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Friday, May 20, 2016

Special 1/16 X 1/4 Dowel Pin in 420 Stainless Steel

special/custom small quantity dowel pin from 420SS for an aerospace customer - Engineered Source Inc is a supplier and distributor of special/custom dowel pins in stainless steel for aerospace/defense customers, serving Santa Ana, Orange County, Los Angeles, Inland Empire, San Diego, California, United States

This is a special dowel pin made for our aerospace customer using 420 stainless steel material at just 100 pieces.  After production the pins were separately passivated using a NADCAP certified facility using a process of passivation with descaling and a 24 hour water immersion test that is typically recommended for 400 series stainless steel materials.

Friday, May 13, 2016

Special Grade 8 Socket Cap Screw With Black Oxide & Oil Finish

Special/custom hex socket head cap screw in grade 8 steel with black oxide and oil finish - Engineered Source is a supplier and distributor of special and custom socket head cap screws/bolts in grade 8 steel with black oxide finish - covering Santa Ana, Orange County, Los Angeles, San Diego, Inland Empire, California, United States, and Mexico

This is a special 10-32 X .590 socket head cap screw made in the USA using Grade 8 steel with black oxide finish.  It is a part we have supplied for many years on a blanket as-released purchase order basis, typically holding 6-12 months of supply at all times to allow for maximum flexibility to our customer.

Tuesday, May 10, 2016

Special 8-18 Partially Threaded Machine Screw With Tapered Point

Special/custom 8-18 X 1.1" phillips pan head machine screw to print in 18-8 stainless steel - Engineered Source is a supplier and distributor of special machine screws in stainless steel - covering Santa Ana, Orange County, Los Angeles, Inland Empire, San Diego, California, United States, Mexico

This is a special partially threaded machine screw supplied to our customer at 30,000 pieces.  The part is made using 18-8 stainless steel and is slightly tapered at the point to allow for faster use in the customer's application.  The head is a slightly off-standard pan head with a phillips drive.  Parts are made in the United States.

Friday, May 6, 2016

Special Slotted Fillister Head Machine Screw In 18-8 Stainless Steel

special slotted fillister machine screw in stainless steel - Engineered Source is a supplier and distributor of stainless special/custom fillister head machine screws - serving Santa Ana, Orange County, Los Angeles, San Diego, Inland Empire, California, United States, Mexico

This is a special 2-56 X .625 inch slotted fillister machine screw in 18-8 stainless steel material, made in the USA at a relatively small quantity batch of 500 pieces.  Parts are provided to our aerospace customer with a AS9102 compliant First Article Inspection Report (FAIR) and a number of required certificates.

Friday, April 29, 2016

Special Dowel Pin to Print In 303 Stainless Steel

Special/custom 3/16 X 7/16 dowel pin in 303 stainless steel - Engineered Source is a supplier and distributor of special dowel pins in stainless steel - serving Santa Ana, Orange County, Los Angeles, Inland Empire, San Diego, California, United States, Mexico

We supply a wide range of special pins in materials varying from PVDF to 303 stainless steel like these special to print 3/16 X 7/16 dowel pins.  This pin has been provided to our customer using the same trusted factory for over five years.

Wednesday, April 27, 2016

Special Leveling Threaded Feet With A Rubber Base

special/custom leveling base screw/leg in steel zinc with rubber base - engineered source is a supplier and distributor of special and custom levelers, serving Santa Ana, Orange County, Los Angeles, Inland Empire, San Diego, California, United States

We supply our customers with a number of special to print and standard off the shelf levelers like this 1/4-20 threaded part measuring 1-1/2 inches in length and a 2-1/8 inch base diameter.  These levelers can be provided with a number of different materials, finishes, and specific options catering to the customer's project needs.  They are made in the USA and are currently supplied to our customer based on a blanket purchase basis.

Wednesday, April 20, 2016

Special PVDF 1/16 X .415 Micro Pin


special/custom 1/16 X .415 micro pvdf pin per print - Engineered Source is a supplier and distributor of special and custom pvdf pins like this 1/16 X .415, serving Santa Ana, Orange County, Los Angeles, San Diego, Inland Empire, California, United States, Mexico

We supply a number of PVDF pin parts like this 1/16 X .415 version to a customer that deals largely with water treatment applications.  Together with a variety of other special hardware parts we supply this special pin on an annual blanket as-released purchase order basis.  We try to maintain a minimum 6 month supply to provide our customer optimal flexibility.

Special 10-16 X 1/2 Phil Pan Hi-Lo In 316 Stainless Steel, Chrome Plated

Special/custom 10-16 X 1/2 phillips pan hi-lo screw in 316 stainless steel chrome plated - engineered source is a supplier and distributor of special import and domestic hi-lo parts in 316 stainless steel - serving Santa Ana, Orange County, Los Angeles, San Diego, Inland Empire, California, United States, Mexico

These parts are manufactured overseas and supplied to our customer on a blanket as-released purchase order basis.  We originally supplied this 10 X 1/2 phil pan hi-lo in plain 316 stainless steel material but at some point our customer needed additional corrosion resistance in their application.  At that point we had our inventory supply barrel plated to the pictured chrome finish and all future imported parts would come in already chrome plated.  Domestic chrome finish, whether barrel plated or individually racked, typically has a much brighter finish than the finish found on large volume imported parts.

Friday, April 15, 2016

Special 1/4-28 Hex Nut With No Chamfer

Special 1/4-28 hex nut with no chamfer in steel zinc - Engineered Source is a supplier of import special and custom hex nuts - covering Santa Ana, Orange County, Los Angeles, Inland Empire, San Diego, California, United States, Mexico

We supply a long time customer with a few different sizes of this same type of special hex nut in steel zinc.  Their application requires plastic molding that requires minimal or no chamfer on the hex nuts used in order to keep the plastic material from flowing into critical parts of the assembly.  Since large quantities (over 500,000 pieces) are involved we work with factories in Taiwan and China to manufacture the parts.  We then stock approximately 12 months' usage at a time and release to our customer on as-needed basis.

Special 1/72 Hex Machine Screw Nut In 303 Stainless Steel

Special custom 1/72 hex machine screw nut in 303 stainless steel, passivated - Engineered Source is a supplier and distributor of special and custom hex nuts in stainless steel - covering Santa Ana, Orange County, Los Angeles, Inland Empire, San Diego, California, United States, Mexico

This is a tiny 1/72 hex machine screw nut we supply to our aerospace customer on a blanket purchase basis.  It is made using 303 stainless steel domestically in the United States and is supplied as passivated by the original manufacturer and separately as passivated by a NADCAP certified facility in Orange County.