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For over 20 years, the machinists at Usinage St-Laurent have been machining thin-walled monolithic structures for aerospace applications.
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We machine raw aluminum plates to create satellite system panels. We meticulously remove around 97% of the original material, transforming a 2,000-pound plate into a mere 30 pounds upon completion! This machining job takes several hundred hours to finalize and the resulting single panel is later used in satellite systems. Mistakes are not an option!
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Our know-how and the precision of our tools enabled us to machine 3 x 3.3 m (119 x 130'') structures.
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