Jesus O. “Jessie” Flores
Manufacturing Engineer
Planning / Estimating Manager
FABCON Santa Anna, CA

As a custom manufacturing business capable of turning out completed products with a very fine eye for detail and design, Fabcon not only manufactures parts but also assembles products for its customers. Their motto is, “The finest of sheet metal
fabrication.”

According to Jessie,
“ We never say no...never say no. The worst case scenario is, ‘Let us take a look and we will see. "

“ At Fabcon, we do things the right way. We work seven days a week, 24 hours per day, 365 days per year. Management treats us all like we are owners, and we do feel like that. Our president’s door is always open...to everybody on the floor.”

“ We made some prototypes on our CNC machines and had lots of waste...lots of headaches.”

“ Our customers range from aerospace to retail stores. We have high tech customers like Cisco®...retail customers like Oakley®. We make everything from BBQ parts to close tolerance aerospace parts. Everything in between."

“ It is my job to determine whether the part is built using the laser, the turret or the UniPunch tooling."

“ It goes back to the basics. In this particular case the parts were bus bars. We made some prototypes on our CNC machines and had lots of waste, lots of headaches. They are complicated machines that are designed for thin material, sheet metal."

“ The bus bars we were punching were 3/8 inch copper material. Very expensive. I went to our COO and told him what I needed. I had already put together a starter package of UniPunch products, about $5,000. I came up with three options which I normally do, I told the customer we can start this way for $5,000. He agreed and from then on they have been a good customer."

“ I always look at a job three ways. What is the best way to make this part? I always look for a better way to make a better part or make the part less costly. That’s why I requested that we buy UniPunch. I had used UniPunch before at other places and was very impressed."

“ In the beginning people here said UniPunch is too old...it’s an old system. But now, everybody is saying, ‘Oh wow, we can take this job off the CNC machine and make it with UniPunch and realize two to three hours saved time on the CNC.’ Time on the CNC machine is expensive.”

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