Prior to moving production from Apogee's Petaluma facility to Metalfx' facility in Willits, engineers from both companies worked together to enhance Apogee's build-to-order quality engineering and production processes. Digital documentation of Apogee's entire build process now forms the foundation of this enhanced manufacturing process and is backstopped by Metalfx's advanced Statistical Process Control (SPC). Traditional pin-routers, once the workhorse of Apogee's wood machining process, have been replaced with precision CNC (Computerized Numerical Control) routers, enabling the achievement of consistently higher tolerances, and an even better performing product. Apogee's proprietary painting process has been re-engineered and upgraded to include a turnkey trolley system and an advanced heat curing stage, improving the appearance and increasing the durability of all Apogee products.
Apogee's Barry Grzebik said: "These improvements to our engineering and manufacturing process ensure that Apogee's longstanding reputation of delivering high performance, quality products remains unchanged."
Grzebik led training of all engineering and production staff members at Metalfx. He also oversees Metalfx's materials management, engineering and production processes, ranging from wood procurement for loudspeaker cabinets to driver modification to final quality assurance testing.
(Sarah Rushton-Read)
