LeFiell Manufacturing

LeFiell Manufacturing Company makes precision metal tubes and assemblies for aircraft, aerospace, defense, and industrial markets. The company is based in Santa Fe Springs, California. Its website says it was founded near downtown Los Angeles in 1930.

The company makes parts for aircraft power plants. These include engine shafts, struts and thrust links, coolant tubes, and APU rods. It also makes control rods, torque tubes, and complex assemblies. Its missile cases can be made from aluminum or steel alloys. Markets served are listed as jet engine, rocket engine, missile, and aerospace.

LeFiell uses several metal forming methods. These include swaging and flattening, flowforming, tube tapering, high pressure forming, and upset forging. It also machines parts, including gun drilling and deep hole drilling. Special processes include heat treatment, non-destructive testing, and chemical cleaning.

The history page says the company received its first aviation contract in 1939 to produce bomb racks. In 1958 it developed tapered thin-wall stainless steel venturi tubing for Rocketdyne F-1 and J-2 rocket engines. The site says its processes were used in spaceflight programs such as Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo.

The company says it has produced flight critical rotating shaft forgings since 1960. The site describes the company as employee owned.

The site lists a phone number, 800.451.5971, and a fax number. Quote requests can be sent through the website. The address is 13700 Firestone Boulevard in Santa Fe Springs.