To the layman, part sorting may seem like a small issue – something that machines should do without worry. Well, that’s not quite the case. Even when parts orders in the millions, part sorting is an essential task that can be overlooked in the supply chain of any company –
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Race shows strength of engineering, components in plain view
Every year since 1911, there’s a little tradition from our neighboring state that has no less than 1 in every 1,000 Americans gathering into one location the Sunday before Memorial Day – the Indianapolis 500. So while the rest of the country sees open wheel race cars hurtling through the
Heritage runs deep at CFI
These days, there are very few businesses that are truly family owned. Or if they are, in today’s world, they may have a successful generation and sell off, so the “family” part of the business is long forgotten. Not so for Components for Industry. Our company has been manufacturing and
Weldable Screws are marvels of dual purpose capability
Today, everything in life must be dual function. Think of the phone in your hand. At one point, a phone was only a phone – meant for keeping in touch with a far-off friend or family member and nothing more. Today, it’s more used as an internet consumption device than
CFI’s proprietary Cold Form Isolation Process places us a step above competition
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
If only people knew how many grades of steel there are, perhaps they wouldn’t take nearly every piece of metal for granted. There is a lot going on with a few numbers and letters that people don’t know about. So what do these numbers mean and who comes up with
Myriad of Options Await Self-Locking Components Producers
We’ve all seen it in our personal lives – whether a bolt coming loose on a car, or a piece of furniture or cabinet that has a loose bolt despite you tightening it multiple times. How can you combat this inconvenience? Well, there are actually a large amount of options
Deep Drawing gives manufacturers fast, inexpensive alternative to other tooling techniques
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
Metric vs. Imperial Units
When we’re taught how to measure things in grade school, we’re handed a ruler, or maybe we see the tape measure in the toolbox as infallible objects. After all, how can these absolute objects of measurement ever be any different? But most people would be surprised to know that measurement
Pulling on threads
How the type of thread can completely change the characteristics of fasteners When the average person looks at a box of bolts or screws, they don’t think much past the basic size of the screw, or, if it will be exposed, maybe the color of the metal. But in the
