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TCI Precision Metals Installs Plate Saw for Production of Machine-Ready Aluminum Blanks

TCI Precision Metals new plate saw

TCI Precision Metals in Gardena, CA, completed installation of a new high precision plate saw. The saw is the latest in a series of investments the company has made over the last 12-months in precision, high-volume equipment intended to reduce turnaround time for the production of machine-ready blanks, increase efficiency, and continually improve quality.

The new Schelling fm8 plate saw is capable of cutting aluminum and other nonferrous metals up to 6-inches in thickness at speeds up to 100 ft/min. The saw is computer controlled to cut consistently at close tolerances of +/- 0.005 inches and within 0.005 inches of squareness, while ensuring minimal scrap.  For even tighter tolerances, duplex milling, double-disc, and Blanchard grinding services deliver blanks within +/- 0.0005 inches all around.

“Our goal is to exceed our customer’s expectations in quality and efficiency. Our machine-ready blanks are custom produced to net or near-net size with close tolerances, both dimensionally and in flatness, eliminating the need for shops to do in-house materials prep,” said Ben Belzer, President and COO of TCI Precision Metals. “Machine-ready blanks arrive clean, deburred, and individually packaged, ready to go — from receiving to directly into the customers’ CNC machining center(s).”

Machine-ready blanks (left) eliminate the need for squaring up the material prior to finishing the part (right). Flatness is especially important as it eliminates the tendency for movement during the machining process, especially with large surface area parts.
Machine-ready blanks (left) eliminate the need for squaring up the material prior to finishing the part (right). Flatness is especially important as it eliminates the tendency for movement during the machining process, especially with large surface area parts.

 

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