Where to get Screw Prototypes made?
Where to get Screw Prototypes made?
(OP)
Hi all,
I work for an R&D department based out of California, and I'm looking to have prototypes of our screw designs made faster. Currently, we send our designs to Taiwan, and it takes 3 months until we receive the finished product. We are mainly looking at making self tapping screws for building siding, similar to this Hilti Product (http://www.us.hilti.com/holus/page/module/product/...). The problem is, if these screws don't work we have to wait another 3 months to tweak one small parameter and it's just turns into a huge mess. I'm wondering, is there any places domestically that we can send our designs to and they can send back finished samples much quicker than this 3 month window. I know when I send sketches to the local machine shop for fixtures, he sends me back a finished product in two weeks. Is there something similiar to this, but for thread rolling? Money is not a limiting issue here...
-M
I work for an R&D department based out of California, and I'm looking to have prototypes of our screw designs made faster. Currently, we send our designs to Taiwan, and it takes 3 months until we receive the finished product. We are mainly looking at making self tapping screws for building siding, similar to this Hilti Product (http://www.us.hilti.com/holus/page/module/product/...). The problem is, if these screws don't work we have to wait another 3 months to tweak one small parameter and it's just turns into a huge mess. I'm wondering, is there any places domestically that we can send our designs to and they can send back finished samples much quicker than this 3 month window. I know when I send sketches to the local machine shop for fixtures, he sends me back a finished product in two weeks. Is there something similiar to this, but for thread rolling? Money is not a limiting issue here...
-M





RE: Where to get Screw Prototypes made?
screw machine shops.
HTH
Mfgenggear
if it can be built it can be calculated.
if it can be calculated it can be built.
RE: Where to get Screw Prototypes made?
Rives Manufacturing
http://www.rivesmfg.com/index.php/processes-and-ca...
Tru-Thread Co., Inc.
http://www.truthreadco.com/
RE: Where to get Screw Prototypes made?
there are lots of screw machine shops in the USA. I worked at one.
metalman
do a google search in your area.
HTH
Mfgenggear
if it can be built it can be calculated.
if it can be calculated it can be built.
RE: Where to get Screw Prototypes made?
Here is another possibility:
http://www.brynolfmanufacturing.com/aboutus.html