Live Free Armory has a proven history of design, manufacturing, and production in the defense, aerospace, and medical industry using multi-axis milling. Our CNC engineers and design team utilize some of the most advanced manufacturing machinery and cutting-edge software to guarantee precision on even the most complex projects.

Live Free Armory uses some of the best CNC Milling machinery in the industry. We utilize a combination of very rigid 40 taper multi-axis CNC mills and some of the fastest 30 taper multi-axis CNC mills to manufacture tight tolerance parts at competitive cycle times. This process allows our engineers to utilize machinery and specialized fixturing to achieve better surface finish for our customers. Our proven methods have allowed us to give our clients appealing products at the most reasonable prices in their respective industry.

Commitment to quality does not come cheap. Live Free Armory is committed to the absolute best quality equipment in the industry. This includes a Hexagon Global Chrome Coordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) that is currently the most accurate and fastest CMM in the state of Florida. With some of the most advanced quality technology paired with some of the best quality engineers in the country is just one of the reasons why Live Free Armory has an industry advantage and guarantees quality parts for our customers.

Live Free Armory maintains the highest quality standards in the industry. We are ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100 compliant. Every product we make goes through a rigorous process of documentation, tests, and checks to make sure that each tolerance is met at every level during the manufacturing process. This quality control process starts at design, flows to the individual CNC operator checks that are integrated in with complete quality engineer support, and ends with our mechanical, visual, and functional testing. Quality is not just something we talk about at Live Free Armory. It’s demonstrated daily through our commitment to our clients.

Live Free Armory’s biggest quality control assets are found in its employees. Each employee is a member of a team that understands how important quality is to the success of the company. It is a necessity that every team member recognizes that they are part of a quality control system that checks parts each time a part is handled. This process starts with our initial material inspection, continues through each CNC operator, and does not end until the final person packages the finished product.

Wire EDM offers an efficient manufacturing process that produces part geometries that are difficult to machine by any other method.

Using a wire EDM is technically a stress-free machining process since no direct mechanical force is applied to the part. One of the advantages of using a wire EDM is that it can cut a tight radius while also providing excellent surface finish. Another advantage of using a wire EDM is that the process does not leave any burrs requiring a secondary process to clean it up. Wire EDMs allow for precision, intricacy, accurate internal cuts, and fine hole drilling. Live Free Armory uses only the most accurate medical grade EDM’s in the industry.

Conventional CNC machining does have limitations that must be overcome by additional manufacturing methods. Electrical discharge machining (EDM) is the solution when high accuracy machining is difficult or impossible with conventional metal removing techniques. Wire EDM uses an energized wire electrode in a submerged bath of dielectric fluid which makes it easy to cut through hardened materials or exotic alloys.

Live Free Armory offers mill-turn lathes that optimizes productivity and part quality through the CNC machining process by performing milling and turning operations on one machine.

Turning is a machining process used to make cylindrical parts in which the cutting tool moves in a linear fashion while the workpiece rotates. Turning reduces the diameter of a workpiece to a specified dimension and produces a smooth part finish. Our sophisticated turning centers can also perform a variety of milling and drilling operations and incorporate the latest, most advanced turning technology. Turning operations are an integral part of Live Free Armory’s capabilities.

Understanding the differences between turning and milling helps define what application you chose when making your part. The major difference between milling and turning is the relationship of the workpiece and the tool. In a lathe, the workpiece that is being machined spins about its axis, while the cutting tool does not. The opposite is true for milling. The tool in a milling machine rotates about its axis, while the workpiece does not. Being able to do both turning and mill in one machine is a significant advantage. Live Free Armory has been able to outperform the competition through increased efficiency and reduced cycle times on more complex parts by utilizing our mill-turn lathes.

Live Free Armory meets or exceeds industry standards for deburring and finishing. Surface roughness and edge quality play an important role in manufacturing. Deburring is used to remove the residue and imperfections remaining on a metal surface after the part has been machined. Removing the burrs ensures that the part meets exact product specifications, confirming a properly functional part and accurate tolerances. Live Free Armory places a high premium on deburring and finishing. We also use vibratory finishing machines that automate much of our deburring, finishing, and cleaning of parts. What we cannot complete with automation, our meticulous mechanical inspection team takes care of.

As an added value to our customers, Live Free Armory has a thorough coating prep team and offers a complete cerakote finishing service. We have an internal sandblasting operation that features several different types of blasting such as: aluminum oxide, steel grit, and glass bead. This variety of sandblast media allows us to prep various metals to send to our trusted vendors. Vendors that we regularly use offer, but are not limited to: heat treat, nitride, black oxide, DLC, PVD, and nickel boron. For our internal complete finishing service, we specialize in H series oven cured Cerakote, which is the world’s leading thin film coating. Regardless of if you chose to use only our prep team or our complete finish service, we guarantee it will add significant value to any finished product.

Our engineering team has diverse backgrounds that gives us the ability to carry out projects of any size and complexity.

Live Free Armory is a prime example of a manufacturing company that puts American know-how and ingenuity to the test. We know that when it comes to manufacturing, efficiency is key. We use our previous experience to develop the best practices to help save our customers time and money.

Live Free Armory is a true one stop source that can transform a customer’s idea into a functional part or assembly. It all starts with our engineering design team that develops the concept into a 3-D CAD (computer-aided design) model or technical drawings. The CAD model is then turned over to our manufacturing engineers that designs fixturing, tooling, and programs the required CNC machines for the project. Once the first article is produced, our quality engineers verify that the part is to tolerance and create in-process checks as necessary. Our manufacturing engineers and quality control team work together to optimize lean processes throughout the next production development phase. Our rigorous quality requirements combined with continuous improvement has allowed us to help over 100 companies turn their ideas into reality using this same process.

The versatility and reliability of the laser is unparalleled in the ability to customize products.

We use Galvo laser machines, which use high-speed, motor-driven mirrors to steer the laser beam through a lens. Depending on the position within the laser marking field, the beam impacts onto the material at a greater or lesser angle of inclination. The marking field size is defined by the deflection angle and the focal length of the optics. Since there are no movable parts (with the exception of the mirrors) the laser beam can be guided over the workpiece at extremely high speeds with high precision and repeatability, making them ideal when short cycle times and high-quality markings are required.

Speed is a main advantage of the Galvo laser. Galvo laser machines can process as fast as 900 characters per second, with a high level of precision approximately 10 to 65 times faster than flatbed lasers, depending on the laser machine model and application. This makes the Galvo system ideal for applications such as industrial part marking that require fast cycle times and high-quality markings. With the use of Galvo laser machines, Live Free Armory has the capability to customize and offer a competitive edge over many traditional machine shops.