COST SAVING SOLUTIONS FROM S.M.I. (CASE STUDY ONE)
Converting Sheet Metal Fabrications to Investment Casting A Cost Savings Approach
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Overseas Headquarters


SMI acts as the single point of contact for Turkish and European manufacturing firms and manages its requirements through its state of the art modern manufacturing affiliate 5K Metals, based in Bursa, Turkey. 


5K Metals is the manufacturing part of the 5K Group of holding companies serving the automotive, agriculture, energy, construction, military and aircraft markets since 1977. (www.5kgroup.com)

SMI / 5K Metals services:

  • Engineering:
    • Design & Development
    • Re-engineering
    • Reverse Engineering
    • Cost reduction
    • Prototyping
  • Metal (ferrous and non-ferrous) Casting:
    • Investment Casting
    • Vacuum Investment Casting
    • Lost Wax Casting
    • Die Casting
    • Powder Metal Forming Process
    • Sand Casting
    • Pre-production sample/model prototyping
  • Machining Capabilities:
    • Drilling
    • Milling
    • Boring
    • Turning
    • Grinding
    • CNC and EDM
    • Extrusions (Ferrous-Non Ferrous)
  • Fabrication Capabilities:
    • Assembly & Packaging
    • Forming (Hot & Cold)
    • Roll Forming
    • Bending
    • Stamping
    • Welding
    • Soldering
    • Punching
    • Plasma Cutting
    • Painting
    • Powder Coating
    • Fixtures and Tooling of all sorts
    • Prototyping 
  • Plating Capabilities:
    • Cadmium
    • Chrome (hard and ornamental)
    • Nickel
    • Zinc
    • Anodizing
  • Materials:
    • Ductile Iron
    • High SI ductile Iron
    • Grey Iron
    • Malleable Iron
    • Aluminum
    • Zinc-Aluminum
    • Hastalloy
    • Nickel
    • Brass
    • Copper
    • Bronze
    • Stainless Steel
    • Alloy-Carbon Steel  
  • Quality Control and Assurance Capabilities:
    • T.Q.M. Total Quality Management
    • ISO 9001, ISO 9002 2000
    • Integrated Inspection Reports
    • Sample quality reports
    • Pre-production test runs confirmation & reports
    • Materials Data Certificates
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Services offered at our US Operations facility

  • Engineering:

Engineering capabilities to help our customers with pre and post manufacturing questions and issue.

    • Design & Development
    • Re-engineering
    • Reverse Engineering
    • Cost reduction
    • Liaison services between customer and production