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MACHININGSOLUTIONSINC.
TORRANCE, CA. JOB SHOP
PUNCHES WELL ABOVE
THEIR WEIGHT CLASS.
classes were his only experience in the industrial arts before joining the work force. “I never imagined this as a career,” tells Ed. “Let alone one that spans so many years. I love it, but it wasn’t something I thought was possible. I was just a kid who needed to provide, and it’s incredible that all these years later I own my own shop specializing in exotic metals for the aerospace manufacturers.”
Machining Solutions Inc. (MSI) has 2800 sq. Ft., five CNC machining centers, a quality lab, and are AS9100 and ITAR certified. They serve a wide customer base, but their experience and quality standards best suit commercial, medical, military, aerospace and industrial applications. “We do a little bit of everything, but our specialty is aerospace and defense,” explains Ed. We hold tight tolerances, on complex parts, in exotic metals, for customers like a Nuclear Laboratory in New Mexico. A typical run is under 100 pieces, but with very intricate features and multiple part numbers. One job might have eight parts that include a primary housing and support pieces that mate with it. Of all things I have a customer that builds baking equipment. Not make me a billet frying pan kind of customer, but hardware like you would have for packaging equipment. Everything is stainless and some plastic, and one of the parts we produce is a sprayer
L Edward Dennis, president of Machining Solutions Inc.
os Angeles’ South Bay is known throughout the world for many things: good food, great beaches and the aerospace industry. Support
comes from local shops that range in size and abilities. It’s here, in Torrance, CA. that Edward Dennis, president of Manufacturing Solutions Inc. set up his business two plus decades ago.
Fifty-four year old Ed Dennis has spent his entire adult life in manufacturing. Starting a family at a young age meant he needed to work. His dreams of playing baseball or being a professional drummer went on hold, instead he attended a manufacturing trade school. High school shop
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Article by Sean Buur
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