can hold it before the run goes ahead.

Run production

The same route repeats for the full quantity, batch after batch, on the same setup.

Assemble and inspect

Parts are brought together where the job calls for it, then measured against the drawing before release.

Rows of CNC machines running on a precision machine shop floor — Fig. 02 — Production floor Wichita, Kansas

Machinist measuring a prototype part at a workbench — Fig. 03 — First article on the bench

03 — On the bench

A shop floor laid out like a grid.

Work moves along the bench from station to station, and every job follows a route somebody can point to. That is what makes the quote useful: you see the stations your part travels through before the first cut is made.

Drawings come in and parts go out, but the route in between does not change from job to job.

Route: Drawing to finished part
Stations: CNC · Prototype · Production · Assembly · Inspection
Bench: Wichita, Kansas
Quotes: One route per part, answered as a station list

04 — Inspection

Nothing leaves the bench unchecked.

Inspection is a station here, not an afterthought. Parts are measured against the drawing before they are released, and the check travels with the job.

First-article check

The first part off a new route is measured before the run continues.

In-process measurement

Parts are checked as they come off the machine, not only at the end of the run.

Final release

The finished part is inspected against the drawing before it goes out.

A finished machined component on a measuring machine table — Fig. 04 — Inspection station, E-5

05 — Dispatch

Request a quote.

Send the part, the quantity and anything else we should know. Every quote comes back as a route: the stations your part runs through, from the first cut to the final check.

A CNC machine cutting an aluminium part with coolant on a shop floor — Fig. 05 — Station A-1 In progress