For Immediate Release
TMC Comes To The Rescue
PEABODY,
Massachusetts, April 28, 2000 – Technical Manufacturing
Corporation (TMC) announced today that it had recently received
a sizeable order from the U.S. Department of Energy"s Lawrence
Livermore National Laboratory for its National Ignition Facility
(NIF) Steve Ryan, TMC's Vice President of Sales and Marketing commented, 'Many firms wouldn't be capable of meeting either the technical or delivery requirements for this project. For instance, the stringent cleanliness specification requires that each of the one-and-a-half million tapped holes on the tops be back-sealed and airtight. This is a standard feature of our patented CleanTop® II. With our in-house inventory of hundreds of Optical Table grade stainless steel top sheets, our technically advanced, yet cost-effective products, and our proven track record of meeting extra-tight delivery schedules, it's no surprise who NIF chose for this assignment.'Ulf Heide, founder and President of TMC added, 'Meeting stringent technical specifications under tight time constraints is certainly not new to us. In fact, I can remember a similar instance when a project was facing great difficulty, the Hubble Space Telescope. We were asked because of our reputation, product line, and technical capabilities to fabricate a complex Optical Table system with unprecedented cleanliness requirements in a very short amount of time for testing and calibrating components in the COSTAR repair module. Mr. Heide continued, 'From the very beginning of our company over thirty years ago, we conditioned ourselves to meet the ever-changing designs, ramp-ups, and new delivery schedules presented to us by our valued customers in the rapidly growing yet cyclic semiconductor equipment industry, most of whom we still serve today.' For most companies, an order of this magnitude, under these tight time constraints, would be more than a little unsettling. This is certainly not the case for TMC. As Mr. Heide explained, 'We've designed our factories, processes, and conditioned our people so we could ádo it right the first time,' long before Quality systems were even discussed at most firms. We're focused on exceeding our customers' expectations, and I suspect that we'll be called upon to meet demanding technical requirements under tight time constraints for years to come. After all, that's what has enabled us to become the market leader in every market we serve.' TMC designs and manufactures precision vibration isolation systems for sensitive research and manufacturing processes worldwide. The ISO-certified Company’s industry-standard product line includes CleanTop® Optical Tables and Breadboards, pneumatic vibration isolation systems in a variety of shapes and sizes, Quiet Island® sub-floor platforms for cleanroom raised-floors; state-of-the-art active isolators; microscope tables; and OEM isolator designs and acoustic enclosures. Standard and custom configurations plus a broad array of accessories are available. Founded in 1952, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is a national security laboratory, with a mission to ensure national security and apply science and technology to the important issues of our time. Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory is managed by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy. CleanTop® II and Quiet Island® are trademarks of Technical Manufacturing Corporation. Click for More Photos of NIF Breadboards Contact:
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program.
NIF is an inertial confinement fusion research facility whose primary
mission will be helping ensure the safety and reliability of the
nation's nuclear weapons stockpile. The stadium-sized NIF will
focus 192 giant laser beams onto a target the size of a cold capsule,
subjecting it to the same temperatures and pressures found in an
exploding thermonuclear weapon, or in the sun and stars. The order
requires a total of 348