Categories Prototype

Our 3 Centers of Excellence

November 2, 2021

Our three Centers of Excellence offer a range of technologies and services for your metal fabrication needs. Our Sterling Heights facility focuses on aerospace and prototype, while our Schoolcraft facility concentrates on hybrid production assembly and our Farmington facility focuses on production. This allows for a synergy of processes and experience, as well as an emphasis on your program’s unique needs.

Throughout our three facilities we offer a wide assortment of capabilities to assist at any stage of your project. Give us a call and we would be happy to discuss your upcoming project!

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Categories Prototype

Aerospace and Automotive Metal Stamping

October 26, 2021

With more than 60 years of experience, 33 presses, and the ability to work with a wide range of metals, we can provide the metal stamping your project needs. For our automotive customers, we stamp everything from small brackets to closure panels, including full size body sides, floor panels, A-frames, hoods, and battery trays, among other parts. Our aerospace division produces bulkheads, duct sections, and heat and thermal shields as well as engine, structural, and fuel system components. We are the only metal stamping company in the United States who has engineered a process that allows us to stamp complex parts in one piece, such as stainless steel lipskins for airplanes.

Our expertise goes beyond stamping a part and shipping it to you. We engineer the complete manufacturing process to ensure it is as efficient as possible. We utilize Autoform, formability software for the engineering, evolution, and improvement of the sheet metal forming process, including spring back analysis. As a full-service sheet metal stamping company, we understand the key to being a successful partner is more than just delivering a high-quality product on-time and work to anticipate your program needs.

Our Stamping Capabilities

automobile metal stamping

We have stamping presses to manufacture virtually any of the aerospace and automotive parts you need. Our 33 presses range from 150 to 4,000 tons with bed sizes from 42” x 60” to 240” x 96”. Our equipment allows us to manufacture parts of various material specifications and thicknesses. This includes hand and coil fed transfer and tandem line presses. We feature a 2,500 ton coil fed transfer press allowing for a faster, more automated process for large stampings and assemblies. Our brake press uses v-tool forming, reducing tool costs for straight, less complex bends. We also have 500 and 600 ton presses with roll-out bolsters that use multiple dies and minimize change outs over time. Combined, this gives us the ability to stamp the parts you need to get your product to market faster.

Kirksite Foundry Tools

Kirksite foundry tools

Each metal has its own set of unique specifications. We work with numerous advanced and exotic materials including:

  • Aluminum, including bright or pre-painted
  • Stainless steel, including polished or bright grades
  • Carbon steels
  • Boron steel
  • Dual phase steel
  • Advanced high strength steels, including martensite and TRIP
  • Inconel®
  • Waspaloy®
  • Hastelloy®
  • Titanium
  • Magnesium
  • All ferrous metals

Our experience with this wide range of metals and their distinctive properties is why we are one of the industry’s leading aerospace and metal stamping companies. We go above and beyond simple stamp and ship projects. We are your partner for all your metal stamping and forming needs.

To learn more about our metal stamping capabilities, visit https://www.qmc-emi.com/capabilities/stamping/

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Categories Prototype

Prototype Sheet Metal Fabrication

September 30, 2021

Prototype manufacturing is a customized process. We have over 60 years of experience working with these unique sheet metal fabrication programs. We tailor our solutions to your sheet metal prototype program’s specific needs. From cutting and bending to stamping and assembling, each program is unique. We manage your complete program in-house, vertically integrating all processes and technologies while maintaining a single point of contact.

We utilize robotic automation in our prototype manufacturing process for OEMs, start-ups, electric and autonomous vehicles, aerospace products, and the military. Our prototype resources allow us to produce anything from small bracketry to complete Body in White vehicles. This includes manufacturing tooling, prototype stampings, trim moldings, specialty items, and sub-assemblies with complex joining.

Our Prototype manufacturing experts work with a wide array of metals, joining advanced and exotic materials including:

  • Aluminum, including bright or pre-painted
  • Stainless steel, including polished or bright grades
  • Carbon steels
  • Boron steel
  • Dual phase steel
  • Advanced high strength steels, including martensite and TRIP
  • Inconel®
  • Waspaloy®
  • Hastelloy®
  • Titanium
  • Magnesium
  • All ferrous metals

In our sheet metal prototype business we leverage old world techniques combined with the latest computer-controlled technology to bring your visions to reality. To provide complete prototype services, our prototype manufacturing capabilities include:

  • Process engineering
  • Kirksite foundry
  • Tool machining
  • Stamping
  • Hot stamping
  • Sheet metal fabrication
  • Laser cutting
  • Assembly

This range of services allow us to provide complete sheet metal prototype programs in-house, using our experience to provide you with a high quality product. Whether you need sheet metal fabrication for parts to assemble yourself or full BIW, we can design, build, and assemble your parts.  

We also develop custom assembly work cells based on your project’s specific needs to standardize processes and ensure consistent quality through the life of your project. These efficient processes allow for the rapid execution of product and process revisions, including managing master data files, incorporating working data files, and providing updates to all process documentation.

Read more about our sheet metal fabrication process here – https://www.qmc-emi.com/capabilities/sheet-metal-fabrication/

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