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The machine tool source for the data center supply chain. From a precision-machined cold plate inside an AI server to the structural skid supporting a megawatt-scale cooling system.

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The Machine Tool Source for the Data Center Supply Chain

The rapid expansion of artificial intelligence, cloud computing, high-performance computing, and hyperscale data centers is creating unprecedented demand for precision-manufactured components.

G11 Manufacturing Solutions provides the machining, turning, grinding, fabrication, tooling, workholding, and manufacturing support required to produce these components.

Behind every data center is a supply chain producing:

Liquid cooling systems

Heat exchangers

Cold plates

Coolant Distribution Units (CDUs)

Cooling manifolds

Pumps, valves & fittings

Server racks & cabinets

Electrical enclosures

Switchgear cabinets

UPS & battery enclosures

Power Distribution Units

Busway components

Structural steel

Equipment skids

Modular data center frames

Cable management systems

Generator components

Chiller & HVAC components

Precision shafts, housings & mechanical components

One Source. Multiple Manufacturing Technologies.

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Liquid Cooling & Thermal Management

AI and high-density computing are dramatically increasing the importance of liquid cooling. G11 provides the machining and fabrication equipment required to produce every major component in a liquid cooling system.

Cold Plates

Precision-machined aluminum or copper cooling plates mounted directly to CPUs, GPUs, and other high-heat components.

·High-speed CNC milling
·Precision pocket machining
·Micro-channel machining
·Drilling & thread milling
·O-ring grooves
·Flatness control
·Surface finishing
·Brazing preparation

Heat Exchangers

Manufactured components can include:

·Heat exchanger plates
·Tube sheets
·Headers
·Manifolds
·End plates
·Frames
·Cooling channels
·Flanges
·Nozzles
·Mounting brackets

Coolant Distribution Units (CDUs)

CDU manufacturing requires a combination of precision machining and metal fabrication.

·Pump housings & shafts
·Manifolds & valve bodies
·Heat exchanger components
·Pipe connections
·Sheet-metal cabinets
·Doors & access panels
·Equipment mounting plates
·Base frames & skids

Cooling Manifolds

Rack and row manifolds require:

·Aluminum and stainless-steel manifold machining
·Deep-hole drilling
·Port machining
·Threading
·O-ring grooves
·Valve interfaces
·Quick-disconnect interfaces
·Pressure testing

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Milling Solutions for Cooling Components

CNC machining centers provide solutions for machining cold plates, heat exchanger plates, tube sheets, large manifolds, CDU mounting plates, pump housings, compressor housings, chiller components, large aluminum plates, and equipment bases.

AWEA VP-3012 — Excellent Data Center Application

The AWEA VP-3012 bridge-type machining center is especially well suited to manufacturers producing large aluminum and steel components for data-center cooling systems — large heat exchanger plates, cooling-system base plates, CDU plates, large aluminum manifolds, chiller components, compressor mounting plates, and large electrical equipment plates. Its approximately 118-inch X-axis travel provides the working envelope needed for large components while maintaining the rigidity of a bridge-style machining center. For even larger components, AWEA bridge and gantry machines can support large heat exchangers, modular cooling systems, generator bases, transformer bases, and large structural equipment plates.

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Precision Turned Components

Data centers contain thousands of round precision components throughout their cooling, pumping, electrical, and mechanical systems.

Typical Components

·Hydraulic & coolant fittings
·Quick-disconnect components
·Couplings & pipe fittings
·Valve bodies & stems
·Pump, motor & compressor shafts
·Bushings & sleeves
·Flanges & nozzles
·Threaded adapters
·Sensor housings
·Fan shafts & bearing housings

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Goodway CNC Turning Solutions

Goodway CNC turning centers provide solutions ranging from conventional CNC turning to advanced multi-axis and mill-turn production — high-volume fittings, stainless-steel coolant fittings, brass and aluminum fittings, pump and valve components, couplings, shafts, flanges, and precision connection components. Live tooling, Y-axis, subspindles, and multitasking technology allow manufacturers to complete more operations in a single setup while reducing handling and work-in-process.

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Super-Precision Component Manufacturing

Critical rotating equipment used throughout cooling, power generation, pumping, and air-handling systems requires exceptional dimensional accuracy and surface finish.

Applications

·Pump, compressor, motor & fan shafts
·Bearing journals
·Valve & hydraulic components
·Precision sleeves & spindles
·Seal surfaces
·Hardened components
·Precision bores

Available Processes

·OD grinding
·ID grinding
·Universal grinding
·Jig grinding
·Hard turning
·Super-precision finishing

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Kellenberger Grinding & Super Precision

Kellenberger precision grinding capabilities are particularly valuable for manufacturers supplying pumps, compressors, motors, cooling systems, and other mission-critical rotating equipment for the data center industry.

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Server Racks, Cabinets & Enclosures

Every data center requires large quantities of fabricated sheet-metal products — server racks, cabinets, network cabinets, battery cabinets, UPS enclosures, PDU enclosures, CDU cabinets, electrical cabinets, switchgear enclosures, control cabinets, HVAC cabinets, and hot/cold-aisle containment components.

Fiber Laser Cutting

Used to cut cabinet panels, doors, side panels, mounting plates, rack components, ventilation openings, brackets, and electrical panels.

CNC Press Brakes

Used to form cabinets, doors, rack uprights, frames, channels, electrical boxes, cooling-system enclosures, and cable-management components.

Shears, Ironworkers & Welding

Shears for high-volume sheet preparation and blanking. Ironworkers for mounting holes, slots, brackets, and structural components. Welding — MIG, TIG, robotic, and laser — for enclosure frames, skids, cabinets, cooling-system frames, and structural assemblies.

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Fabrication Solutions for Enclosures

G11 fabrication equipment provides a complete sheet-metal manufacturing path for data center enclosures and structural components.

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Power Infrastructure

A large data center requires an enormous amount of manufactured electrical infrastructure — switchgear, switchboards, UPS systems, PDUs, electrical cabinets, transformers, ATS enclosures, BESS cabinets, busway, busbar systems, generator packages, control cabinets, and power modules.

Manufacturing Equipment Requirements

·Electrical enclosures — fiber laser + press brake + welding
·Copper & aluminum bus components — CNC machining + busbar cutting/punching/bending
·Transformer frames — laser cutting + structural processing + welding
·Generator skids — structural cutting + welding + machining
·UPS & battery cabinets — fiber laser + press brake + welding
·Switchgear cabinets — sheet-metal cutting + bending + punching + welding

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Complete Manufacturing Path for Power Infrastructure

G11 machining, fabrication, and welding technologies provide a complete manufacturing path for data center power infrastructure components.

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Modular Data Centers & Equipment Skids

Prefabricated and modular data-center construction creates significant manufacturing opportunities — modular frames, electrical skids, cooling skids, generator skids, pump skids, CDU skids, chiller skids, transformer skids, structural equipment platforms, and containerized data-center modules.

Structural Steel Manufacturing Equipment

·Structural bandsaws — beams, tubes, channels, angles, structural profiles
·CNC beam drill lines — structural frames, equipment skids, modular structures
·Robotic beam coping — structural connections and complex profiles
·CNC angle lines — support structures, frames, brackets, equipment supports
·Tube & profile lasers — equipment frames, server-rack structures, skids, support structures
·Robotic welding — repeatable high-volume fabrication of skids, frames, and structural assemblies

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Fabrication & Structural Solutions

G11 fabrication equipment supports the full range of structural steel and modular data center manufacturing requirements.

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Piping & Fluid Distribution

Liquid-cooled data centers require extensive piping infrastructure. G11 provides the turning, machining, and fabrication equipment required to produce the full range of piping and fluid distribution components.

Manufactured Components

·Supply & return manifolds
·Stainless & copper tubing
·Pipe assemblies
·Fittings & couplings
·Flanges
·Valve assemblies
·Pump assemblies

Required Equipment

·CNC tube laser
·CNC pipe bender
·CNC turning centers
·CNC machining centers
·Orbital welding equipment
·Robotic welding
·Tube-end forming equipment
·Pressure & leak-testing systems

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Turning & Fabrication for Fluid Systems

G11 CNC turning centers, machining centers, tube lasers, and pipe benders provide a complete manufacturing path for data center piping and fluid distribution components — from precision-turned fittings and valve bodies to fabricated manifolds and pipe assemblies.

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Chillers, Pumps & HVAC Systems

Data-center thermal systems create significant manufacturing opportunities for producers of chillers, pumps, compressors, cooling towers, air handlers, fan walls, heat exchangers, and rear-door heat exchangers.

Machined Components

·Impellers
·Pump housings & shafts
·Compressor components
·Fan shafts & bearing housings
·Flanges & valve bodies
·Motor mounts & compressor bases

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Complete Machining Path for Thermal Systems

G11 machining, turning, and grinding technology provides a complete machining path for chiller, pump, compressor, and HVAC components — from rough turning and milling through precision grinding of shafts, journals, and seal surfaces.

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Heat Exchanger Manufacturing Cell

A complete data-center heat-exchanger manufacturing operation requires a combination of G11-supplied equipment and specialized complementary technologies.

G11-Applicable Equipment

·AWEA bridge machining centers
·Vertical & horizontal machining centers
·Goodway CNC turning centers
·Kellenberger precision grinding
·Fiber laser cutting
·CNC press brakes
·Tube laser cutting
·CNC tube bending
·Welding systems
·Tooling and workholding

Complementary Equipment

·Fin presses
·Tube straightening & cutting equipment
·Hairpin tube benders
·Tube expanders
·Vacuum & controlled-atmosphere brazing furnaces
·Orbital welding systems
·Helium leak & pressure-testing systems
·Parts washing systems

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Complete Heat Exchanger Manufacturing Path

G11 provides the machining, turning, grinding, fabrication, and tooling equipment required to produce a complete range of heat-exchanger and liquid-cooling components for the data center industry.

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Complete Manufacturing Path

From Raw Material to Data Center Component

Cut

Fiber Laser · Tube Laser · Saw · Shear

Form

Press Brake · Tube Bender · Plate Roll · Angle Roll

Machine

Vertical · Horizontal · Bridge · 5-Axis

Turn

2-Axis · Y-Axis · Twin Spindle · Mill-Turn · Vertical Turning

Grind

OD · ID · Universal · Jig · Super Precision

Join

Robotic Welding · Laser Welding · MIG · TIG · Brazing

Tool & Hold

Pioneer · HIPPSC · Workholding · Shrink-Fit

Inspect

CMM · Laser Measurement · Leak Testing · Pressure Testing

Automate

Robotics · Material Handling · Pallet Systems · Production Cells

Tooling & Workholding

Machine performance depends on the tooling supporting it. G11 provides precision workholding and shrink-fit tooling solutions optimized for data center component manufacturing.

Precision Workholding

Precision workholding and toolholding solutions supporting high-speed aluminum machining, heavy roughing, precision manifold machining, large plate machining, repeatable production, and automated machining cells.

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Shrink-Fit Technology

Shrink-fit technology provides excellent rigidity and concentricity for high-speed milling, long-reach tooling, aluminum machining, mold-style pocket machining, precision cold plates, manifolds, and heat exchanger components — particularly important when machining complex coolant channels and high-precision surfaces.

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The Machine Tool Source for Data Center Manufacturing

Manufacturing the Infrastructure Behind the Digital World

From a precision-machined cold plate inside an AI server to the structural skid supporting a megawatt-scale cooling system, G11 Manufacturing Solutions helps manufacturers select the technology required to produce the components powering today's data-center industry. Whether your company manufactures one data-center component or complete integrated systems, G11 can help evaluate the application and develop the machining, fabrication, tooling, and automation solution required to increase capacity and compete in this rapidly expanding market.

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