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About Us
Progressive Tool has been serving precision tooling and
gauging needs in
central North Carolina since 1984. We actively support apprenticeship
training in tool and die making. All of our shop employees have either
finished a four year apprenticeship or are now serving on one.
Using our
experience to do the job right and efficiently from the start, builds
quality into our tooling. Building
precision tooling, gauges, and
automated assemblies is what we are in business for, not a sideline.
EDM
work and grinding take up almost 50% of our total shop floor space.
Our
expertise can make your tooling or manufacturing process more efficient,
longer lasting, work better and more cost effective.
Craftsmanship and pride in precision tooling are the cornerstones of
more than twenty years of success. The ability to integrate
with our customers and help solve specific problems has gained us their
trust, respect, and confidence. We routinely work with manufacturing,
process, and tooling engineers; designers; and quality control personnel
to make sure the end result will satisfy their specific needs. Becoming
involved with a customer's processes and products is one of the most
valuable services we offer. We strive to deliver service and quality in
a timely fashion.
True
CAD-CAM Capability
By using in-house
Auto-Cad Inventor 3D Solid Models or our customer's CAD files, we can generate machine tool programs
from original design geometry to ensure that the integrity of the
original design data is maintained throughout the manufacturing process.
We design and
build a family of custom modular gauges from start to finish. All of our
designs include complete documentation. R&R studies can be provided upon
request.
 Quality
Control
Inspection
equipment is routinely calibrated and employee’s personal tools checked
for accuracy. We believe that quality doesn’t cost -
it pays.
Quality can only be built in, not inspected in. Our reputation as one of
the highest quality shops in the area has been earned by adhering to a
policy of not compromising on accuracy.
Progressive Tool has a Quality Management
System in place which was designed to be ISO 9001:2000 compliant. Our
quality manual includes standards for document control and calibration
standards.
Grinding
A majority of our
work requires some type of finishing operation after heat treating.
Grinding either Surface, Form, Cylindrical, or Centerless is performed
with state of the art, well maintained equipment in a separate
environment removed from the conventional machining area of the shop.
 Wire
and Sinker EDM
EDM (Electrical
Discharge Machining) is another of the finishing operations which make
up a large part of our work. Years of experience in fixturing,
workholding, programming and recognizing proper cutting conditions lets
us make efficient use of these machines. Precision machines, along with
the experience and skills to use them, are the only ways to build truly
precise tooling.
Precision Machining
Pride shows in
the form of a well kept workplace. Precision tools can be built more
efficiently in a well organized, fully equipped setting. Having
equipment clean and ready to use lets us complete work efficiently,
without compromise. A strict policy of preventive maintenance means
dependability when we need it.
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