Facilities List
With over 25 years of experience, Tamshell has built a reputation as the acknowledged leader in the precision machining of advanced-engineered polymers. Today Tamshell is also carving a reputation in the design and manufacturing of Spring Energized and PTFE Rotary Lip Seals. Tamshell is centrally located in Southern California in a manufacturing facility of over 20,000 square feet. Tamshell also maintains a temperature controlled environment, to ensure high quality machined parts. Please call us with any plastic application you might have.
| CNC Mills: |
Support Equipment: | ||||||
| Capabilities 50" x 20" x 20" | 3 | HAAS Rotary Programmable Table | |||||
| 4th and 5th Axis Capabilities | 3 | HAAS 5C Programmable Changer | |||||
| 4 | HAAS VF4 Milling Centers | 3 | Vacuum Fixtures | ||||
| 3 | HAAS VF2 Milling Centers | ||||||
| 1 | HAAS GR - 510 Gantry Mill/Router | ||||||
| (60" x 120" x 7" Router Capability) | |||||||
| 3 | HAAS Mini Mills | ||||||
| Conventional Mills: | Support Equipment: | ||||||
| Capabilities 30" x 12" x 16" | 2 | 8" x 36" Digital Read out and Power Feed | |||||
| 1 | Tree M17 Milling Machine | 1 | 8 1/2" x 29" Digital Read out and Power Feed | ||||
| 6 | Bridgeport Mills | 4 | 9" x 42" Digital Read out and Power Feed | ||||
| 2 | Nichols Mill Horizontal Mills | ||||||
| CNC Lathes: |
Conventional Lathes: | ||||||
| Capabilities from 1/16 " to 8" | Capabilities from 1/64" to 24" | ||||||
| 3 | HAAS CNC Lathes (L&S Multiple Bar Loaders) | 2 | Morton Lathes | ||||
| 6 | MORI SEIKI CNC Lathes | 3 | Jet Lathes with Digital Readout | ||||
| 2 | MORI SEIKI CNC Lathes (3 axis & live tooling) | 3 | Levin Jewelers Lathes | ||||
| 2 | HAAS CNC Lathe (3-Axis & Live Tooling) | 1 | Boyar Shultz Chucker Lathe | ||||
| 1 | Acra Turn 1320 Lathe | ||||||
| Automatic Screw / CNC Swiss Machine Department: | |||||||
| Capabilities from 1/32" up to 2 3/8" | |||||||
| 3 Citizen CNC Swiss Screw Machine (.062 - .787 diameter) | |||||||
| 5 Traub Machines with Longitudinal Threading and 5 Tool Position | |||||||
| Inspection Equipment: | |||||||
| 1 | Sheffield CMM (Coordinate Measuring Machine) | 2 | 18" x 24" Granite Surface Plates | ||||
| 3 | Sheer Tumico Optical Comparator | 1 | 40X Microscope | ||||
| 2 | Starret HB 350 Digital Comparator (Fiber Optic) | 1 | 10X - 30X Microscope | ||||
| 1 | ST Industries Metronics Comparator | ||||||
| Note: In some cases much larger components can be manufactured than what is listed above. Please call with any plastic machining applications. | |||||||

