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Added Production for Growing Popularity of Machine-Ready Blanks TCI Precision Metals today announced the installation of a new 42” CNC double-disc grinding center.  Technology advancements built into the new machine improve overall efficiency by more than 50% compared to traditional double-disc grinders, which will help TCI Precision Metals shorten customer lead times, while maintaining close […]

Precision blanks can reduce or eliminate prep work on machine centers, making spindle time more productive and improving throughput. For many manufacturers, the first step in a machining operation is to square off the blanks before moving on to machining part features. Keeping the workpieces in a production line as similar as possible is vital, […]

READY TO SHIP BLANKS Our Standard Machine-Ready Blanks ™ are pre-configured in hundreds of dimension/alloy combinations. Each precision Standard Blank arrives square, flat and parallel within ± .002”, ready to load directly into your machining centers. Standard Machine-Ready Blanks are available in a wide range of materials and sizes with quick delivery for short and […]

TCI Precision Metals will be showing its precision Machine-Ready Blanks capabilities to customers at IMTS 2022, McCormick Place, Chicago, IL, September 12-17, 2022, West Building, Booth #432123.  Machine-Ready Blanks from TCI Precision Metals help shops shorten setup time, reduce scrap, and increase overall throughput up to 25% by eliminating material prep. Machine-Ready Blanks are guaranteed […]

TCI Precision Metals will be showing its precision capabilities to customers at IMTS 2022. " from TCI Precision Metals help shops shorten set-up time, reduce scrap and increase overall throughput up to 25% by eliminating material prep," said a company spokesperson. " are guaranteed to arrive machine-ready for production, with standard size blanks in low […]

Machine-Ready Blanks from TCI Precision MetalsReady to Ship or Custom Made to OrderIMTS, Booth W-432123 Machine-Ready Blanks from TCI Precision Metals help shops shorten setup time, reduce scrap, and increase overall throughput up to 25% by eliminating material prep. Machine-ready blanks are guaranteed to arrive machine-ready for production with ready-to-ship blanks in low quantities available […]

Save Time – Improve Quality – Increase Overall Throughput In today’s rapidly evolving manufacturing environment it is important for shops to stay current with best practices while keeping a watchful eye on increasing customer demands. Shops that continue to innovate, retool, and exceed customer expectations are thriving, while at the same time educating customers as […]

As Americans, we are truly free and will defend that right at all costs.  For me personally, watching what is taking place in Ukraine emphasizes just how precious this right is.  The people of Ukraine have lived both ways, previously under the oppressive rule of a dictator, and for the last 30-years as a free […]

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” This quote can be traced back to Abraham Lincoln, a wise man indeed.  The premise is sound and supports a bias for action to realize opportunity, or even the notion of build it and they will come.  In today’s manufacturing economy we have access […]

TCI Precision Metals has introduced close-tolerance, Machine-Ready for Production (MRP) materials. The made-to-order blanks eliminate the need for in-house sawing, grinding, flattening, and squaring operations and outside processing. Each blank arrives deburred, clean, and to the customer’s net specifications as close as +/-0.0005 in. dimensionally and 0.002-in. flatness, squareness, and parallelism. Four types are available: flat, […]