Metals Manufacturing Capabilities

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UNICOR manufactures extensive lines of modular furniture, storage, and warehousing systems, as well as miscellaneous steel and stainless products.

Our expertise and diverse metals fabrication capabilities provide us the latitude to offer a broad range of equipment and styles, from product design, through production start-up. And we can handle short runs, custom projects, and multi-year contracts.

Here's a look at our diverse capabilities:

Stamping

• Our punch presses are capable of producing 6,000 parts per hour including 500-ton presses with 10-foot beds.
• Parts range in size from military ID tags to shelving uprights up to 10 feet long. Metal thicknesses from 24 gauge (0.024) through 10 gauge (0.135) are commonly used.
• We frabricate materials made of low carbon steel, aluminum, stainless steel, and other metals.
• Automatic coil feeders are used where appropriate to maximize production efficiency.

Tooling

• A variety of tooling options are available, including permanent tooling, universal tooling, and steel rule dies.
• Our Computer Numerically Controlled (CNC) turret presses handle short- to medium-run stampings, where permanent tooling is not feasible due to lead time or cost constraints.

Forming

• Our wide range of mechanical and hydraulic press brakes handle most metal forming needs.
• Capacities up to 300 tons are available with 12-foot beds and CNC back gauging, offering outstanding accuracy and consistency.
• Several standard tooling configurations are available, and custom tooling can be developed in-house for special shapes.
• Our roll forming machines with integral punch presses and flying cut-off accommodate high volume requirements for items such as pallet rack uprights and beams.

Machining

• Flexible CNC turret lathes and machining enable us to turn the most complex designs into finished products.
• Part designs are quickly and accurately converted from concept to reality by integrating the CNC machines with computer-aided drafting and design.
• We can machine carbon steel, stainless steel, aluminum and other metals.

Welding

• We offer MIG, and TIG welding expertise and routinely handle carbon steel, stainless steel, and aluminum. American Welding Society procedures are used, and certification of welders is available.
• Resistance welding is used for sheet steel in the range of 24 gauge (0.024) to 16 gauge (0.060). Arc welding is used for heavier gauge plate and tubing.
• Welders are National Sanitation Foundation (NSF) certified for food service equipment.

Coating and Finishing

• Our state-of-the-art powder coating systems ensure an attractive and durable finish. Multi-stage wash systems prepare parts for painting, and a phosphate coating for improved paint adhesion is included in the wash cycle.
• Parts are routed through a dry-off oven before entering the powder paint booths. Electrostatic paint application ensures a uniform coating, even in hard-to-reach areas. The finish is ultimately cured to the required gloss and hardness in carefully controlled ovens.
• We use standard epoxy based coatings. Others (polyesters, acrylics, and hybrids) are available. When required for military components, chemical agent resistant coating (CARC) can be provided as well. Numerous standard colors are available, and we can match FED STD 595A or custom colors.

Tool and Die

• Our metals operations are equipped to build and maintain their own tooling.
• UNICOR's tooling design and fabrication expertise can handle complex projects requiring the use of CNC machining centers as well as vertical and wire electro-discharge machining.
• From complex progressive dies to universal tooling, we have the expertise and experience to identify and perform the most effective tooling for your program.

Contact us to learn more about our metals manufacturing capabilities and how they may benefit your agency or business.