Electronic hub spindle
- Complex, multi-level tool design
- Copper Infiltrated PM Steel
- Net-shape eliminates costly slot machining
- Sole secondary operation is a drilled hole
A PM copper–steel outer hub exit spindle used in
Fire door lock chassis assembly
- 3 piece sinter bonded assembly
- Proprietary HI-IMPAC Copper steel
- Tight geometric tolerances
- Net-shape reduces secondary to drill & tap
Fire door deadbolt chassis assembly
A copper-infiltrated PM steel inside deadbolt
Latchbolts & deadbolts
- 9 Level Tool design for heavy duty locksets
- Sintered Copper steel and Brass material options
- Exceeds ANSI standards for Grade 1 Lockset
- Collaborative engineering created cost savings
Powdered metallurgy
Lockset slide retractor
- 2 piece “puzzle” assembly
- Sintered copper steel
- Mirrored halves eliminate a costly rivet assembly operation
- Net-shape, sinter bonded
ASCO Sintering Co., Commerce, Calif., received the Grand Prize in the hardware/appliances category for a
- Maximum Cost Savings
- Tight tolerance capability
- Six Sigma and lean manufacturing methodologies
- Collaborative creative tooling design
- High performance engineered materials
