Metallist, Inc.

METALLIST,INC. located in Hillsdale, Michigan, has the equipment, the technology, the dedicated staff, and over half a century of experience to handle all of your precision machining and sheet metal fabrication needs.

We provide manufactured products to a variety of industrial markets, from the business next door to the company with a world-wide presence. Our diverse customer base includes aerospace, automotive, defense, contract furniture, agriculture, and appliance industries, to name a few.

We work with numerous materials including titanium, aluminum, stainless steel, plastics, stone, ceramics and other exotic alloys. Our precision machining and sheet metal fabrication is completed using cutting edge technology.

Our advanced capabilities include CNC machining, abrasive waterjet cutting, and precision surface grinding, as well as many secondary operations.

We maintain strict quality control standards with a highly qualified inspection department. Metallist, Inc. is certified to ISO 9001:2008. Our mission is to provide quality products, competitively priced, shipped complete, on time – every time. Our business depends on your satisfaction and success.Consider Metallist, Inc. for all of your precision machining and sheet metal fabrication needs.

METALLIST,INC.provides waterjet cutting services for a wide range of materials such as hardened tool steel, aluminum and titanium; exotics including carbon fiber, ceramic, nickel alloys and composites; and architectural materials such as marble, granite, glass, tile and stone. Advantages of waterjet cutting include: Competitive Cost – prototypes, production or limited runs on short notice; smooth edges need no secondary processing; Accuracy & Repeatability – precise, intricate shapes with tolerances of +/- .003″; no burrs, stresses or heat-affected zones; Flexibility & Speed – production directly from DWG/DXF files; close part nesting assures maximum yield; cuts virtually any material.

Our vertical machining center excels at milling, drilling, tapping, boring, and reaming, along with many other machining processes. The heavy cast-iron construction yields the rigidity and stability necessary for heavy cutting operations. We can machine precision parts to an accuracy of +/- 0.0002″ and the 1000 psi thru-spindle coolant results in superior machined surface finishes and the ability to drill deep holes. The spindle probe precisely and automatically locates a work piece as well as a wireless tool presetter that automatically measures tool dimension. The probe and presetter result in superior part quality and exceptional repeatability.

Our highly advanced automatic precision surface grinding machine is intricately designed to totally accommodate the infinite demands that high mix production places on businesses of any size, no matter how big or small. Featuring high rigidity with PRO/E analytical physics design and endurable mechanical stability, this surface grinder is the best equipment for high precision surface grinding jobs. Surface grinding permits very accurate tolerances of less than 0.001″, and allows for smooth surface finishes up to 16 micro inch RMS. Surface grinding produces a much smoother surface that is flatter with greater parallelism than blanchard grinding.

Meeting the demands of a constantly changing market requires flexibility, reliability and the use of advanced production techniques that ensure end-product quality. With the advanced table positioning capabilities of our turret punch, we can achieve accuracy of +/- .004″ with a repeatability of +/- .002″ over the entire table. The rigid frame and precise tool guiding system ensure punch and die alignment to provide long tool life and consistently high quality parts.

The precise ram repeatability and advances in control technology of our CNC press brake allows us to maintain accurate bend angles consistently with minimum set-up time. Our technical precision allows us to continually ensure that all dimensional tolerances and accuracy in all angles are achieved to our customers’ exact specifications. Our operation allows for the creativity and flexibility to design and manufacture the best tooling solutions, providing efficiency and increased productivity with each metal forming and metal bending project. In-house capabilities facilitate our ability to create the variety of different shapes and forms that your metal bending projects require.