Established in 1947, General Tool (ISO:9001 certified) is one of the largest and best-equipped contract manufacturers in the U.S. We offer precision machining, fabricating, tooling, die, mold, aerospace contract manufacturing and assembly capabilities for worldwide applications.
Contract manufacturing is a business model in which a company hires a contract manufacturer to produce its products or components of its products. It is a strategic action widely adopted by companies to save extensive resources and...
The manufactured demand definition, often known as on-demand manufacturing or manufacturing on demand (MOD), is a relatively new idea in the manufacturing industry. In an on-demand manufacturing system, goods are only...
Screw machined parts are complex pieces that are typically cylindrical and threaded and a screw machined product is a family of automatic lathes for small to medium-sized components. Screws, bolts, pins, fittings...
Metal fabrication is the process of turning sheet metal and other flat metals into predetermined forms. The process begins with sheet metal no thicker than a quarter inch. The metal is malleable enough to take on various shapes at...
Plastic injection molding, or commonly referred to as injection molding, is a manufacturing process used in the mass fabrication of plastic parts. It involves an injection of molten plastic material into the mold where it cools and...
Rubber molding is a process of transforming uncured rubber or an elastomer into a usable product by transferring, compressing, or injecting raw rubber material into a metal mold cavity...
Die casting is a high pressure metal casting process that forces molten metal into a mold. It produces dimensionally accurate precision metal parts that have a flawless smooth finish...
Forging is a metal working process that manipulates, shapes, deforms, and compresses metal to achieve a desired form, configuration, or appearance outlined by a metal processing design or diagram...
Metal stamping is a coldworking process that transforms sheets of metal into specific, preset shapes. It uses specialized tooling which involves the stroke of the punch that brings conformational change to the metal sheet...
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