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How We Do It


At BTM you don't have to know how projects get done, you only need to know that we have you covered. Whether our solution is handled in-house, or with one of our trusted industry partners, we will be solving your challenging problems.

 

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Scroll over any term below to get to know a little more about HOW WE DO IT.

BORE
To make a hole in something with a revolving tool.
TURN
Process used to make cylindrical parts, where the cutting tool moves in a linear fashion and workpiece rotates.
MILL
To cut or shape metal with a rotating tool.
ANNEAL
Heat metal and allow to cool slowly in order to remove internal stress.
ANODIZE
To coat a metal, especially aluminum, with a protective oxide layer.
BAND SAW
Saw with a continuous serrated blade.
BROACH
Machining process that uses a toothed tool to remove material.
CAM
Computer-Aided Manufacturing
CNC
Computer Numerical Control
COLD SAW
A circular saw with a toothed blade.
COUNTERBORE
A cylindrical flat-bottomed hole that enlarges another coaxial hole.
COUNTERSINK
Enlarge and bevel the rim of a drilled hole so that a screw, nail or bolt can be inserted flush with the surface.
DEBURRING
Clean up and smooth the rough edges or ridges of a metal object.
DRILL/TAP
Drilling creates a smooth hole in a material/tapping is the action that creates a thread into the side of the hole.
DRILL PRESS
A drill set on a fixed stand.
ENGINE LATHE
Manually operated machine tool used to shape material by rotating material against cutting tool.
ERP
Enterprise Resource Planning
FACING
Cutting a face or planar surface onto the workpiece.
FINISHING
To complete the manufacture of an object by giving it an attractive surface appearance.
FLASH CHROME
A thin chrome layer for products with close tolerance specification.
HEAT TREATING
Heating and cooling of metals to change their physical and mechanical properties.
HORIZONTAL BORING MILL
Machine tool that bores holes in a horizontal direction.
INVESTMENT CASTINGS
A casting that is produced by forming metal around a pattern of wax (or similar).
KEYSEATER
A machine used to cut slots or keyways.
KNURLING
Typically conducted on a lathe, whereby a pattern of straight, angled or crossed lines is rolled into the material.
LIGHT ASSEMBLY
Fit together separate component parts.
LOW VOLUME
Small quantities.
MASTERCAM
Computer-Aided Manufacturing software.
NORMALIZE
Relieve stress that has been absorbed by the metal.
ONE-OFFS
Something made only once, not as a part of a regular sequence.
POCKET MILLING
Machine away large amounts of material within a closed boundary to a fixed depth.
POWER HACK SAW
Saw with straight steel blade.
PROFILE MILLING
Milling sequence used to machine vertical or slanted surfaces.
PROTOTYPE
A preliminary model.
QUALITY
Being suitable for its intended purpose while satisfying expectations.
REAMING
Cutting process that produces a hole of very accurate size.
SAND CASTINGS
A casting that utilizes sand to form complex metal parts.
SUB-ASSEMBLIES
A unit assembled separately but designed to be incorporated with other units into a larger manufactured product.
THREAD MILLING
Producing threads with the circular ramping movement of a rotating tool.
THREADING
Creating a screw thread inside of a hole.
TURNING CENTER
A lathe with a computer numerical control.
VERTICAL MACHINING CENTER
A milling machine with vertically oriented spindle that machines a workpiece on the table from above.
VERTICAL TERRET LATHE
A lathe whose headstock is located in a vertical position rather than horizontal.
WELDING
Join together pieces of metal by heating the surfaces to the point of melting and pressing them together.
ZINC PLATE
Covering substrate metals like steel and iron with a layer of zinc to protect from corrosion.

What We Use

  • acetal
  • alloy steel
  • aluminum
  • bronze
  • brass
  • carbon steel
  • castings
  • cast iron
  • copper
  • ductile iron
  • fiberglass
  • nylon
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