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Did you know? TCI has over 350 standard-size, tight-tolerance blanks in Grainger's Catalog. Typical tolerances are +/-.002" on all dimensions. Machine Ready Blanks end prep time and reduce setup time. Because our blanks arrive with +/-.002" tolerances on all dimensions, they load directly into your machines. TCI Machine-Ready Blanks end second fixture truing/squaring operations, simplify […]

Did you know? We listened and we've updated our website! Our site was a bit outdated and difficult to navigate. Our new site has a new look with much of the same content, and it's much easier to find your way around. We've also added a Photo Gallery which we will be expanding soon with […]

As Seen In Modern Machine Shop. Eliminating pre-machining operations is often the difference between winning bids and profitability. While trimming labor costs is difficult and sometimes personal, it has become a necessity to compete in today’s worldwide economy. Typically, reducing labor costs, which are the largest portion of a shop’s costs, requires an upfront capital […]

Did you know? TCI Precision Metals is an Alcoa, Kaiser and Hulamin distributor. This gives TCI the ablility to provide the best possible pricing on material. Not only that, but having nearly 500,000 lbs. of 6061, 2024, and 7075 plate and sheet on our floor (just to name a few) gives us the ability to […]

Did you know? By using Machine-Ready Blanks, one of our customers shaved 32% off their machining cycle. With 500 parts to machine, they opened up capacity in their shop of 216 hours for more work. An entire month of production time was relieved and they were able to ship 50% more product in the same […]

As Seen In Moldmaking Technology. Machine-ready blanks have been available for decades, yet mold manufacturers have been slow to adopt them, even though they can save as much as 30 percent off overall mold and mold component costs and free up machine time for creating more in-house capacity. Using machine-ready blanks (e.g., blanks that have […]

As Seen In American Machinist. Here are a baker’s dozen benefits that can be gained by using pre-cut blanks in machine shops: The in-house preparation of raw material is eliminated. Machine-ready blanks do not need to be squared like sawed blanks. Dimensional, flatness, parallelism, and squareness tolerances can be guaranteed by the supplier. Secondary operations […]

As Seen In Moldmaking Technology. TCI Precision Metals (Gardena, CA) will demonstrate how purchasing machine-ready blanks allows dramatic reductions in the cost of labor, leading to lower overall part costs and greater operational efficiency at IMTS. TCI Precision Metals (Gardena, CA) will demonstrate how purchasing machine-ready blanks allows dramatic reductions in the cost of labor, […]

As Seen In Modern Machine Shop. The company says its machine-ready blanks offer reductions in labor costs, leading to lower overall part costs and greater operational efficiency. Production can start immediately, as users can load blanks directly into the machine without prep operations such as sawing, grinding, flattening or squaring. Additionally, the operator spends less […]

As Seen In Production Machining. TCI Precision Metals offers machine-ready blanks, which reduce the cost of labor by 20 percent, leading to 15 percent lower part costs and greater operational efficiency, the company says. If the time of the machine freed up for additional jobs is considered, the total value often exceeds 30 percent, according […]