The concept of metalworking: It involves taking raw materials... (Stainless steel, copper, aluminum, iron, and more...) Using lathes, milling machines, drilling machines, polishing equipment, and other machinery, we process parts according to customer drawings or samples into a wide variety of components, such as screws, motor shafts, model car parts, and fishing tackle accessories.

Hardware processing workflow: First, materials are cut according to production requirements. Once the materials are cut, smaller components can be fed into a punching machine for stamping or milling operations. CNC machining is widely used in the production of eyewear accessories and automotive parts. As for container manufacturing, after cutting and punching the materials on a press brake, we proceed with welding, followed by sandblasting, then painting, and finally assembling the components before shipping. For smaller components, additional surface treatments such as polishing, electroplating, or painting are required. After that, they’re welded, screwed together, packaged, and ready for shipment.

The methods of metalworking include turning, milling, planing, grinding, filing, stamping, and casting.

Stamping: Stamping is a cold-forming process carried out using a press and pre-made dies. It’s primarily used for sheet-metal processing—most of the materials involved are sheet metals—and boasts high processing efficiency, making it well-suited for mass production. The stamping process can be categorized into two types: progressive dies and single-stroke dies. A single-stroke die, also known as an engineering die, may require several sets of dies when producing particularly complex parts. In contrast, a progressive die divides the product’s shape into several separate sections within a single die cavity; thus, each stroke of the press produces one finished part. High-speed progressive presses can produce three to four hundred parts per minute.

Lathe: A lathe is a precision machining tool, categorized into conventional lathes, automatic lathes, precision instrument lathes, and CNC lathes. It operates by clamping the workpiece and rotating it while a cutting tool performs radial or axial machining operations. Nowadays, automatic lathes and CNC lathes are becoming increasingly widespread. Both types offer fully automated processing, minimizing accuracy errors caused by human intervention to the lowest possible level. Moreover, they feature high machining speeds, making them ideal for mass production. Most modern CNC lathes are equipped with both side-turning tools and back-turning tools, meaning that milling operations can also be performed on the lathe. The surface roughness achievable with a lathe typically falls within the range of... Ra0.4–1.6.

Hardware used to be a collective term for five metallic materials: gold, silver, copper, iron, and tin.

Today, hardware products are generally divided into two major categories: large hardware and small hardware.

Large hardware generally refers to metal sheets, pipes, profiles, bars, and wires.

Small hardware primarily includes coated sheet materials (such as tinplate), coated wire products (such as iron wire), various small standard parts (such as fastening screws), non-standard parts (such as wood screws), and a variety of small tools (such as screwdrivers), and so forth.