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Clean Deburred • Flat Square • Close Tolerance Load & Go for Finished Machining
MRP Machine-Ready for Production
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Machine-Ready Blanks arrive square, flat and parallel, and ready to go directly from your receiving dock into your CNC machines. By ending prep time and minimizing setup time, your operators and machines get to the high-value work of finish machining, faster.
Standard-Size Machine-Ready Blanks Ready-made and available to ship same-day, next-day in more than 1700 dimensional and alloy configurations. Perfect for short-run jobs, prototypes, tooling and more. Order online at https://Shop.TCIPrecision.com/
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Made-to-order based on your net specifications as close as +/-.005" dimensionally and flat, square, parallel to within .002". With a single PO order one to thousands; receive them all at once or JIT based on production. Request a Quote Online: www.tciprecision.com/rfq
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Announcements & Releases PMA Industries Commitment to Excellence PMA Industries is a leading photo-chemical etching manufacturer in North America. We produce products using photo-chemical etching and other processes for dozens of industries worldwide. Dies Direct is pleased to announce the launch of its new offering of Hot Foil Stamps. The new offering features an attractive heat-resistant copper finish, is made from a different grade of steel than our classic offering – which now makes it compatible with nearly all hot foil platforms, and still carries small minimum order quantities. For those that have not offered Hot Foil stamps to their customers in the past, the versatility of this new offering may be particularly attractive – as now your customers can use your designs manufactured by Dies Direct on any of the popular Hot Foil machines in the market. Dies Direct originally began producing Hot Foil stamps in 2019. The original offering is made from a thicker grade of steel and features a navy finish. This original design of Hot Foil stamps from Dies Direct will continue to be produced for those customers that prefer the classic look, feel and usability of this classic design. Recent environmental regulation updates in the United States require many industries to migrate to a low-volatile organic compound (or “low A2Z MANUFACTURING WEST COAST •
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VOC”) content paint. Craft dies require a tremendously rugged paint to withstand the pressures created at the cut line – a demand that required a significant amount of research on Dies Direct’s part during 2020 to ensure the dies would achieve the same (or better) end-product using a low-VOC paint formula. After significant cost, time, and effort, Dies Direct is happy to announce die production is moving to a low-VOC paint for all newly produced dies by the second quarter of 2021. Customers may notice a modest color change from the existing die color – the new low-VOC content dies exhibit a slightly brighter silver. In addition to the attractive color change, the exhaustive testing has concluded the new paint formula ultimately provides improved durability as well. Dies Direct is proud to bring these product enhancements to our customers without an impact to price. With PMA’s commitment to low-VOC paint and already producing product from a state of the art facility, PMA Industries once again demonstrates its commitment to responsible manufacturing practices for the benefit of our customers, our employees, our investors, and our world.
