CNA Manufacturing Systems, Inc.

CNA is the designer and builder of POGO® flexible tooling systems, the world's most innovative and advanced universal holding fixtures for contoured metal and composite parts.

In today's global environment, manufacturers face an immense pressure to be responsive to change and to have agile manufacturing capabilities. Our mission is to provide flexible tooling solutions that will enable our customers to respond quickly and efficiently to changes in market and production demands.

CNA's patented POGO® flexible tooling systems utilize our POGO® actuator, along with a user friendly, PC based control system, to provide accurate, flexible fixturing of contoured parts for a variety of manufacturing applications:

• trimming
  
• drilling
  
• water-jet cutting
  
• laser cutting and scribing
  
• inspection
  
• rivet assembly

Some of the most common part types that can be fixtured with POGO® flexible tooling systems are:

• fusleage panels
  
• wing panels
  
• fairings
  
• stabilizer panels
  
• nacelle system panels
  
• doors
  
• stringers
  
• leading edges

The dedicated team at CNA works side-by-side with each customer to understand their requirements, and to define a flexible tooling system configuration that will significantly improve their production capabilities while reducing manufacturing costs. CNA is continually looking for new flexible tooling applications.