AI-driven CNC systems, sovereign data vaults, and a complete manufacturing ecosystem — designed in Michigan, engineered for the world.
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From the 36" Maker to the 14-foot Industrial — every RigidCore ships with AI motion control, a patented composite beam, and RigidSense sensor integration.
8" (203mm) standard. Upgradeable to 12" (305mm) independently of gantry clearance.
8" (203mm) standard. Upgradeable to 12" (305mm) independently of Z travel.
Need something between models? Custom working areas available on request for Pro and Industrial.
Air-cooled spindles require ~12,000+ RPM minimum. Steel cutting requires water-cooled (3,000–8,000 RPM) plus mist coolant on the workpiece.
| Spindle | Power | Cooling | Collet | Speed | Steel? | Compatible |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.5kW ER20 | 2 HP | Air | ER20 Manual | 12k–24k | — | 3636 / 4824 |
| 2.2kW ER20 | 3 HP | Air | ER20 Manual | 12k–24k | — | All 48" |
| 2.2kW ATC ISO20 | 3 HP | Air | ISO20 Auto | 12k–24k | — | 4848 / 4896 |
| 3.5kW ER20 | 4.7 HP | Air | ER20 Manual | 12k–24k | — | 4848+ |
| 3.5kW WC ★ | 4.7 HP | Water | ER20 Manual | 1k–18k | ✓ | 4848+ |
| 4.5kW ATC ISO30 | 6 HP | Air | ISO30 Auto | 12k–18k | — | 4896 / 6060+ |
| 7.5kW ER32 | 10 HP | Air | ER32 Manual | 12k–18k | — | All Pro/Ind |
| 7.5kW ATC ISO30 | 10 HP | Water | ISO30 Auto | 400–18k | ✓ | 60120+ |
Not off-the-shelf steppers. Not repurposed hobby motors. RigidDrive motors are true brushless DC servos with closed-loop FOC control, absolute position feedback, and integrated thermal protection — designed from the ground up for CNC.
Brushless DC with sinusoidal field-oriented control. Smooth, silent, and zero missed steps — ever. No stepper whine, no resonance dead zones, no lost position.
The controller knows exact shaft position at power-on. No homing routine required. Instant recovery from power loss. True closed-loop at 1ms update rate over CAN bus.
Integrated Hall sensors for commutation plus NTC thermistor for real-time winding temperature monitoring. RigidPulse derates automatically before thermal limits — no burned motors.
RigidDrive motors are not available from any other CNC manufacturer. Purpose-wound for our 48V bus architecture with custom encoder integration and branded housings.
Why it matters: Every competitor in our price range ships open-loop steppers or closed-loop steppers pretending to be servos. RigidDrive is true BLDC with field-oriented control — the same motor technology used in industrial robotics and EV drivetrains. The difference is felt in every cut: smoother surface finish, higher feed rates, zero stalling, and AI-responsive motion that steppers physically cannot achieve.
A patent-pending adaptive hybrid structural member. Outperforms cast iron at a fraction of the weight.
3D-printed gyroid channels create continuous load paths with optimal stiffness-to-weight. Epoxy-filled channels bond skin to core at every contact point.
Fiberglass reinforced polymer tubes at load-critical locations. Galvanically safe, excellent damping, zero corrosion risk in coolant environments.
Epoxy with glass microspheres. 30–40% lower density than pure epoxy with improved vibration damping through impedance mismatch at material boundaries.
Same process produces fast gantry beams (light, high frequency) and damped table beams (dense, vibration absorbing). Same shell, different performance.
Counterbored holes create epoxy mushroom-head keys — geometric interlock that doesn't rely on adhesion. Truss pattern between rails increases bonding surface.
Modular sections under 150 lbs (68 kg) for standard freight. Steel sleeves span joints, transferring full bending loads continuously.
From a plug-in AI upgrade for your existing machine to a full industrial system with MIL-spec connectors. Every tier connects to the RigidVault ecosystem.
For: AltMill, Avid, Shapeoko, DIY router owners
For: Serious builders, small shops upgrading
For: Integrators, makerspaces, new builds. Ships in every RigidCore Pro machine.
For: Production shops, aerospace, defense
The key distinction: Node observes and advises. SE and above observe and act. Real-time chatter correction, following error detection, and AI feed rate adjustment require closed-loop motion control — no accessory crosses that line.
Factory installed or field added. From a voltage clamp on a hobbyist router to a full industrial array — the AI does the interpretation at every level.
ADXL357 accelerometer. Chatter, resonance, bearing wear.
Hall clamps ×4. Motor load, tool wear, binding.
IR + thermistors. Spindle thermal, motor overheat.
Bus monitor. Power draw, quality, brownout detection.
Temp + humidity. Thermal expansion compensation.
MEMS mic. Acoustic chatter, bit breakage detection.
Global shutter camera. Cut zone monitoring, remote feed.
| Tier | Models | Sensors Included | Mode |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maker | RC-PRO3636 | Vibration | Advisory |
| SE | RC-PRO4824 / 4848 | Vibration | Advisory |
| Pro | RC-PRO4896 / 6060 | Vibration + Current + Temp + Air | Active |
| Industrial | RC-PRO60120+ | All 7 sensors | Active Full Stack |
Vibration + Audio + Temperature. Chatter detection, acoustic alerts, spindle thermal monitoring. Advisory mode.
All 7 sensors. Complete telemetry — chatter correction, tool wear, power efficiency, visual monitoring.
Structured light scanner + RigidVault license + scan-to-toolpath on-machine. Scan → model → cut. No Autodesk.
Scanner + Heritage license + provenance metadata + white-glove onboarding. Preserve irreplaceable objects.
Scan parts against original model. Deviation map, pass/fail report. No CMM needed. Built into the machine.
Remote dashboard + SLA alerts. Bearing trending? Acoustic drift? The system flags it before failure.
Sovereign, air-gapped digital asset repository. Digital Twins, heritage preservation, machine telemetry, manufacturing intelligence. Not on Amazon. Not on Google. On your hardware.
Free Tier
Hobbyists, students, open source templates. Basic vault access, community library. The entry point.
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Professionals, architects, surveyors. Full scan storage, Digital Birth Certificates, royalty tracking.
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Tier 1/2 suppliers, production shops. Fleet telemetry, QC archival. CMMC 2.0 Level 2 compliant.
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Defense primes, OEMs. Dedicated hardware, zero-knowledge streaming, geofenced to US traffic.
Scan a grandfather's tool. A carved door. A one-of-a-kind pattern. Store it with provenance metadata — who, what, when, condition notes, photographs alongside the 3D scan. Air-gapped. No cloud. Your history, preserved on your terms.
Every marketplace succeeds or fails on trust. We're asking people to upload their life's work, expose machine capabilities, share learning journeys, and entrust irreplaceable heritage objects to our care. RigidTrust is our answer.
Transparent, auditable score based on verified transactions and quality metrics. High trust unlocks better opportunities.
Clear timelines, transparent criteria, formal appeals. Most disputes resolved using forensic RigidSense data.
Safe, anonymous channel to report violations. Good-faith reporters protected from all retaliation.
Representatives from every stakeholder group. Quarterly meetings with formal input into platform decisions.
"We are not just building a marketplace. We are building a civilization for the American worker, maker, creator, and family. RigidTrust is the constitution of that civilization. We will defend it."
These Nine Bills of Rights represent the non-negotiable minimum of how Kavanagh Industries will treat every person who places their trust in our ecosystem. As the company grows, these rights will only expand. They will never contract.
Kavanagh Industries is 5 miles from the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, Michigan — home of TACOM, the U.S. Army's ground combat and tactical vehicle procurement command. Our infrastructure is designed from day one to meet the cybersecurity and sovereignty requirements of defense manufacturing.
The Cybersecurity Maturity Model Certification becomes mandatory in DoD contracts by November 2028. Our infrastructure is built to meet CMMC requirements from the ground up — not retrofitted after the fact. Level 1 self-assessment ready now. Level 2 third-party assessment pathway in progress.
RigidVault runs on sovereign hardware in our facility — air-gapped, RAID-10 redundant, with managed network segmentation via UniFi enterprise gear. VLAN isolation, geo-fenced firewall rules, and encrypted data at rest. The 110 NIST 800-171 practices inform every infrastructure decision.
No AWS. No Azure. No Google Cloud. All data lives on our hardware, geofenced to U.S. traffic. RigidAI runs locally on dedicated edge compute hardware — no foreign AI models, no PRC-origin code. Fully compliant with FY2026 NDAA §1532 foreign adversary AI prohibitions.
Clinton Township to the Detroit Arsenal: 5 miles. TACOM manages lifecycle support for the Army's entire ground vehicle fleet and anchors billions in Macomb County contracting. Our NAICS codes — 333517 (CNC Machine Tool Manufacturing) and 334413 (Motion Control) — align directly with their procurement needs.
EIN obtained. LLC incorporated. SAM.gov registration pathway active. CAGE code assignment in process. SPRS self-assessment scoring underway. We're building the federal contractor identity alongside the products — not waiting until the first RFP appears.
RigidAI trains only on consented data from ecosystem participants. No data scraping, no foreign model dependencies, no third-party cloud training. Every AI inference runs on American hardware in an American facility. Annual independent ethical audit with published results.
Sensors generate data. Data trains AI. AI improves motion. Motion cuts parts. Parts fill vaults. Vaults prove capability. Capability wins jobs.
Universal AI motion control OS. Retrofit Node to full Industrial deployment.
Sovereign air-gapped asset repository. Digital Twins, heritage, telemetry.
CNC machine line with patent-pending composite beam technology.
Universal sensing and metrology. 7 sensors, 3D scanning, QC analysis.
AI manufacturing job matching marketplace. Connects shops with work.
Distributed material intelligence. Inventory, demand signals, supply chain.
Drone, LiDAR, underwater scanning. Site-scale spatial intelligence.
AI-augmented vocational training and workforce deployment.
LLM-driven generative engineering design and toolpath generation.
Sovereign IP protection, zero-knowledge streaming, Bills of Rights.
Proprietary industrial LLM trained on every sensor point and vault asset.
Enterprise and defense deployment. Fleet management, CMMC compliance.
CAD, FEA, professional engineering services. Billable today.
AI-powered AGV platform. RC car prototype first. TACOM unmanned systems angle. Training data to RigidVault.
Worker wellness monitoring in manufacturing. Held until core products prove revenue.
Facility-scale energy monitoring built on RigidSense voltage/amperage architecture.
Commercial 3D scanning. Heritage digitization, reverse engineering, RigidVault asset contribution.
Consumer 3D scanning — portraits, miniatures, digital art, metaverse assets. Proving the Creator tier.
Vision, strategy, product architecture, patent holder.
Operations, compliance, industrial security.
Hardware testing, NX CAD, scanning ops.
Brand identity, design, creative direction.
Data pipeline, asset intake, remote ops.
Investor, partner, shop owner, or someone with heritage worth preserving — we'd like to hear from you.
shaun@kavanaghind.comKavanagh Industries LLC — Michigan, USA
USPTO Patent Pending #63/991,057