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As Seen In Industrial Distribution. Gardena, CA - TCI Precision Metals announced an agreement with Fastenal to distribute TCI Precision Machine-Ready Blanks through its more than 2,600 stores, printed catalog, and online sales at www.fastenal.com – Go to Products/Raw Materials/Precision & Raw Blanks/Tight Tolerance Blanks. “Machine shops and other custom precision manufacturing companies realize cost-saving […]

As Seen In MCADCafe'. TCI Precision Metals today announced an agreement with Fastenal to distribute TCI Precision Machine-Ready Blanks through its more than 2,600 stores, printed catalog and online sales at www.fastenal.com – Go to Products / Raw Materials / Precision & Raw Blanks / Tight Tolerance Blanks. “Machine shops and other custom precision manufacturing […]

TCI Precision Metals, Southern California has been providing manufacturers with precision machineready blanks for the past 57 years. There are still many successful shops who do not know what machineready blanks are exactly, or if and when they should be considered. The following is meant to shed light on the subject and provide some thought […]

Motto of the Month President's Corner Adding Another Key Distributor for Our Standard Blanks Line McMaster-Carr W.W. Grainger MSC Industrial Supply Amazon ...and now Fastenal Over 50 years ago, we began offering the service of providing cut-to-size material to customers’ exact specifications. More recently, in the last 20 years were offered the opportunity to provide […]

As Seen in Modern Casting Magazine, Page 43. Big Quality and Efficiency Best Practices for Machining Large Cast Parts Machining large parts, especially castings, is not for everyone.  The generalization ‘parts are parts’ does not apply in this case.  To be proficient requires commitment to constant process improvement, equipment evaluation and investment.  And to top […]

Motto of the Month President's Corner Winning in Workforce Development How many times have we heard shop owners complain about training their workers only to see them leave to work for other shops or even start their own businesses? If you're like me, the answer is "plenty." But what if we didn't train our machinists? […]

As Seen In The Fabricator.com. TCI Precision Metals offers custom, precision, machine-ready blanks, eliminating prep work for end users. Using customer-provided data and simulation software, the company has calculated that using the blanks can provide shops with as much as a 25 percent increase in capacity, as it eliminates the time and resources required to […]

Motto of the Month President's Corner The Reluctant "Politician" Back in 1994 when I was serving as the president of the LA Chapter of NTMA, I met a fairly new member during a chapter meeting/tour of the C-17 facility in Long Beach. It was pretty clear from the outset that he was a person that […]

As Seen In Aerospace Manufacturing and Design Magazine. TCI Precision Metals ships custom, precision Machine-Ready Blanks throughout the U.S., saving shop owners time and money, while increasing production capacity by 25% or more.  Machine-Ready Blanks are ready to be placed directly onto the customer’s machining centers, eliminating time consuming prep work. Based on using customer […]

As Seen In Today's Energy Solutions Magazine. TCI Precision Metals ships custom, precision Machine-Ready Blanks throughout the U.S., saving shop owners time and money, while increasing production capacity by 25% or more.  Machine-Ready Blanks are ready to be placed directly onto the customer’s machining centers, eliminating time consuming prep work. Based on using customer provided […]