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Rethink Production Machining

'Those who cannot change their mind cannot change anything' Today, many shops believe the only way to increase throughput is to invest in more capital equipment, and the resources to run it all, which further increases overhead.   Not so fast; shops that consider all possibilities before running out to buy more equipment will often realize […]

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GRIND.

To perform repetitive actions until your goal is achieved. Until now, I never considered the fact that we had such a great metaphor for hard work and achieving goals right here in our own shop.  Grinding seems like such a harsh term, but by providing repetitive product quality, and consistency in the way customers, employees, […]

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Shallow Trepanning™ Using Plate Stock

When people think about trepanning they typically envision large, deep, round holes or hollowing of bar stock, but at TCI Precision Metals we provide a variation of trepanning, using plate stock, that we call Shallow Trepanning™. Typical trepanning is the process of drilling a large deep hole in a metal part leaving the core intact. […]

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How to Start a Job Flat and Keep it That Way

Many of the close tolerance Machine-Ready Blanks we produce at TCI Precision Metals are flat and designed to stay that way.  Demand for flat material that resists movement during machining is high for two reasons, one, part movement can turn parts into scrap, and two, creating flat material, on your shop floor, that resists movement […]

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Be careful when you blindly follow the masses

Media Preference Survey Results In December we conducted a survey among our customers to better understand their preferences for gathering information about new products and services.  The results were interesting and some of the data proved to be counter to what you hear in the general media, but we were not surprised.  You see, for […]

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HOW TO INCREASE YOUR THROUGHPUT

Without Adding Equipment or More Overhead -  When business is good the challenge becomes how to move more work through your shop, while maintaining profitability.   So before you run out and buy more equipment or hire additional help you should first make sure your operation is as efficient as possible.  Know where time is spent, […]

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What is a Machine-Ready Metals Distributor?

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Part Movement During Final Machining Can be Frustrating - TCI Precision Metals Can Help!

As most shops know, battling residual stress while trying to nail down tight machining tolerances can be very frustrating.  Many metals, and especially aluminum and stainless alloys, have residual stress that can cause material to move during machining.  Sometimes material bows, sometimes it “potato chips”, sometimes it seems like it’s “alive” and totally unpredictable - […]

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Machine-Ready

TCI Precision Metals was built based on providing value to our customers by reducing or eliminating material prep, which significantly increases a shop’s throughput and efficiency. We talk a lot about Machine-Ready Blanks, which is at the core of what we do. Custom Machine-Ready Blanks are typically square, rectangular or round aluminum, stainless steel, or other […]

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NTMA Southwest Regional Conference

As President of the LA NTMA I am looking forward to a productive 3-days of exchanging ideas, learning best practices and hearing informative presentations, all centered around improving business.  Whether you are a current NTMA member or not, I would like to personally invite you to register and attend the event – I am confident […]

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