While you’re enjoying outdoor summer activities, do you think about the metallurgy behind your summer gear? Most do not—but we do. At Rathbone Precision Metals, Inc. we engineer the high-performance cold rolled and cold drawn profiles that give your summer gear its grit. Thanks to these advanced shaping processes, your equipment boasts the superior mechanical characteristics and structural integrity needed to perform at its peak, ensuring your gear excels under pressure instead of suffering a mid-season meltdown.
Key Benefits
Strength: Summer activities demand gear that is easy to transport but strong enough to handle intense physical stress. Cold working metal increases its yield and tensile strength through strain hardening. This allows manufacturers to use thinner, lighter profiles without sacrificing structural integrity.
Surface Finish: Whether you’re on the lake or on the field, summer equipment demands parts that can withstand harsh environments. Cold-formed profiles feature a smooth, scale-free surface finish. This surface is not just aesthetically pleasing; it also serves as an ideal base for protective coatings such as anodizing or chrome plating, that are vital for preventing steel from rust and corrosion.
Tight Dimensional Tolerances: Precision is critical for equipment with moving parts or telescoping mechanisms. Cold drawing delivers incredibly tight dimensional tolerances. This ensures that components fit together perfectly, reducing friction, eliminating mechanical wobble, and preventing premature wear.
Applications
Off-Road Vehicles & ATVs: When tackling rugged terrain, equipment failure isn’t an option. High-strength cold drawn profiles are critical for high-stress components like steering linkages, suspension brackets, splined shafts, and heavy-duty drivetrains.
Marine Hardware & Water Sports: Precision-engineered profiles form the backbone of outboard motor shafts, steering mechanisms, winch gears, and locking mechanisms for boat lifts, ensuring smooth, reliable operation even under constant exposure to saltwater and heavy loads.
Bicycles/E-Bicycles & Fitness Gear: Utilizing optimized profiles for pedal spindles, gear cassettes, internal hub components, and weight-guide rods ensure seamless power transfer, smoother gear transitions, and a longer lifespan for high-wear components.
Custom cold-drawn profiles offer the exact geometry, smooth finish, and elevated strength your next project demands. Contact the Rathbone team today. Let’s discuss how our custom cold drawn profiles can eliminate your machining bottlenecks, reduce material waste, and boost your product’s field reliability.