# Westar Manufacturing

> Westar Manufacturing (Westar LLC) is a family-owned custom manufacturer in Dorchester, Wisconsin, in business since 1994. Under one roof we do ultra-high-pressure waterjet cutting, in-house machining and fabrication, robotics and defense hardware, and patented food-processing equipment. Customers include Boston Dynamics, Figure AI, iRobot, Lockheed Martin, the U.S. Marines and Army, Cargill, Smithfield, DeLaval and Xometry.

## Contact
- Phone: 715-654-5000
- Address: 660 E. 1st Avenue, PO Box 79, Dorchester, WI 54425, USA
- Hours: Monday–Friday, 7:00 AM – 3:30 PM Central
- General quotes / contact: clint@westartech.com
- Waterjet cutting quotes: jake@westartech.com
- Request a quote: https://westarmfg.com/contact/

## Capabilities
- [Waterjet Cutting](https://westarmfg.com/waterjet-cutting/): Ultra-high-pressure (87,000 PSI) abrasive waterjet with a dynamic cutting head. Cuts metal, stainless, aluminum, titanium, stone, glass, composites, rubber and more up to 6" thick, on sheets up to 6' x 12', with no heat-affected zone. Send a 2D DXF for a quote.
- [Machining & Fabrication](https://westarmfg.com/machining-fabrication/): Full in-house machine and fabrication shop — CNC milling and turning, DRO mills and lathes, welding and bending. One-offs to production runs.
- [Robotics](https://westarmfg.com/robotics/): Robotic vehicles, automation and defense hardware built, wired and finished in-house — including ROVS remote-operated vehicle platforms and military deployment kits. Sponsor of championship combat team Team Whyachi.
- [Food-Processing Equipment](https://westarmfg.com/food-processing/): Patented, washdown-ready equipment for meat and food plants — sausage/link loaders, tray denesters, paper feeders, conveyors, dumpers and lifts, bootwashers, stuffers and packaging-line machines. Covered under patent #6,138,820.
  - [Processing Equipment](https://westarmfg.com/processing-equipment/): 612C link loader (up to 960 links/min), tray denesters, paper feeders, piston stuffers, bootwashers, tray labelers.
  - [Conveyors](https://westarmfg.com/conveyor/): Spiral, cleated, plastic-belt, slice-line, accumulation and Z-PAC zero-pressure-accumulation conveyors.
  - [Dumpers & Lifts](https://westarmfg.com/dumper-lifts/): Stainless 3,000 lb dumpers for combo bins and boxed product, plus custom lift frames.

## Showcase
- [Precision Parts](https://westarmfg.com/precision-parts/): Tight-tolerance precision parts for robotics and defense — titanium humanoid-robot structures, weldments, brackets, fixtures and machined plating for Boston Dynamics, Figure AI, iRobot and DeLaval.
- [Movie Props](https://westarmfg.com/movie-props/): Hero props and hardware machined for film and TV, including Saw, The Expanse, Total Recall, 12 Monkeys, Dark Matter, The Mortal Instruments and Nikita.

## Company
- [About Westar](https://westarmfg.com/about/): Family-owned job shop in Dorchester, WI since 1994; also the maker of the patented Udder Gun cow-prep system (uddergun.com).