Recently, Philip Machine was approached by a premier international manufacturer of bottling and case packing machinery. They had a requirement for a series of welded D-rings and welded round rings to be produced in both round and half round stainless steel wire. The project entailed new tooling for six different d-rings and round rings manufactured to exact customer specifications. Their previous supplier not only had a high rejection rate on the parts that they had been furnishing, but they were also ceasing operations, leaving our new customer in jeopardy of shutting down production.

Philip Machine was in a unique position to help. Due to our in-house ability to roll and shape standard round stainless steel wire to our customer's half round dimensions, we did not have to shop or wait for raw material. Within two weeks we were able to tool up and supply pre-production samples on two of their most critical needs. Our welded d-rings and welded round rings passed all QC testing with "flying colors," dimensionally as well as for pull test strength and finish quality.

Tooling for all six items and initial shipments were complete within six weeks.