Low-Volume Parts

Making the parts you need

When end users run into the problem of finding manufacturers to produce parts that have become obsolete by their OEM, or the OEM is no longer existent, it can be frustrating to get back on track and keep moving.

Just as aggravating is when a manufacturer needs a short run of sheet metal stamped parts, but it doesn’t make sense to invest in a full die due to potential part changes or just the low-volume of quantities needed.

We can provide the solution for both of these problems. Whether it is through our modular tooling or competitively priced contract machining, we can create:

• Prototypes
• Early parts
• Short run and low-volume manufacturing (under 20,000 units)
• Non-current production parts
• Reengineered parts

Even in the absence of data, we can bring some parts back to life and recreate it using our CMM equipment and engineering experience.

Modular Tooling

Using our knowledge for die tooling, the TSG pushed to create a tool that could be available for short run and prototype stamping, as well as being reusable for different applications and future reruns.

The result from this push is our modular stamping die. Our modular tooling gives us a great advantage for:

• testing out complex draws and forms without investing in a complete tool.
• details from tool can be transferred to final stamping die tool for mass production
• creating prototype parts efficiently.
• producing early parts quickly.
• aid in part development and engineering with physical parts
• reusability for future demand of low-volume production.

Given the flexibility of this modular tooling approach, we can run low-volume production up to 20,000 units annually.

Best of all, the customer need not buy or store the tooling since it is already factored into the piece price and can be shelved at our facility for future production.