Gardena, Calif.-based TCI Precision Metals, a wholesale metals distributor for Alcoa, Kaiser, and Hulamin Aluminum offering 6061, 2024, and 7075 aluminum plate and sheet and stainless steel plate, has announced it has increased its workforce by 15 percent over the last six months... ...Read More
Company Growth Driven by Value-Added Solutions - TCI Precision Metals has increased its workforce by 15% over the last six months. This is in response to increasing awareness and preference for the company’s value-added line of Machine-Ready Solutions; designed to help shops increase the throughput of production machining jobs without adding equipment or additional overhead. […]
Feature-Added Blanks Increase Efficiency, Shorten Production Time - TCI Precision Metals has expanded its product offering of Machine-Ready Solutions to include Feature-Added Blanks, designed to deliver shops near-net Machine-Ready Blanks that include one or more features. The service eliminates the need for material prep and can include drill, bore, turn, mill, rough and hog out […]
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, […]
IMTS 2018: Dovetail machine-ready blanks from TCI Precision Metals are designed to complement any four- or five-axis machining center fitted with a dovetail workholding fixture.... Read More...
TCI Precision Metals will showcase its new Dovetail Machine-Ready Blanks capabilities. "Dovetail Machine-Ready Blanks from TCI Precision Metals are the perfect complement to any 4- or 5-axis machining center fitted with a dovetail workholding fixture. eliminate all material prep, allowing machine operators to simply load, lock and go," said a company spokesperson... Read more...
IMTS 2018: Dovetail machine-ready blanks from TCI Precision Metals are designed to complement any four- or five-axis machining center fitted with a dovetail workholding fixture. Read more...
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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 - […]
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 […]
