TCI Precision Metals Expands Sawing Services

TCI Precision Metals has expanded its precision sawing services to meet the demands of customers wanting more flexibility in materials processing. Customers with needs ranging from precision sawing to six-sided precision machine-ready blanks can now be accommodated. TCI sources aluminum, stainless steel and other alloys mill-direct, which supports customers needing value-added materials, but the company also works with customer-supplied materials.

TCI has invested in high-production materials processing equipment to produce its precision machine-ready blanks. Blanks are close-tolerance materials that go directly from the customer’s receiving dock to finish machining or fabrication. By expanding the machine-ready materials processing capabilities to include traditional precision sawing, customers can now eliminate more time-consuming in-house material prep while still having the flexibility to source and supply raw materials for processing if they choose, or they can have TCI do it.

“As competition becomes greater and workforce development more difficult, many shops are looking for ways to do more with less. Expanding our machine-ready materials processing capabilities to our precision sawing customers is one way we can help them maximize their business,” says Ben Belzer, president and CEO of TCI Precision Metals.

Precision machine-ready blanks eliminate the need for in-house sawing, grinding, flattening and squaring operations, TCI says. Each blank arrives deburred, clean and individually packaged to avoid damage during shipping. Blanks are available in two ways: ready-to-ship blanks can be ordered online for same-day or next-day shipping and arrive square, flat and parallel within ±0.002" of specified dimensions all around; custom-made-to-order blanks are made to customer specifications and are guaranteed flat, square and parallel as close as ±0.0005" dimensionally and as close as 0.002" flatness.