July / August - Minnesota Precision Manufacturing Association
July / August - Minnesota Precision Manufacturing Association
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providing the<br />
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Starting<br />
Out<br />
In 1983, Steve DeMotts opened<br />
Arrow Cryogenics out of his garage.<br />
He didn’t want it to become just<br />
another finishing shop, however.<br />
He wanted to see parts finished<br />
the right way, even if that meant<br />
developing or customizing a unique<br />
process for every part. His goal was<br />
simple: provide the highest quality<br />
finish at the lowest price.<br />
Starting out, Arrow Cryogenics’<br />
niche was in cryogenic deflashing<br />
and deburring (as the company’s<br />
name implies). With croygenic<br />
deflashing and deburring,<br />
components are lowered to a<br />
temperature that allows the material<br />
to become brittle. Then, using nonabrasive<br />
cryogenic-grade media, flash<br />
is stripped off without altering the<br />
finish on the parts. It is one of the<br />
most cost-effective ways to remove<br />
flash from injection molded parts.<br />
It isn’t the only way, however.<br />
In an effort to accommodate a<br />
broad range of parts and materials,<br />
Arrow moved into other aspects of<br />
finishing as well. Customers began<br />
turning to Arrow for a variety of<br />
needs, including electro-polishing,<br />
passivation, medical-grade cleaning,<br />
shot peening, vapor polishing,<br />
cryogenic stress relieving and other<br />
finishing services. They weren’t<br />
disappointed.<br />
To keep up with customer demand,<br />
DeMotts moved the company to<br />
Blaine in 1987. Since then, he has<br />
added on nine times. Currently, the<br />
facility occupies 80,000 square feet<br />
of space, with plans to add 20,000<br />
more square feet in the near future.<br />
Today, Arrow is the largest finishing<br />
shop in the country, known for<br />
providing innovative and costeffective<br />
finishing processes.<br />
Recently, the company added laser<br />
marking/engraving and nitinol<br />
electro-polishing to its list of<br />
capabilities.<br />
“We do whatever it takes to keep<br />
our customers competitive,”<br />
DeMotts said. “Whether it’s<br />
customizing a process or adding the<br />
latest technology, we always try to<br />
come up with the most cost-effective<br />
process for the highest-quality finish.<br />
That’s what sets our company<br />
apart -- and it’s what has driven<br />
our growth.”
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