Part Buyers Authority Issue #3

Yankee Casting has been producing quality sand castings since 1961, with a focus on aerospace, defense, and marine applications, as well as some medical and commercial castings. Multiple generations of foundry engineers work with their customers from conceptual prototypes through full lifetime support of production parts. Like all foundries that produce parts for the aerospace industry, they must maintain their AS9100 certification. In addition, they are committed to Total Quality Management, Continuous Quality Improvement, and Just-In-Time Delivery. Their quality system is also ISO 9000:2000 certified and their heat treating facility is NADCAP certified to AS7102. Welding and Material testing are NADCAP approved as well. traceable and repeatable. This is the level of quality control that is required by the FAA, DoD, and NASA. An AS9100 certified foundry has documented and routinely audited quality control programs for everything under the roof. Incoming sand and metal inspections, pouring times and temperatures, physical, chemical and NDT testing of castings are all documented. Also, subcontractors (if any) should also be AS9100 approved – so machinists, heat treat, and other operations that are farmed out by the foundry must be performed by companies that also follow the same stringent quality control and management processes. KEVIN VECCHIARELLI Vice President of Engineering, Co-Owner YANKEE CASTING 16 CASTING CERTIFICATIONS FOR THE AEROSPACE INDUSTRY Why Make Commercial Castings at an AS9100 Certified Foundry? Maintaining and following all of the process and quality control documentation from order to final shipment adds cost to the process, every step of the way. Why would someone consider making a commercial casting at such a foundry? Customers who understand, know they have 100% confidence in the operations of the whole company. Running an AS9100 certified foundry requires the entire staff from pouring & molding to front office to be top What are AS9100 and NADCAP? The AS9100 Certification is required for any foundry making parts for the Aerospace and Defense (AS&D) industry, but those not familiar with that industry may wonder what the certification requires, and what the end customer gets for it. At the top level, the AS9100 is the ISO 9001 program – on steroids. As such it includes the ISO designation in the AS9100 certificate. The program is managed by the International Aerospace Quality Group (IAQG). The certification governs the quality management processes of the manufacturer in a manner intended to guarantee the output is of exceptional workmanship, and ensures that all steps of the manufacturing process are Helicopter Rudder Pedal PART BUYERS A U T H R I T Y