World-Class Powder Metal Parts
1049 Owens Road, Jamestown, TN 38556
931-879-9946
 

Processes & Resources

Powder Metallurgy (P/M) is the ideal process for
manufacturing durable, complex mechanical
components such as gears, cams, sprockets
and other multilevel parts.

Equipment

Micro Metals has a complete plant, including pressing, sintering, heat/steam treating, secondary, tool room and inspection equipment.
Click below to view list of equipment:

Engineering

The customer of today demands suppliers that can provide them with the technical support required by a world market. Micro Metals stands ready to assist you in engineering a powder metal part to meet your needs by recommending suitable materials and appropriate part configurations, tolerances and processing. After the material and dimensional parameters have been established, our staff will design all tooling and fixtures while producing the pertinent FMEAs, control plans and PPAPs utilizing the latest-generation 3-D CAD software.
  • Enginnering Software – Autodesk Inventor with 3-D / 2-D Auto Cad
  • PQ Systems - SQC Pack and Gage Pack
  • Steam Treating
  • Bar Coding
  • Lean Initiative
  • JIT System
  • Powdered Metal Part and Process Research, Design, and Development Support
  • Research, Design, and Development Support for Prototyping, Tooling, Gauging, and Fixtures
  • Pull System
  • Kan-Ban System
  • Full EDI System
  • Innovative, Efficient, and Responsive Service to Meet or Exceed Customer Requirements

Pressing

  • (1) Stokes F-4
  • (3) Stokes T-4
  • (1) Stokes R
  • (4) Stokes R-4
  • (4) Stokes 575
  • (3) Stokes 640
  • (3) Stokes 294
  • (2) Stokes 280G
  • (1) Stokes 280G
  • (1) Gasbarre
  • (1) Gasbarre
  • (1) Cincinnati
  • (1) Gasbarre
  • (1) Gasbarre
  • (1) Cincinnati
  • (1) Cincinnati
  • (1) Gasbarre Hydraulic
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100.0 Ton (Auto Sizing)
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220.0 Ton
550.0 Ton
880.0 Ton
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400.0 Ton

Sintering & Heat Treat

Sintering
  • (1) Area Electric 18" Conveyor Belt Sintering Furnace
  • (1) Abbott 18" Conveyor Belt Sintering Furnace
  • (1) Sinterite 24" Five Zone Conveyor Belt Sintering Furnaces– Both being equipped with “Vari Cool” System for Sinter Hardening Capabilities
  • (1) Sinterite 24" Five Zone Conveyor Belt Sintering Furnaces
  • (1) Abbott 24” Conveyor Belt Sintering Furnace
Heat Treating
  • 3500 lb AFC UBQ Heat Treat line complete with Quench furnace, (2) Temper Furnaces and (1) Spray dunk parts washer.

Secondary

  • (1) Kira CNC Machining Center w/auto load/unload
  • (1) Wasino A-12 CNC Lathe 5-Axis w/Gantry
  • (1) Howa MSN-P320 Vertical CNC Machining Center w/auto Load / Unload
  • (1) Muratec MW60 single spindle lathe
  • (2) Sunnen Honing Machines
  • (3) Oil Impregnation Systems
  • (7) Muratec MW 120 CNC dual spindle lathe, w/automatic dual gantry load
  • (2) Muratec MW 200 CNC dual spindle lathe, w/automatic single gantry load
  • (3) BalanStar Part Balancing Machine
  • (1) Fuji FS-4 High Speed Lathe
  • (1) Brown & Sharpe CMM
  • (1) Muratec M50 dual spindle w/automatic dual gantry load
  • (1) Dual Spindle Tapping Machine

Tool Room

  • (2) 13” South Bend Lathe
  • (1) Moore #1 Jig Grinder
  • (2) Harig Surface Grinder
  • (1) Abrasive Surface Grinder
  • (1) Covel ID/OD Grinder
  • (1) Supermax Milling Machine
  • (1) Bridgeport Milling Machine
  • (1) Mitsubishi FX-10 Wire EDM Machine
  • (1) HAAS CNC Mill
  • (1) Actspark RAM EDM
  • (1) Haas TL2 CNC Lathe

Inspection

  • (1) Buehler Digital Micro Hardness Tester (Vickers/Knoop)
  • (2) Rockwell Hardness Testers
  • (2) Mitutoyo Electronic Bore Gage Set
  • (1) Buehler "Ecomet 2" Dual Head Metallurgical Grinder/Polisher with Automatic 6 Specimen Polishing Head
  • (1) Arnold Powder Flowmeter
  • (2) Mitutoyo Profilometer
  • (2) DVT Vision System for Automatic 100% part specific inspection
  • (1) Mitutoyo 14" Optical Comparator
  • (1) Mettler Analytical Balance (Least Count 0.0001 gm)
  • (10) Electronic Scales
  • (2) Modal Resonance Testing/Inspection Machine
  • (1) Scherr Tumico Optical Comparator
  • (1) Tinius Olsen Tensile Test Machine 60,000 lb Super L
  • (1) Brown & Sharpe DCC Shop Floor Coordinate Measurement Machine
  • (2) Brown & Sharpe DCC Coordinate Measurement Machine (Lab)
  • (3) Accutech Contour Gage
  • (1) Carbon Analyzer
  • (4) Mitutoyo Height Gage