Low Volume Production
Metalcax offers custom precision sheet metal low volume production with advantages of:
- Speed to market.
- Save time & Money.
- Design Flexibility.
Typical Low-Volume Production Technologies
Low-volume production can leverage a wide range of technologies to quickly and economically manufacture parts.
Laser Cutting
Laser cutting is a manufacturing process where a laser beam pierces raw sheet stock to produce flat geometries. A range of metals are available, which work well for components such as washers, mounts, brackets, and housings.
Laser cutting is commonly used for:
- prototyping designs or testing product requirements
- efficiencies of scale up to 50+ parts
Sheet Metal Bending
Sheet metal bending is the forming of metal into different geometries, by using a force to deform the metal. It is referred to as sheet metal bending as a thin sheet of metal is bent once, or multiple times, to form the final geometry. A range of sheet metal parts such as mounts, fridges, electronic enclosures, and brackets. The thickness of sheet metal used can vary.
Sheet Metal Bending is commonly used for:
- prototyping designs or testing product requirements
- efficiencies of scale up to 5,000+ parts
Our Sheet Metal Material And Surface Finishing Options
You can get precision custom sheet metal parts in different material and surface finishing.
Meterial
Grade
Surface Finishing Option
Aluminum
- AL5052-H32
- AL6061-T6
- Brushing
- Anodized
- Passivation
- Power Coating
Steel
- Cold-rolled (SPCC)
- Galvanized (SECC)
- Zinc Plating
- Power Coating
Stainless Steel
- 304-2B
- 304#4
- 316-2B
- Nickel Plating
- Brushing
- Chroming
Copper
- C1010
- C1100
- Tin Plating
- Nickel Plating
Brass
- C260
- Tin Plating
- Nickel Plating
Why Do You Need Sheet Metal Low Volume Services
Lower costs: Eliminate excessive tooling costs that require minimum orders to be offset, reduce barriers to market entry, and encourage innovation.
Speed: Compress development timelines and reduce months’ long lead times for production to a couple of days or weeks to beat your competitors to the market.
Flexibility: Solve manufacturing challenges, respond to customer feedback, iterate products quickly, and implement design changes, all rapidly and without excessive costs.
Customization: Offer customization to customers and create products with unprecedented design freedom, including complex parts using organic, latticed, or intricate shapes without additional costs.