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We're Not "Tooling Around" When It Comes To Quality and Savings

Bigelow Components — Tue, 07 Jun 2011 13:42:53 +0000

Pride in your product: It's the reason why you strive to deliver high quality goods to your customers. At Bigelow Components, we also take pride in our product and the services we offer — which is why we custom-make the tools required to produce the best possible product for the job.

When It Comes to Custom Precision Parts…Let Bigelow Help With R&D!

Bigelow Components — Tue, 15 Mar 2011 18:26:18 +0000

Recently, one of our customers at Bigelow Components Corporation decided it was time to aggressively pursue a new product line, that included smaller, more responsive devices, to meet the ever-increasing need for speed in the telecommunications industry (i.e., fiber optics, Internet, Broadband, etc.).

Why It Pays To Buy “Made in the U.S.A.” Specialized Component Parts

Bigelow Components — Mon, 22 Nov 2010 16:03:34 +0000

Businesses are always looking for innovative ways to save money. After all, who doesn’t want to save on cost of goods sold to bolster the bottom line and profitability?

To reduce expenses, some companies in recent years have attempted to offshore their manufacturing to take advantage of highly skilled, lower priced labor and production. However, many are returning to the U.S. for several reasons, including increased transportation costs due to rising oil prices, the devalued dollar and inferior quality of workmanship. Foreign-made products, for example, account for the majority of product recalls in the U.S., prompting a closer look at bringing manufacturing back to North America.

Determining Cold Headed Component Design, Material, Process and Functionality – Before the Design Process

Bigelow Components — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:11:25 +0000

Think About How You’ll Make that Component
Before You Design It!

Cold Heading. A Swiss Screw Alternative That Can Save You Money and Time!

Bigelow Components — Tue, 21 Sep 2010 17:54:24 +0000

You may be Swiss screw machining small component parts because that’s what you’ve always done. Maybe you’re not even aware that you have an alternative – a different process you can use to manufacture these same parts with identical precision and accuracy. The process? Cold heading… but there are a couple of key differences – you’ll save time and money. Are you game to try it?

Here are just some of the cold heading solutions we’ve provided to customers who thought that Swiss screw machining was the only way to produce their precision parts…

Experience and Intuition Led to a Superior Part that Saved Time and Money

Bigelow Components — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 15:48:12 +0000

Suppose you need a core component with certain properties that are essential to the proper functioning of an end product. What if the process you’re using to produce this integral part is inherently flawed because it’s slow, it produces extensive waste, and it’s expensive? Well…if you want to save time, energy, effort and money – you probably need to identify a different production process and/or material.

A Better Product at a Lower Cost - Who Wouldn’t Want That?

Bigelow Components — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:48:14 +0000

Recently, a large automotive company knocked on our door with a rather pressing problem. They were using a stamping process to produce valve tips for engine exhaust valves, encountering several problems that led them to call on us. They were interested in finding out if there was any way for us to help them.

With their current stamping process:

The tips weren’t uniform

Cold Heading - A Viable Option to Machining Components that Saves Time and Money

Bigelow Components — Tue, 03 Aug 2010 17:32:34 +0000

You’ve got a custom part. You’ve always believed that machining was the only way to produce it because that’s the way it’s always been done, so you never even considered whether another process might work as well and cost less.