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The Leading Metal Spinning Company – Serving the Space Launch Industry

AST: Precision Metal Spinning Solutions for Space Industry Pioneers

Why Choose AST for Your Space Industry Metal Spinning Needs?

AST sets the benchmark for metal spinning in the space industry. Our process specializes in the seamless production of large rocket components unmatched in material efficiency and structural integrity.

We excel in handling significant sizes, up to 80 inches in diameter, which is crucial for complex geometries and aerospace applications.

AST’s metal spinning process isn’t just meeting today’s demands, we’re innovating for the future of metal spinning in the space industry at our component manufacturing facilities in Oxnard, CA.

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The Benefits of Advanced Metal Spinning for Rocket Components

AST’s advanced metal spinning techniques are perfect for manufacturing large, complex rocket components. This method offers several advantages:

Metal spinning ensures parts comparable to forged metals, improving hoop strength and overall durability, crucial for aerospace and defense applications.

This method uses material more efficiently compared to subtractive machining, leading to significant cost savings and reduced waste.

By eliminating processes like ring welding, AST’s seamless metal spinning offers a quicker production time and reduced lead times.

Metal spinning allows for the creation of intricate designs and complex shapes with high accuracy, which is absolutely essential in the space industry.

The process produces consistently round parts, maintaining uniform metal properties and high levels of precision engineering.

This method provides flexibility in flaring and closing ends, which makes components adaptable for various aerospace applications.

AST’s capabilities include making parts over up to 80 inches in size, surpassing the limits of methods like 3D printing.

Compatible with various aerospace alloys like aluminum, copper, titanium, nickel alloys, and stainless steel, metal spinning meets diverse manufacturing needs for hypersonic and orbital systems.

Check out our Full Guide on Metal Spinning for Spacecraft Components for more info.

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Materials We Work With

AST’s metal spinning and flow forming services are adaptable to a wide array of aerospace alloys, ensuring flexibility and high performance for space and defense applications.

We are a global expert in titanium, copper, aluminum and other high-strength metals used in the launch industry. All material processing is managed at our Oxnard, CA facilities to ensure the highest quality and compliance.

Utilizing titanium in metal spinning and flow forming enables the creation of premium aerospace components that benefit from both the unique properties of the alloy and our precision techniques.

Spinning titanium alloys (such as Ti-6Al-4V) presents distinct challenges compared to other metals, as elevated temperatures and specialized hot spinning processes are required to effectively shape the material. That’s why you need the expertise of a metal spinner skilled in handling this specialized, high-strength material.

AST boasts considerable experience in manipulating titanium and various high-performance metals, delivering durable, uniform, and high-quality pieces for space launch and defense component applications.

Copper’s exceptional thermal and electrical properties frequently make it a preferred material for precision metal spinning and flow forming. While often used for industrial vessels, its significant resistance to tarnishing and corrosion, combined with its excellent malleability, enables the creation of some of the most high-performance aerospace and defense components.

AST has the specialized skills and equipment to manufacture impeccably crafted, high-quality copper components for a variety of rocket component applications, including combustion chamber liners and thermal management systems.

Given that aluminum alloys tend to be more affordable and lighter than stainless steel, they frequently represent a superior option for precision metal spinning, particularly for weight-sensitive aerospace and satellite applications.

A wide variety of aluminum alloys are available—including 6061, 7075, and 2219—offering unique traits suitable for a broad range of uses. AST has the heavy-duty machinery at our Oxnard, CA facilities to spin aluminum parts up to 1.5” thick, providing unmatched structural capability for large-diameter rocket shrouds and fuel tank domes.

Often found in high temperature environments, nickel-based alloys offer high strength and corrosion resistance, in addition to having superior heat resistance.

These properties result in a limited number of metal spinning and flow forming providers that have both the expertise and heavy-duty equipment to properly form nickel-based alloys. AST is a trusted partner for nickel-based superalloys due to an abundance of experience and specialized equipment.

Industry-Leading Metal Spinning Equipment

AST is 100% committed to tackling the launch industry’s largest and most complex component projects. To achieve this, we utilize the most powerful heavy-duty metal spinning equipment in North America.

We continually invest in the world’s highest horsepower and finest- built machines for our in-house metal spinning and flow forming operations.

AST’s newest spin machine features dual 100-ton slides and a 500 hp spindle motor, making it the most powerful spin machine in the United States. With this addition, our capabilities for manufacturing extra-large rocket components for the aerospace and defense sectors are unmatched.

A Metal Spinning Quality Assurance Process You Can Rely On

AST adheres to stringent quality control processes, ensuring that every component meets the highest standards.

 1. Precise measurements of dimensions and temperatures
2. Material tests and sampling
3. Thorough preparation
4. Equipment maintenance and upgrades

Our QA process is highly collaborative.

Working with customers, we reduce unnecessary steps, combine operations and optimize designs.

Our focus is on making the manufacturing process simpler, more reliable, and as efficient as possible for the client’s operation.

ISO Certified Metal Spinning Provider

AST is proud to be an ISO 9001- certified provider, showcasing our commitment to quality and excellence in precision metal spinning and flow forming.

More than Just a Metal Spinning Service – it’s a Consultative Process

We believe in working closely with our clients at every step. The process includes…

You provide the initial project parameters: Dimensions, material type, and requirements.

Your AST manufacturing expert assesses project feasibility, identifying potential engineering challenges and material behavior for large-diameter components.

We share designs and provide expert advice to ensure you achieve ideal outcomes.

We help you compare the advanced metal spinning process to alternative methods like machining or welding, focusing on cost-efficiency, lead times, and structural performance.

Once we determine advanced metal spinning is the ideal process for your project, it’s time to kick off production!

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FAQ's

Yes, we produce many complex shapes that would normally be made from multiple welded together assemblies.

Yes, we specialize in small to medium size orders.

Yes, we make our own tooling and prototyping.

Email or call us with our information and we will provide a quote.

Metal spinning is a very economical method to produce complex shapes.

We do not do welding, polishing, finish machining or assembly. We specialize in forming and rough machining.

We can make parts greater than 80″ in diameter, and more than 100″ in length.

In addition to spinning or shear forming, we also flow form tube. Our process would be done at high speed.

Yes, we can do complex shapes in multiple directions.