Milwaukee Weld Fixture Specialists Travel 200 Miles To Deliver Custom Steel Shim Order.

The President and Founder of Rentapen Inc., a small machine design and build services company and manufacturer of weld fixture tooling components, drove from Waukesha, WI to Iowa to deliver precision shims to their customer.

On June 6, 2013 Rentapen Inc. received a large purchase order of metal shims to be cut and delivered by June 10, 2013 from a company that they have been doing business with for many years.  The machine tool and engineering design company is using the shims for a weld tooling and machine leveling project.

Laser Cut Steel Shim Sheet.

Laser Cut Steel Shim Sheet.

The order consisted of 96 metal shim packs for a total of 480 total shims. This work order was completed in less than 24 hours by Rentapen’s excellent team including Laser Operators and assembly workers.  Rentapen’s steel shims can be designed and cut into many different shapes and thicknesses.

 

Our culture state says that we go the extra mile.  Well sometimes we have to go more than a mile to fulfill the needs of our customers,” said President Susan Straley.

Rentapen RAPid Shims™ are often used for adjustability in weld fixtures, and work holding fixtures.  Rentapen Inc. also to cuts Die Sharpening Shims, bridge shims custom shaped shims, stainless steel, steel and Naams shaped shims.  Rentapen Inc. has been in business since 1976 and is known in the industry as “the Shim King”.  Iowa machine tool design company relies on Rentapen Inc. for all their steel shim needs.

Custom Shims

Custom Shims

Rentapen Inc. cuts hundreds of thousands of shims each year and each order is different.  They use their RAPid Order Processing System™ to quote, cut, and ship their shims faster than most companies can even get out a quote.

Rentapen Inc., is the Weld Fixture Specialist and The Shim King, and is home of RAPid Tooling Components. Rentapen Inc, located in Waukesha, WI, has been providing machine tool design services to manufactures since 1976.  Rentapen is a Certified Woman Owned Business and owner of RAPid Tooling Components™. For more information about Rentapen Inc., please call 262-542-8891.  Visit Renatpen’s Order 3D Model page to download your RAPid Tooling Components today!

 

 

What Where and How of Metal Shims

What, Where, and How of Shims and Shim Packs

I am excited about our new Free 3D CAD Models ordering service on Rentapen’s web site.  I know I promised to talk more about the simple weld fixture (weld jig), this week,  however I am delaying that because this is (I think) so COOL!!

Our line of tooling components are now even easier to use.   I invite you to play with this new 3d model downloading service.  These files are Free!  Since we are still discovering kinks, be sure to let us know if you find any problems.

The videos I have for you today are about how to use this service.  But there is so much more to learn. These videos aren’t polished, but you will get the idea.

First, I talk about shims and show how they are placed in a real fixture. You might want to turn the volume down a bit, I start in the shop…

I know I go on and on about shims at times. I am a big advocate for shimming in weld fixtures.

With so many variables involved in how much heat will be created during welding and therefore, how much distorting will occur on the product being welded, shims and shim packs are essential. They help the production group set up the fixture before full production begins. So that when the weld jig or fixture goes into full production it is putting out a product that works.

In this next video I  show you how to download a file for a RAPid Block(TM) and a RAPid Riser(TM).

And in THIS video, our team member, Kory, tells you how to get your Pro/E parameters into your STEP file.

 

I hope you have fun trying out the new 3d models and seeing how you can use them. I’d love to see what you come up with! Didn’t you like playing with legos??

Send images of your designs using RAPid Tooling Components to news@rentapen.com

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