Raw materials provide the starting point for manufacturing custom components, tools, and mechanical assemblies. The shape, size, and material of the stock selected can influence machining efficiency, finished-part properties, and the range of applications that can be achieved.
Bar stock is available in several profiles, each suited to different manufacturing requirements. Hexagonal, square, and round profiles can be cut, turned, milled, drilled, or otherwise machined into finished components.
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This resource introduces common raw material products and explores how they are used in manufacturing and fabrication.
Hex Bar Stock
Hex bar stock is metal stock with a six-sided cross-section. Its shape provides six flat surfaces that can be used directly for gripping, indexing, or machining, making it a practical starting material for a variety of components. Common applications:
Machined Fasteners & Hardware
Hex stock can be machined into nuts, spacers, fittings, and other components where a six-sided profile is advantageous.
Fittings & Adapters
The flat sides provide convenient wrenching surfaces for components such as threaded fittings and adapters.
Custom Components
Hex bar can be turned, drilled, tapped, or milled to produce custom mechanical parts and prototypes.
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Keystock
Metal bar stock commonly used to create keys that transmit rotational force between a shaft and a mounted component. A key fits into matching keyways machined into the shaft and component, helping prevent relative rotation.
Shaft & Hub Assemblies
Used to connect gears, pulleys, sprockets, and other rotating components to shafts.
Power Transmission
Keys help transfer torque from a shaft to a mounted component without relying solely on friction.
Custom Machine Components
Keystock can be cut to length and machined as needed for custom shaft and hub assemblies.
Round Bar Stock
Cylindrical metal stock used extensively as a starting material for turned, drilled, threaded, and machined components. Its geometry makes it particularly well suited to CNC turning and other rotational machining processes.
Shafts & Pins
Round stock can be machined into shafts, axles, dowel pins, spacers, and other cylindrical components.
Bushings & Fittings
Can be drilled, bored, threaded, and turned to produce precision bushings, adapters, fittings, and similar components.
Custom Machined Parts
Provides a versatile starting point for prototypes, replacement components, and production parts manufactured to specific dimensions.
