MCSTARLITE
McStarlite Company is a premier Sheet Metal Specialist, producing some of the largest, most complex sheet metal components in the world. McStarlite is a World Leader in manufacturing of engine inlets, lipskins.
Harbor City, California (CA), United States
Aerospace
Products & Services
Bulge Forming
McStarlite
Bulge Forming is a process that involves hydraulically expanding a rubber bladder within a pressure vessel, containing a sheet metal blank, to create a predetermined shape reflected by the inner contour of the pressure vessel. Driven by customer needs for a unique product, McStarlite designed and built two bulge form presses to participate in this arena of exotic metal forming.
Bulge forming, used in the manufacture of missile nose cones and fuel tanks, demands familiarity with the sophisticated properties of metal as associated with pressure application. McStarlite has the knowledge and the experience to provide some of the most complex bulge formed parts in the industry.
Bulge forming, used in the manufacture of missile nose cones and fuel tanks, demands familiarity with the sophisticated properties of metal as associated with pressure application. McStarlite has the knowledge and the experience to provide some of the most complex bulge formed parts in the industry.
Deep Draw Forming
McStarlite
With product requirements from toilet bowls to engine cowls, McStarlite has specialized and continually developed the draw form manufacturing process based on customer driven needs. One early success story derived from a customers need to have an aircraft nacelle with reduced weight and shorter assembly time. Working closely with the customer’s engineering staff, McStarlite successfully manufactured a cost saving, single-piece, engine inlet cowl approximately 9 feet in diameter.
Since that time, knowledge, skills, experience, and machinery have made McStarlite the world leader in the production of inlet cowls and the accepted expert in cold forming of sheet metal.
Since that time, knowledge, skills, experience, and machinery have made McStarlite the world leader in the production of inlet cowls and the accepted expert in cold forming of sheet metal.
About
McStarlite Company is a premier Sheet Metal Specialist, producing some of the largest, most complex sheet metal components in the world.
In 1955 the company was founded as Starlite Company. The company started off as a manufacturer of drop tanks, TR3 car fenders, toilet bowls, and lawnmowers. McDonough Power Equipment purchased Starlite Company in 1967 and changed the name to McDonough Starlite.
The first Nose Lip was manufactured by the company for the DC10 in 1969. A few years later John Basso and Henry Mataalii purchased the company from McDonough. The new name of the company was Basmat Inc. (dba: McStarlite Company).
To this date the company is still family owned and has become the world’s leading producer of Inlets. McStarlite has three facilities in Harbor City, CA totaling over 100,000 square feet.
In 1955 the company was founded as Starlite Company. The company started off as a manufacturer of drop tanks, TR3 car fenders, toilet bowls, and lawnmowers. McDonough Power Equipment purchased Starlite Company in 1967 and changed the name to McDonough Starlite.
The first Nose Lip was manufactured by the company for the DC10 in 1969. A few years later John Basso and Henry Mataalii purchased the company from McDonough. The new name of the company was Basmat Inc. (dba: McStarlite Company).
To this date the company is still family owned and has become the world’s leading producer of Inlets. McStarlite has three facilities in Harbor City, CA totaling over 100,000 square feet.
