Philip Machine recently designed and produced all the racks required to finish Craftsman's 80th Anniversary Mechanic's Tool Set, which is featured in the new Sears Tool Catalog.

This series of tools is now offered in a titanium blue and a sunlit topaz titanium finish. The finish is achieved through a physical vapor deposition (PVD) process that involves the vaporization of titanium material from a solid surface. Titanium material is transported through a proprietary low-pressure gaseous environment and deposited on the tools as a thin, firmly bonded, brilliantly colored finish. Each tool must be individually held securely on racks as they are moved through the vapor deposition chambers.

An additional challenge was presented because 2.5 million tools had to be processed prior to the all-important Father's Day sales season. Philip Machine successfully designed, produced and delivered all the racks necessary to meet this production quota in the month of February.

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