Value-Added Services
In addition to our metal stamping capabilities, we offer a broad selection of value-added services to ensure customers receive finished components that meet all of their needs.
Our finishing services ensure the component has all of the elements necessary for its application, such as holes, brackets, slots, standoffs, inserts, and other subassembly components. They also allow us to modify the component surface to suit various functional and aesthetic needs.
- Painting: Painting adds an attractive finish or color on parts without significantly altering functional surface properties.
- Powder Coating: Powder coating uses electrically charged powder to form a protective layer that protects parts from physical and environmental damage.
- Plating: Plating produces a corrosion-resistant layer on a metal component.
- Anodizing: Anodizing is the process of intentionally oxidizing the surface of a metal to improve its durability, corrosion resistance, and/or appearance.
Our heat treatment services include:
- Vacuum annealing
- Hump-back (belt) annealing
- Retort heat treating
- Aluminum heat treating
Our cleaning capabilities include:
Custom Component Material Capabilities
Our expert team can handle a wide range of metals, including, but not limited to, the following:
- Aluminum
- Brass
- Cold rolled steel
- Copper
- Cupro nickel
- Hastelloy®
- HY-MU 80 and other specialty shielding alloys
- Inconel®
- Kovar®
- Monel®
- Nickel
- Nickel silver
- Stainless steel
- Titanium
These metals exhibit different properties that make them suitable for different applications. For example:
- Aluminum: Aluminum is a low-cost and sustainable material that offers good durability, ductility, and malleability. While it is often alloyed with other materials to improve its versatility and strength, it is also used by itself for components in the automotive, construction, electronic, food and beverage, and pharmaceutical industry.
- Cold Rolled Steel: Compared to hot rolled steel, cold rolled steel is better suited for producing components that require exact dimensions and/or tight tolerances. While it is available in high-strength grades for heavy-load, heavy-wear applications, its general versatility and drawability make it highly suitable for normal-use components (e.g., consumer goods and furniture).
- Stainless Steel: Stainless steel offers excellent strength, corrosion resistance, and temperature resistance. These qualities, combined with its workability and aesthetic appearance, make it a popular material choice for a variety of industries, including automotive, chemical processing, medical, and food and beverage.
Some customers can find it challenging to identify the ideal material for a stamping project. If you need assistance determining which metal is right for your needs, check out our guide to choosing the right material or download our eBook, “Choosing the Right Material for Your Project.”
Custom Component Design Process
By partnering with a full-service provider, such as Hudson Technologies, you benefit from a company with both design and manufacturing experience. This knowledge is particularly valuable for custom component projects as the design team can help make modifications to your design to better suit your needs.
At Hudson Technologies, we employ a variety of design technologies and techniques to assist our customers in making a component that fully meets all of their specifications and standards, such as:
- CAD/CAM software
- CAD key
- SolidWorks
- Finite element analysis (FEA)
- PAM-STAMP
- COMSOL Multiphysics®
To learn more about our custom component process and why and when it is beneficial, consult our guide, “Catalog vs. Custom Deep Drawn Metal Stamping.”
Custom Component Solutions at Hudson Technologies
If you need custom metal stampings, turn to the experts at Hudson Technologies. Our team offers extensive design support backed by a stringent quality assurance program. By working closely with customers, we ensure product designs meet every application requirement and are best- suited for the environment in which they will be used.
To learn more about our capabilities, contact us today. To discuss your project requirements, request a quote. One of our metal stamping experts will get in touch with you shortly.