Applications

Rathbone Precision Metals, Inc., has grown to be the largest and most respected producer of cold rolled and cold drawn metal profiles in North America, primarily serving the power generation, firearms, computer, medical, oil exploration and lawn and garden markets, among a score of others.

Linear Guides		Pumps
Special profiles for rails. Steels most frequently used: carbon steels, alloy steels for induction hardening and case hardening.		Special profiles for submersible pump shafts. Steels most frequently used: austenitic and martensitic stainless steels.
Firearms		Padlock and Security Systems
Special profiles used in parts for guns and pistols. Steels most frequently used: CrMo and NiCrMo steels or grades according to customer’s specification.		Special profile padlock body, gears and parts for automatic door closing systems. Steels most frequently used: carbon steels and case hardening steels.
Profile Segments for Pipe Gaskets		Woodworking Tools
Special profile segments for pipe gaskets. Steels most frequently used: martensitic stainless steels.		Special profiles for toolholders and slideways. Steels most frequently used: carbon steels and case hardening steels.
Hydroelectric Power Stations		Electric Power Tools
Special profiles for stators in electrical generators. Steels most frequently used: carbon steels.		Special profiles for pinion hubs in power saw chains. Steels most frequently used: case hardening steels.
Printing Machines		Slides
Special profiles for tensioning guides or for semi-finished products of more complex parts. Steels most frequently used: carbon steels.		Special channel profiles for linear rails. Steels most frequently used: carbon steels for induction hardening.
Machine Tools		Automotive / Agricultural Power Transmissions
Special profiles for jaws of lathe headstock vices, blocks for work tables and for various clamping systems. Steels most frequently used: carbon steels, steels for case hardening and hardening/tempering.		Special profiles for various automotive and agricultural uses. Steels most frequently used: free cutting steels or sector-specific grades and carbon and case hardening steels.