Smith Bros Tool

Smith Bros. Tool is a tooling manufacturer in Shelby Township, Michigan, in the United States. It builds custom tooling, jigs, fixtures and ground support equipment for the space, aerospace and defense industries. The company was established in 1981 and describes itself as a small business.

The product range covers four main groups. These are bond and layup tooling for composite parts, machining fixtures that hold aerospace components, assembly and integration tooling, and transport and handling equipment. The company also builds access and maintenance platforms that give safe access to hardware during assembly and inspection.

Design work is done in house. The team uses CATIA V5 to make 3D models and 2D drawings for tooling, jigs, fixtures and ground support equipment. The company also does AWS certified TIG and MIG welding on aluminum, stainless steel, carbon steel and Invar structural weldments. The site says an AWS certified weld inspector checks the work.

Machining is done on 3 axis and 5 axis CNC machines. The site lists a largest machine envelope of 540 inches in X, 180 inches in Y and 84 inches in Z. Quality checks use FARO laser trackers, FARO arms, coordinate measuring machines and Verisurf software.

The company says its quality system is certified to AS9100 Rev. D and ISO 9001:2015. It is also ITAR registered. The company works from two facilities with more than 100,000 square feet of space. The site lists 30-foot ceilings and 20-ton overhead cranes.

The site lists a phone line at 586-726-5756 and an after hours line at 586-726-5752. The head office is at 50600 Corporate Drive in Shelby Township. The website also has a careers page and a list of current job openings.