TCI Precision Metals
Phone:
310-323-5613
Toll-Free:
800-234-5613
Fax:
310-323-1255
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TCI Precision Metals
Mailing Address:
240 E Rosecrans Ave.
Gardena,
CA
90248
US
Premachined Blanks With Guaranteed Tolerances
TCI Precision Metals provides consistent, close-tolerance premachined blanks in virtually any material, including aluminum, stainless, brass, copper,titanium, and plastic. Ideal for job shops and OEMs looking to lower production costs and speed turnaround time, TCI¹s premachined blanks feature guaranteed dimensional tolerances and flatness, squareness, and parallelism tolerances held to .0002". 100% outgoing inspection and scratch-resistant package allow you to load the blanks right into your CNC machine without costly and time consuming secondary operations. TCI maintains extensive premachining and machining capabilities including Double-Disc Grinding to 625 sq. in., Blanchard grinding to 120" swing, and Duplex Milling to 12" x 84" x 84". Twenty-six CNC machines are on hand to help with off-load and secondary machining operations and precision sawing capabilities are offered up to 6" x 144" x 144" TCI Precision Metals is a warehouse distributor of Alcoa, Kaiser and Hulamin aluminum sheet, plate, rod, bar, and extrusion.

Machine-Ready Blanks - Learn how machine-ready blanks can give your machine shop the competitive advantage.
Contract Machining - Learn about TCI's contract machining can help you with your offload requirements.
Aluminum Distributor and Material Supplier - We supply, grind, and machine a wide range of materials. Contact us the next time you have trouble finding a material.
TCI President to Serve on NTMA Executive Team
John Belzer, president of TCI Precision Metals (Gardena, California) has agreed to fill a vacancy on the National Tooling and Machining Association (NTMA) executive team effective immediately through March 2013.
TCI President to Serve on NTMA Executive Team
Mr. Belzer has already served in various capacities at NTMA.
Machine-Ready Blanks Made to Customer Specifications
TCI Precision Metals will be showing its high precision, machine-ready blank capabilities at IMTS 2012.
Custom Blanks Add Capacity
What if you could let your machines do less low-value prep machining and more high-value finish machining? How would that change the economics of your process?
Webinar: Material Sourcing and Processes to Help Shops be More Competitive
On Tuesday July 10, learn how material sourcing can help shops improve throughput and profitability.
Machine-Ready Blanks Need No Prepping
Machine-ready blanks from TCI can be loaded directly into CNC machining centers, without the need for sawing, grinding, flattening and squaring.
Machine-Ready Blanks
Machine-ready blanks enable production to start immediately, the company says.
Machine-Ready Blanks Save Time
According to the supplier, its machine-ready blanks reduce overall part costs.
Coping With Today's Economic Pressures
Shops and plants can't afford to overlook any opportunity to cut costs and improve their financial picture.
Creating Cost Savings With Machine-Ready Blanks
Eliminating pre-machining operations is often the difference between winning bids and profitability.
Machine-Ready Blanks
According to the company, its machine-ready blanks reduce overall part costs. They can be loaded directly into the machine without prep operations, which include sawing, grinding, flattening or squaring. Additionally, machine-ready blanks are said to require less time for adjusting setups and fixture offsets.
This footage shows two-sided milling for fast production of square blanks.
This footage shows grinding of opposite surfaces at the same time.
This footage demonstrates rotary surface grinding of large parts.