Capabilities
For more than 35 years now, Rubicon Gear has been assembling, refining, and perfecting the people, processes, and technology needed for manufacturing the most advanced and precise gears in the world. The breadth of experience we’ve acquired over this span enables us to perform operations and services that frankly go beyond what is possible for most companies of our size and cost structure.
- Manufacturing Engineering
- Supply Chain Management
- Enterprise Resource Planning
- Quality Control
- Machine Tool Technology
Process
Manufacturing Engineering
Our engineering staff has over 50 years of combined experience in gear manufacturing. Utilizing the latest versions of AutoCAD, SolidWorks, and MasterCam, they craft the detailed engineering process plans required to meet the most exacting part tolerances.
Review Rubicon Gear’s Sample Engineering Process Plan.
Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)
We use Visual Manufacturing ERP software by Infor to drive almost every aspect of our business including engineering, production planning, purchasing, quality, and accounting. This dynamic, software foundation links our entire business into one cohesive system, enabling us to meet business challenges by functioning as a lean, efficient, data-driven company.
Supply Chain Management
We’ve assembled the necessary internal and external infrastructure to provide our customers with seamless, turnkey manufacturing solutions. Our strategic external partnerships cover a multitude of manufacturing disciplines and include the leading, NADCAP-approved, special processing companies providing solutions for:
- Heat Treating
- Plating, Coating, and Painting
- Shot Peen
- Non-Destructive Testing
Quality
Quality in Motion
It isn’t novel for manufacturing companies to talk about quality. But when it comes to high-precision gear manufacturing, our quality record speaks louder than words. Rubicon Gear’s quality performance has merited:
- Boeing Gold Supplier Status = 100% OTD & Zero Defects
- Honeywell Self Release Status = > 98% OTD & < 500 PPM
- Williams International Delegated Source Approval
Quality Certificates
Rubicon Gear quality certifications include:
ISO 9001:2015 AS9100:2016
Customer Quality Approvals
We have undergone extensive audits and received quality approvals from numerous leading companies including:
Technology
Machining Technology
Rubicon Gear occupies 40,000 square feet of floor space with a full compliment of the latest CNC machine tools and inspection systems.
- Turning
- Milling
- Cylindrical & Surface Grinding
- External & Internal Gear & Spline Grinding
- Bevel Gear Cutting and Grinding
- Gleason Curvic Coupling Grinding
- Tool / Fixture Manufacture
- CMM Inspection