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Deep Drawing – Components For Industry

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Deep Drawing gives manufacturers fast, inexpensive alternative to other tooling techniques. September 10, 2016. If you were to ask an average person on the street what deep drawing is, they might assume that it was a psychedelic art movement started on some 1960’s art school. Instead, deep drawing is instead a complex sheet metal forming process where metal blanks can be formed into shapes. CFI’s proprietary Cold Form Isolation Process places us a step above competition. Metric vs. Imperial Units.

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Tools of the trade – Components For Industry

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Tools of the trade. April 19, 2016. Four-Slide Machine gives CFI a quick, powerful tool for shaping material. There are some relative drawbacks compared to other types of metal forming techniques. Due to the number of moving parts in a four-slide machine, tooling takes a relatively long time to set up. While the machine can pump out completed parts at an excellent rate (10,000 to 35,000 finished parts per 8-hour shift), changing to other dies can be relatively slow. There is also a limit to stock sizes t...

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CFI Editor – Components For Industry

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Articles by CFI Editor. CFI’s proprietary Cold Form Isolation Process places us a step above competition. February 16, 2017. Here at CFI, Qualiforming has been on our minds as of late. In our somewhat biased opinion, we would happily call ourselves as one of the best component companies in the world. Our Qualiforming Cold Form Isolation process played a big role to our current prosperity. Standard Cold. Stainless steel much more than what’s in your kitchen cabinet. December 15, 2016. November 29, 2016.

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What’s the difference between Brown & Sharpe, Laser and Swiss CNC Machining? – Components For Industry

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What’s the difference between Brown & Sharpe, Laser and Swiss CNC Machining? January 1, 2016. Machinists often have a tough decision to make when they’re apprenticing just what kind of Miller should they be? With costs in the hundreds of thousands of dollars, it’s not as if an average Miller can buy his or her own machinery and set up shop so, what is the difference between four of the most common types of milling and what are their strengths and weaknesses? CFI works with manufactures that have the equi...

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Getting bent into shape – Components For Industry

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Getting bent into shape. March 15, 2016. Custom wire forms, one of CFI’s specialties, makes for one of the most versatile pieces money can buy. So what goes into a wire form? In general, if you can dream it, we can make it here at CFI. Plus, we’ll make it up to your specs – all while staying ISO-9001, ISO-14001 and TS-16949 compliant, depending on what markets we’re servicing. March 15, 2016. Plastics quickly making their way into automotive engine bays. Tools of the trade. Leave a Reply Cancel reply.

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Deep Drawing gives manufacturers fast, inexpensive alternative to other tooling techniques – Components For Industry

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Deep Drawing gives manufacturers fast, inexpensive alternative to other tooling techniques. September 10, 2016. How does it work? Essentially, the process of deep drawing is mechanical force radially drawing blank sheet metal over a die. If there’s an easy way to visualize it, think of a thin rubber membrane like the skin of balloon being pulled over a shape replace the balloon with metal and essentially, you have deep drawing in a nutshell. Most metals can be deep drawn, although the most popular metals...

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Forms – Components For Industry

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Getting bent into shape. March 15, 2016. Custom wire forms, one of CFI’s specialties, makes for one of the most versatile pieces money can buy Custom wire forms is one of the most interesting fields in our industry. If you can dream of a shape, we can make it out of a wire today. From everyday wire. CFI’s proprietary Cold Form Isolation Process places us a step above competition. Stainless steel much more than what’s in your kitchen cabinet. Myriad of Options Await Self-Locking Components Producers.

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Services – Components For Industry

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December 8, 2015. Heat treating is much more than one of the services that CFI provides to its customers. Instead, it is a fascinating metallurgical process that has a rich history that has roots in the Bronze Age. This process heats the metal up to extreme temperatures in order to alter the most. CFI’s proprietary Cold Form Isolation Process places us a step above competition. Stainless steel much more than what’s in your kitchen cabinet. Myriad of Options Await Self-Locking Components Producers.