Andersen Manufacturing, Inc

For the past 19 years, Andersen Manufacturing has been a worldwide leader in the manufacturing of high quality satellite antennas. Andersen has been able to achieve this success through the engineering application of our unique and innovative tooling design and "Hydroforming" process. We have continued to develop and refine this process, which allows Andersen to manufacture parabolic antennas that are unparalleled in accuracy. Hydroforming is a "stretch stress tempered forming process" that work hardens the formed material while shaping it. This process provides a smooth parabolic surface, the end result being the best in C and Ku Band performance available in the market today. Another advantage of the Hydroforming process is repeatability. That's right, repeatability. We can make thousands of antennas, and the last one will be identical to the first. When we make a tool for forming our antennas, it must go through a rigorous certification process. The prototype antennas are then verified with theodolites or photogrammetry to ensure their accuracy. These instruments check for ripples, flat spots, humps and other flaws that degrade an antenna's performance. When you start with a good antenna, you need a mount that compliments it. If the mount distorts the final shape of the antenna, then the antenna will not perform correctly. We design each of our antennas and mounts with 3D CAD systems and solids modeling, verifying all aspects of the mount structure to minimize antenna...