Advanced Machine & Tooling Co

Advanced Machining and Tooling, LLC, known as AMT, is a precision machine shop at 13535 Danielson Street in Poway, California, near San Diego. The company began business in 1989 in a small room of 168 square feet. It now works from a climate controlled building of 31,500 square feet. The staff is over 45 toolmakers, machinists, EDM specialists and administrators.

AMT makes unusual or hard to build parts. It combines CNC machining and turning with waterjet cutting and CNC wire and ram EDM, which is electrical discharge machining. The site lists small hole EDM and a full tool room as well. Many of its workers hold tolerances of plus or minus 0.0001 inch. The company says it has made parts that other shops said could not be made, and it makes production runs as well as one-off parts for all industries.

The materials list is long. It includes many aluminum alloys, Inconel 625 and 718, Hastelloy, Waspalloy, titanium 6Al-4V, Invar, Kovar, Nitinol, tungsten and tool steels. It also works with plastics such as Delrin, Lexan and Ultem.

AMT is certified to ISO 9001 and AS 9100. It is a small business and is registered under ITAR, and it can review ITAR classified drawings. Its final inspection tools are traceable to NIST.

The website has a contact page and a photo gallery. Customers can send drawings for quotes by email or fax. The phone number is (858) 486-9050.