TCI Precision Metals Introduces Lights Out Materials

<p style="text-align: center;"><img src="/ueditor/php/upload/image/20211124/1637740650134779.png" title="1637740650134779.png" alt="5.png"/></p><p style="text-align: justify;">TCI Precision Metals recently announced support for lights out manufacturing with close tolerance materials that are Machine-Ready for Production (MRP) Guaranteed. MRP Blanks are custom made to order and eliminate the need for in-house sawing, grinding, flattening, squaring operations and outside processing. Each blank arrives deburred, clean and to the customer’s net specifications as close as +/- .0005” dimensionally and as close as .002” flatness, squareness, and parallelism. Ready to go from receiving to machining.</p><p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: justify;">Shops can choose from four different types of MRP Blanks to best suit their machining centers and established processes. 1) Flat Blanks are made FLAT to +/-.002″ and designed to stay that way. Parts arrive stress free to avoid movement, or potato chipping, during machining; 2) Block Blanks are close tolerance square, flat and parallel precision blanks that are custom made and arrive ready to go from receiving to machining; 3)Dovetail Blanks maximize 4-, and 5-axis milling throughput with custom sized material that includes a pre-machined dovetail to match the brand and model of dovetail work holding to be used; 4) Feature-Added Blanks have custom features added to save even more time – roughing, stepping, hog outs, drill, bore, turn, mill and more.&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: justify;">“MRP Blanks are consistent part-to-part and suitable for lights-on, human interaction, lights-off robotic handling, or anywhere in between,” said Ben Belzer, president of TCI Precision Metals. “Shops are reporting increases in throughput of 25% and more using MRP Blanks. It really comes down to improving both productivity and quality, lights-on or lights-out.”</p><p style="text-align: justify;">&nbsp;</p><p style="text-align: justify;">MRP Blanks are produced and shipped fast. Orders can be delivered all at once or just-in-time to match customer production schedules.</p><p><br/></p>