mardi 21 janvier 2014

Using A Baltimore Machine Shop For The Parts You Need

By Grace Rivas


The parts you need for your manufactured good, whether a small or large part or even a special fastener, a Baltimore machine shop is the place to begin your search. They will work in many different metals and even plastic to ensure the correct item for your use. Many of the parts you need can not be found anywhere else and this source works for you and your needs.

Machine shops, in many people minds, have not kept up with technology. Many have taken up the idea that with extrusion technologies and 3D printing, they can fabricate everything they need. They would be wrong as the many parts that can be produced will represent a massive cost savings from either of these. Modifications can also be implemented faster and customer service is real time.

Quite a number of these shops are wholly owned business units of larger manufacturing concerns. They will often sell off part of their excess capacity to other companies, occasionally in the same industry. Some of these shops will be stand alone firms who will produce for anyone and some of them only work on specialized parts for certain industries.

The case parts for computers, appliances and other electric or electronic components begin their lives in one of these shops. The raw material, such as tin, steel or alloyed aluminum will come in the shop in rolls. These will be fed through several different processes and come out of the end of the line as fully formed items ready for assembly.

Cutting the correct length and width of the material will be the first operation. The punch press will come into operation quickly as the recesses, screw holes and other openings are formed. With the proper die, the threading can also be accomplished during this operation. The pieces will come out of this press as a flat work and will move on to other processes.

All case parts for anything that is assembled will be bent into various angles by the use of a commercial metal brake. This allows the flat piece to conform to the dimensions that have been designed into it. The employees of the machine shop spend a lot of time on this piece of equipment and they can perform many tasks almost simultaneously.

Other activities performed in these valuable shops will be lathing. This is taking a piece of metal and making it into a shaft of the proper size, shape and with the appropriate knurling and or threads. This will also provide a process for the polishing of a piece. The shop will also grind, cut, burnish, thread, bend, etch, along with a whole host of other activities to make your job of assembly even easier and quicker.

The design phase has probably already happened and this is from your engineers. Now, let the Baltimore machine shop show you they know what it is you need and how fast they can provide it. Once their engineers get it, all of the imagination and design elements you need can be transformed into a piece of metal of just the correct size, shape and quality.




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