The Freeman Company - Yankton SD

The Freeman Company has been manufacturing precision-machined parts used in general aviation since the company was founded in 1937.The company offers a broad range of processes, manufacturing and assembly capabilities on product materials that include: nickel based steels, stainless steel alloys, titanium, brass, special alloys and aluminum in tube, bar, sheet, forged and cast shapes. Conventional manufacturing capabilities include: radial drilling, horizontal and vertical milling, large horizontal axis screw machines, turning and tube swaging with subsequent turning to produce very-thin walled tubes. Assembly includes the insertion and roller-staking of bearings into machined components. A large number of new generation NC/CNC Swiss lathe type 4 and 5 axis machines with live tooling have been acquired in the past three years as well as horizontal machining capability. Other supporting type operations include: priming, painting, bake oven, FPI and MPI inspection as well as full lay-out and final inspection capabilities.