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Contact
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| Telephone |
| 310-715-9800 |
| FAX |
| 310-715-1414 |
| Street address |
| Pacific Sintered Metals |
| 14000 Avalon Blvd. |
| Los Angeles |
| CA 90061 |
| E-mail |
| info@pacificsintered.com |
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At Pacific Sintered Metals, we don't just bang out parts, we orchestrate a solution
that makes the best sense from an engineering point of view and ultimately is the most
cost-effective. We pride ourselves in our ability to do the seemingly impossible. Here are
just a few of the innovative solutions we provided to our customers recently. In each of
these cases,
PSM was Challenged,
PSM Delivered!
Let PSM show you the perfect sintered solution for your tough design opportunity. We do
things others can’t. Let us prove it to you today.
They gave us this:
Make us a part that supports the weight of a sport gear on the road. The part has to be
strong, ductile, corrosion-resistant. It’s a complex shape, but we want
it—inexpensive. It is an important part of a secure system that holds the
user's critical gear.
We did this:
The customer had already considered machining and investment casting, but neither
process could deliver on all the specified requirements. Working closely with the
customers, PSM engineers designed and built production tools and first article samples
to the customer's satisfaction. The samples worked and the part
went into production. |
We got this:
PSM designed and created a 316 stainless steel locking plate that takes the challenge
of the wilderness. The P/M part has been successful in production and in the field. And the part won PSM the
prestigious MPIF PM Design Competition in the Stainless Steel Category for 2000.
PSM was Challenged, PSM Delivered |
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They gave us this:
Make us a high tolerance part for the cellular phone industry that will be used in a
very demanding service environment. Its purpose is to dissipate heat from the main
computer chip in antenna booster stations that drive the cellular network.
We did this:
PSM knew that aluminum die castings had been attempted, but lacked the thermal
conductivity to be an effective heat remover. PSM also knew the part had been machined
from high conductivity copper, but the cost was prohibitive. Using the power of powdered
metal technology, PSM created a repeatable high tolerance part from a high conductivity
material. The part is less than 10% of the cost of machining from bar stock with no waste. |
We got this:
New PM heat sink met or exceeded all expectations and is now in use worldwide. There
are no field failures. And the part won PSM the prestigeous MPIF
PM Design Competition in the Nonferrous Category for 1999.
PSM was Challenged, PSM Delivered |
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They gave us this:
Make us a part that can withstand a 3500 pound impact. It’s a seat belt wedge
housing.The seat belt passes through this part. Plastic wedges grab the seat belt material
on impact in case of accident. Since the webbing material must be grabbled evenly on
impact, the internal profile tolerances of less than 0.004" must be maintained.
We did this:
A wide variety of companies were contacted by this customer, but no one other than PSM
would even attempt the part. The customer’s own engineers tried to develop the wedge
housing as an aluminum die cast, but it couldn’t stand up to the impact requirement.
PSM engineers suggested a small re-design to the part. Once the new design was approved,
PSM developed a special material to meet the tough strength requirements. |
We got this:
The customer places a million parts into the field each year. There has never been a
failure on any part. This track record has been in place for over four years.
PSM was Challenged, PSM Delivered |
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They gave us this:
Make us a motorcycle shock absorber damping piston to our specifications. Tight
tolerances must be maintained. This part must be developed to make the piston actuate
smoothly.
We did this:
PSM took a careful look at this aftermarket motorcycle part that had been around for
years. We realized that it was a complex part because flow patterns had to be developed to
allow the part to do its job effectively. Machining and casting were also being
considered. PSM went to work to find the right combination of materials and procedures to
produce the damper at a reasonable cost with the strength complexity and tolerance control
the customer required. |
We got this:
A complex part that met all performance and cost targets. Now we are making several
vesions of this part.
No one could match our winning combination.
PSM was Challenged, PSM Delivered |
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