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DSC began operations in 1990. From January 1990 thru July 1997, our base of operations was Hesperia, California. In the summer of 1997, DSC moved to Kennesaw, Georgia to be closer to the F-22 Raptor team which had moved from Palmdale to Marietta. Up until December of 1999, DSC worked exclusively on RCS (radar cross section) measurement projects. We still do that. We have over 40 man-years of experience in-house for all kinds of specialized LO (low observables) testing. We have built everything from the antenna to the cal target (i.e. radar (very simple one), data collection & processing software, RF section, pylon elevator, pylon, multi-axis target positioner, target, and control moving parts in/on the target).
Starting in 2000, DSC added manufacturing and assembly tools to its resume. Most of our time since 2000 has been developing these kinds of systems. Customers who know a whole lot about what it takes to put an airplane together, come to us with a manufacturing or assembly issue to see if we can figure out a way to automate it. Sometimes we can. Our customers understand the processes that are needed in great detail - we understand machine vision, lasers, servo's, and dozens of other technologies that can be applied to aircraft manufacturing. At DSC we do all of our own designs, and write all of our own software. So, when we began the ISO 9001 certification process in April of 2008, it was not a big step - our existing system was mostly complient already. We were registered with BSI in October of 2008.
Our president has been a keynote speaker at two Global Vision Conferences - one in Las Vegas and one in Budapest, Hungary - expanding people's understanding of what can be done with machine vision. DSC has been featured on the numerous magazine covers, plus articles are written about our systems every year.
In 2005 DSC began working on the concept of 3-D optical projection. By 2007 we had a working system (although when you needed to calibrate it, you would need a lot of time (days) and we found it to be most useful to have a Ph.D. around - luckily we do). By 2009 the calibration process could be run by anyone (thanks to that same Ph.D.) and takes about one minute per projector and the authoring and operator software tools were refined to a "commercial" state. Patents and trademarks were filed and the ProjectionWorks family was initiated with AssemblyWorks in October 2009.
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DSC designs and builds custom machinery to automate manufacturing and assembly processes for aircraft production. DSC is a licensed Professional Engineering Firm in the State of Georgia. Our full-time staff of engineers and designers includes BSEE's, BSME's, MSEE's, and a Ph.D.ME. Our quality System is registered by BSI to ISO 9001:2008. DSC is a member of the Society of Aeronautical Engineers.
If you have a manufacturing problem with no apparent solution - give us a try. Maybe we can help.
DSC has multiple man-years of experience applying the following technologies:
- 3-D Optical Projection
- Machine Vision Guidance
- Machine Vision Inspection
- Machine Vision Identification
- Servo Control Systems
- Laser Measurements
- Large Scale - High Precision Alignment
- Aircraft Lift & Roll Systems
- Custom Machine Tool Applications (drilling & milling)
- Automated Assembly Systems
- Robotic Systems
- RCS: Pylon / Positioner
- RCS: Pylon Lift Systems
- RCS: Foam Column Rotator
- RCS: Target Component Manipulation
- RCS: Data Collection Software
- RCS: Data Processing Software
- RCS: Transmission Loss Imaging System
- RCS: T-Loading Core System
On our PAST PROJECTS page, you can check the technology items that are of interest to you and it will highlight the machines that we have designed and built using those technologies.
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