Customer Reviews: “Great product, prompt with shipping orders, great people to work with” Customer – Anderson Industrial Engines “The sales rep was polite, knowledgeable and the order was an ease to process” Customer – Industrial Floor Cleaners “The part was easy to find on your website, and the lady i talked to on the phone… Read More


Coming off our ten-year celebration at Traverse City’s Right Brain Brewery, the Northern Michigan Lean Learning Consortium (LLC) has more momentum than ever! They are stretching across 13 northern counties with 54 member companies, connecting them with more than 900 diverse organizations across the state through their partnership with the Michigan Lean Consortium. Lean enthusiasts… Read More


We provide the Off-Highway Market with many different Flywheel Couplings, Jaw Couplings, Stub Shafts, Bearing Supported Stub Shafts, Splined Adapters, and much more.  Having this many products requires us to provide superior packaging that can withstand today’s harsh freight environments.  We provide standard and custom boxing along with custom labeling based on our customers requirements. … Read More


Check out the video below to see just some of the custom splined adapters and splined shafts that Hayes can manufacturer.  If you are in the need for a custom splined coupling, splined adapter, or splined shaft make sure to contact our Engineering Department.  … Read More


Hayes Manufacturing success story Feature company spotlight Hayes Manufacturing, a third generation family-owned business located in Fife Lake knew they wanted to expand their power transmission products business internationally. However, after more than 60 years solely focused on domestic growth, they were unsure where to begin. After learning about the Michigan Economic Development Corporation’s International… Read More


Hayes Manufacturing has worked very hard to achieve one piece flow in our Manufacturing process.  This was accomplished in large part by the use of Cellular Flow in our facility.  We have created nine manufacturing cells and two shipping flows to accommodate our range of products.  Our lean journey started with changing our facility from… Read More


Many of our customers rely on us to provide them with custom housings or engine brackets.  The engine brackets started when some of our customer were using fabricated brackets and wanted their engine packages to be “Prettier” .  We took those fabricated brackets and turned them into smooth machined castings.  As far as our custom… Read More


We make new splined adapter on a regular basis.  It seems as though no one wants an adapter you have on the shelf, they want one that is custom to their application.  We will make you one piece or thousands of pieces.  If you have to adapt a splined shaft to a different splined shaft,… Read More


We take pride in our work and wanted to share a video that demonstrates that.  If you have an application that requires a; Flywheel Coupling, Jaw Coupling, Stub Shaft, Bearing Supported Stub Shaft, Yoke Drive Flywheel Coupling, Splined Adapter, Custom Splined Shafts, or anything else please let us know.  We want to be your best… Read More


This video takes you through the history of Hayes Manufacturing, Inc., right from the very beginning.   In 1966, Ray and Betty Hayes (along with Ray’s brother Clay) opened a machine shop called RayClay Manufacturing in a small garage in Rochester, Michigan.  They started out working part-time while maintaining other jobs.  Clay was with the business a… Read More