Different Types of Stainless Steel

When people use the term “stainless steel,” they often use it as a “catchall” term, but in reality, there are several different types of stainless steel with a variety of uses. Stainless steel is an alloy that is produced by combining a variety of different base metals to create a new material. Like with other […]

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What Is Metal Injection Molding?

Metal injection molding (MIM) is a metalworking process in which finely-powdered metal is mixed with binder material to create a feedstock. The feedstock is then solidified and shaped to produce the final product. Metal injection molding is ideal for simplifying the production of high-volume products or products that have complex shapes. Why Is Metal Injection […]

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Using High Strength Bolts for Structural Bolting

High strength bolts or structural bolts are made to be used with heavy hex nuts to connect structural members. To be considered a structural connection, it has to conform to specific ASTM standards; specifically, ASTM A563 or ASTM A194. Structural bolts are also categorized by grades. The grading system takes into consideration the bolt’s material, […]

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Choosing the Best Metal Fabrication Partner: Processes to Consider

Metal fabrication plays an important role in myriad businesses, from construction and equipment manufacturing to creating parts and end products for commercial applications. Using a variety of fabrication methods, the metal fabrication process involves cutting, shaping, machining, welding, molding, or assembling raw or semi-finished metal materials into the end products. Each fabrication method has its […]

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Global Supply Chains Push into New Regions

Product quality and sustainability are on the chopping block as US businesses prepare for the next wave of tariffs on imports from China, expected to go into effect December 15. Last July, in a QIMA survey of global businesses with international supply chains in all major consumer segments, nearly half of all respondents had pessimistic […]

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Stainless Steel Hopper and Cold Welding Process

Carefully cold welding a customers stainless steel hopper assembly to be used in the farming and collection of fruits and vegetables. Cold welding or contact welding is a solid-state welding process in which joining takes place without fusion/heating at the interface of the two parts to be welded. Unlike the fusion-welding processes, no liquid or […]

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Stamped Aluminum Push Plates

MetallicTec has developed many stamped products over the last 35 years. Handicap push plates were developed to be free of any hazard while being hi-visual for ease of use. We have produced many deep drawn parts for the housing of capacitors and other electronic items. The stamping processes that we utilize are, Precision […]

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Stainless Steel Hair Traps

MetallicTec Industries CO.,Limited has utilized many different metal forming and assembly processes over the last 30 years. A special case was the development of a simple design to catch animal hair in a veterinarian/groomer associated setting. We have formed perforated steel into various configurations. We can manufacture the perforated tube into spiral wound or […]

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