Patternmaking

Patternmaking was the exclusive business at Danko Arlington when the company started in 1920.
Today, traditional wood patternmaking has become a scarce talent.

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Craftmanship
Fortunately, our skilled pattern makers have served their apprenticeships
under our older generation and can compliment hand-worked craftsmanship with the latest technology. The shop uses  state-of-the-art rapid prototyping FDM 3D printers to construct patterns in durable ABS or high strength Poly Carbonate plastic. In a matter of hours, patterns, core sticks and core boxes can be printed unattended in a volume up to 36”x36”x24” with accuracies of several thousandths of an inch.  This exciting new and clean technology leaves our competition in the dust…literally.
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Reverse Engineering
The Pattern Division also can reverse engineer existing castings or worn
patterns with our portable 7 axis CMM with a built in laser scanner. The
device measures parts in the shop or in the field to an accuracy of
+/- .0015 inches with +/- .0011 inches of repeatability within an 8.2 foot
measuring range!
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Warehouse Storage
Danko Arlington also has spacious warehouse facilities to store customer
patterns. Here, tooling is kept in a clean, dry, and well lighted area with
locations categorized by computer for fast retrieval.