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Musgrove said his father, who founded AFI in 1972, was a visionary and the reason why AFI has the distinction of being one of the first shops in the United States to offer both elec- tron beam and laser welding services years ago. “He came from the Livermore National Laboratory as a de- signer and project coordinator. Back then, we built a lot of vacu- um and pressure tanks for the government and other industries. In 1978, AFI bought its first tabletop EB welding machine. Then we started getting into lasers and branching out … He was con- stantly seeking practical solutions for difficult tasks. Today our high-voltage machines have very large chamber capacity [up to 64 m3


After his father founded the company, Jeff Musgrove grew up in the shop, doing welding and fabricating for many years. Today, the company offers an array of services in its ) building. Among them: EB welding and


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brazing; laser welding, cutting and drilling; dissimilar metal joining; CNC and conventional milling and turning; conven- tional welding; and vacuum and pressure leak testing.


] to allow EB applications on large components.” Electron beam welding is a popular choice for welding when there is a need for a high degree of repeatability, weld penetration and a demand for the highest quality of weld integrity possible. It is also a welding solution for places a laser nozzle can’t access, such as down the inside of a tube or any other hard to reach applications. The only thing required for an EB weld is a “line of sight” to the weld joint.


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While it can perform many different kinds of operations, Musgrove said AFI knows what it does best. “We excel when integrating laser and EB welding technology into complex designs,” he said. “Twenty-five years ago, we realized that our niche would be highly specialized and technical.” AFI also provides EBW and laser services for many machine and engineering firms throughout California.


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AFI has about 60 employees. Many of them are highly skilled machinists, operators and welders who have been with the company for more than 20 years, Musgrove said: “They are very loyal to the company and very creative. These guys are never comfortable with the status quo and are always be- ing challenged with new projects.” Musgrove said that AFI’s workforce, which has had almost no turnover, is a competitive advantage in the marketplace, as is the company’s investment in new technologies. “We’ve been investing heavily in capital equipment over the years, especially into the EB facility, in EB welding ma-


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