At Boston Centerless, we have 65+ years of centerless grinding experience, supplying precision ground bar and components for a wide range of industries. One common -need amongst our customers is that each requires high precision bar materials to optimize the performance of their products. Working with a proven precision grinding partner enables our customers to tap into Boston Centerless’ years of know-how and skill as well as experience with a variety of products and industries.
One of the benefits of partnering with Boston Centerless for bar materials is that we are fully integrated. As an integrated product and service provider, we can assist you with an arrayof services including material selection, procurement, grinding, material testing and validation, customized inventory programs and supply chain management. Since we can both procure and grind your material, we serve as your “one-stop shop” for precision raw materials and supply chain management,– saving you time and money, and reducing risk across your supply chain.
Additionally, as an integrated supplier, we offer a broad spectrum of value-added services that extend beyond our precision grinding services such as heat treating, straightening, chamfereing, and laser marking. When combined with our precision machining operations, these steps often reduce costs, decrease time to market, increase productivity, enhance quality, and improve responsiveness for our customers.
Below are 5 industries that rely on Boston Centerless’ precision grinding. Our AccuRod® bar is precision ground using cutting-edge equipment to ensure our customers’ requirements are met every single time. Our bar is known across the globe for its consistent diameter tolerance, roundness, and straightness as well as its ability to achieve tight tolerances that many CNC Swiss machines demand. For this reason, customers worldwide depend on our precision bar including sensitive markets such as medical, defense, and aerospace.
Medical
The medical industry is the largest segment that Boston Centerless serves; thus, our team has extensive experience and know-how from our decades of serving this sector. We supply a complete line of medical alloys and plastics for medical applications such as cranial drills, fixation devices, surgical instruments, diagnostic equipment, and implants, namely titanium for spinal, knee and hip implants. It is no secret that the medical sector demands the highest degree of quality in its raw materials and must partner with precision manufacturing suppliers that consistently deliver outstanding quality and reliability. For this reason, many medical device OEMs rely on our medical grade precision ground metal and plastic bars due to its consistent roundness, straightness, and diameter tolerance.
At Boston Centerless, we have been in the precision grinding industry for many years and have established a strong network with long term relationships with various mills and suppliers. Our customers are able to leverage our network of raw material providers, improving the strength of and reducing risk along their supply chains. Due to our ability to process high volumes, our team is able to achieve economies of scale and attain a constant flow of incoming supply; this allows us to be more nimble and help our customers adjust to fluctuating market conditions as well as changes in their own customer demand.
Dental
The dental industry utilizes precision ground material to manufacture a range of instruments such as surgical, orthodontic, and diagnostic as well as implants, especially titanium implants. Similar to the medical sector, precision in dental components is essential to ensure a comfortable fit for the patient and a successful outcome. Our precision ground bar enables dental manufacturers to achieve excellent dimensional integrity and a higher level of customer satisfaction.
Aerospace
The aerospace industry demands absolute reliability in every aircraft component they manufacture. Our precision machined bar is utilized to manufacture a range of fasteners, rivets, screws, actuators, flow restrictors, and valves - each of which requires the highest level of quality and reproducibility. At Boston Centerless, we have stringent quality control standards to protect our customers and their brand reputation; for example, if our quality team identifies 1 defect in a lot of 1000, the entire lot is rejected. We are committed to the high standards required by the aerospace industry and are Nadcap Accredited (NDT), AS9100 Certified, and ITAR Registered.
Our customers rely on us to deliver the highest level of quality – and we do. Boston Centerless has been meeting the close tolerance ground bar needs of precision aerospace component manufacturers with materials such as stainless steel, titanium and other specialty metals for years. In addition, our team also has proven experience working with special, hard-to-find materials that other precision grinding providers are simply not familiar with. In some cases, our customers utilize our GrindAll precision machining services for proprietary alloys.
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Automotive
Within the automotive sector, longevity is critical to success. Therefore, various parts and components require a high degree of precision and a tight tolerance fit to deliver longer-lasting vehicles and a smoother driving experience. Swiss screw machine technology is often utilized to deliver precise automotive parts. Our automotive customers utilize our precision ground bar to manufacture components for braking systems, fuel system regulators, solenoid switching mechanisms, valve seats, and fuel injection parts.
Defense
Similar to the sectors above, the defense industry requires precision grinding with little room for error in the field. Boston Centerless provides precision ground bar for components used in various defense applications including military vehicles and aircraft, firearms, ammunition, fluid control systems, fasteners, as well as missiles and missile guidance systems. Components that support high tech defense requirements require material with the most exacting and consistent tolerances, which is why the defense industry relies on the team at Boston Centerless.
Boston Centerless provides solutions that enhance our customers' manufacturing processes. With over 65 years of experience with precision grinding, we grind the tightest tolerances in the industry. We have proven experience with an extensive range of materials, and our manufacturing solutions include:
Contact us today at (781) 994-5000 to see how we can help with your next precision bar material project, or click here for a quote.