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<\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\u201cThis is something we\u2019ve been working on for a long time and we\u2019re super excited to announce our partnership with Joseph McCulloch (Centroid co-owner and chief executive officer), John Roe (Centroid co-owner and president), and John Cowher (Centroid general manager and sales manager for performance racing), and the team at Centroid and take delivery of the new 5-Axis machine to continue to grow FAB Machining,\u201d Brown said. \u201cI have to thank Mike Ditzel at Hangsterfer\u2019s Metalworking Lubricants for nurturing this connection with Centroid and this truly is an addition that can take ABM to the next level in terms of performance.\u201d<\/p>\n
FAB Machining offers a variety of machining services including water jet cutting, mig and tig welding, press brake services, CNC milling and lathe work, parts tumbling, and metal shear. With the addition of the A560 XL 5-Axis Machining Center, FAB can now repair cylinder heads and blocks, explore cylinder head improvement, and produce several race car components that are currently purchased from outside vendors.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is a great addition to FAB Machining and now there\u2019s very little we can\u2019t machine and produce with this 5-Axis Machine,\u201d Mike Anderson, FAB Machining head programmer said. \u201cCentroid specializes in working with the racing industry and we\u2019re excited to showcase one of their premier CNC centers at our Brownsburg (Ind.) facility in the heart of NHRA Drag Racing.\u201d<\/p>\n
The ABM-Centroid relationship stemmed from a B2B partnership with Hangsterfer\u2019s Laboratories and is a perfect marriage as a significant number of Centroid\u2019s client base is involved in motorsports and located near ABM\u2019s headquarters outside of Indianapolis, the Racing Capital of the World. All Centroid machines are filled with Hangsterfer\u2019s cutting fluid and ship globally with a supply of Hangsterfer\u2019s.<\/p>\n
\u201cCentroid machines are built for the performance racing industry and this is a relationship that has been developing for a few years from an introduction at the PRI (Performance Racing Industry) Show in Indianapolis each winter, and I couldn\u2019t be more thrilled to help wed Antron and ABM with Centroid,\u201d Mike Ditzel, Hangsterfer\u2019s global director of motorsports performance products, said. \u201cI foresee many teams and vendors stopping by ABM\u2019s FAB Machining Center for some show-and-tell and to see what these Centroid CNC Centers can offer. This is another successful B2B relationship developed from auto racing and, specifically, NHRA Drag Racing.\u201d<\/p>\n
Headquartered in Howard, Pennsylvania since 1979, Centroid has 46\u00a0years of CNC experience designing and manufacturing CNC Controls for milling machines, lathes, routers, and just about any application\u00a0that requires a\u00a0CNC control for OEM machinery, and retrofits, regardless of the machine tool manufacturer. In recent years, Centroid developed controls for the DIY retrofit market. In 2005, Centroid released their first 5-axis CNC machining centers specifically for cylinder head porting, engine block work and all\u00a0types of parts, as well as 4-axis machine tools for engine block and rebuilding parts. Race shops and engine rebuilders around the world have discovered the Centroid advantage, which offers complete turn-key packages that reliably produce the most powerful racing-winning engines and cylinder heads, in all racing venues on the market worldwide.<\/p>\n
\u201cCentroid Corporation is super excited to build on our relationship with ABM and FAB Machining, as we have with Hangsterfer\u2019s,\u201d said Cowher. \u201cWe have been working together for a while, and the time has come to build on this wonderful opportunity that Antron Brown, his team, and Hangsterfer\u2019s have given us with the addition of the A560XL Port\/Block turnkey system. We look forward to helping ABM and FAB Machining\u2019s Mike Anderson be the best machine shop it can be. The Centroid A560XL Port\/Block Turnkey System, and the Centroid team\u2019s support will certainly help them be in control of their shop. If you can dream it, you can cut it with a Centroid.\u201d<\/p>\n
For more about Centroid\u2019s Turnkey Performance Racing Systems, and how the Centroid can help put you in control of your shop, visit\u00a0centroidperformanceracing.com<\/a>\u00a0or email\u00a0jcowher@centroidcnc.com<\/a>. For more information on Centroid\u2019s CNC Control Systems ad DIY Control Products, visit\u00a0centroidcnc.com<\/a>\u00a0or email\u00a0sales@centroidcnc.com<\/a>. For more information on FAB Machining visit\u00a0fab-machining.com<\/a>\u00a0or email\u00a0fab@fab-machining.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n This story was originally published on May 6, 2025. The post AB Motorsports Partners with Centroid Performance Racing to Expand Scope of FAB Machining<\/a> first appeared on Drag Illustrated<\/a>.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" AB Motorsports and its FAB Machining division have partnered with Centroid Corporation\u2019s Centroid Performance Racing Division for the addition of a Centroid 5-Axis CNC Machining Center that will operate from the team\u2019s central Indiana race shop, team owner and four-time NHRA world champion Antron Brown announced. Always aspiring to elevate to the next level and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-100553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100553","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=100553"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/100553\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=100553"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=100553"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/racepages.com\/Videos\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=100553"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Drag](\"https:\/\/dragillustrated.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/03\/DI_flat_red-e1711481551475.png\")
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