Sharp Tooling Co

Sharp Tooling Company is a Buffalo-area industrial machine shop specializing in precision machining, custom tooling, tool and die services, engineering support, inspection, and production-critical tooling solutions.

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Sharp Tooling Company

Industry: Precision Machining | Tool & Die | Custom Tooling | CNC Machining | Production-Critical Tooling

Sharp Tooling Company is a Buffalo-area industrial machine shop specializing in precision machining, custom tooling, tool and die services, engineering support, inspection, and production-critical tooling solutions. Founded in 1959, the company supports manufacturers with custom parts and tooling from design and prototyping through machining, inspection, reconditioning, and ongoing supply-chain support. Sharp Tooling operates nearly 42 pieces of equipment and offers more than 15 machining and related services.

Core Capabilities

• CNC turning and lathe work, including live tooling
• CNC and manual milling
• Wire EDM
• Sinker EDM
• Surface grinding
• Cylindrical grinding
• Jig grinding
• Honing
• CAD/CAM and 2D/3D modeling
• Tool and part design/redesign
• Prototyping and short-run production
• Tool & die design, manufacturing and repair
• Progressive, forming, blanking and compound dies
• Reverse engineering
• Laser etching and marking
• Sawing and precision metal cutting
• In-house quality inspection and dimensional verification

Equipment & Capacity

Sharp Tooling maintains a diversified equipment base of approximately 42 machines, allowing multiple stages of a project to be completed internally and helping reduce lead times and dependence on outside processing. Equipment includes CNC turning centers, CNC vertical mills, surface and cylindrical grinders, jig grinders, submerged wire EDM, sinker EDM, CAD/CAM systems, laser marking equipment and advanced inspection systems.

Notable capabilities include a DMG Mori NLX 2500/700 high-precision CNC lathe with live tooling, capable of turning diameters up to 21 inches and holding tolerances as tight as ±0.0001". Milling capabilities accommodate travels up to approximately 40" × 20" × 20", while Wire EDM can accommodate workpieces up to approximately 47.2" × 27.6" × 15.8".

Materials

Sharp Tooling works with a variety of materials, including:

Tool steels | Hardened steels | Aluminum | Carbide | Stainless steel | Plastics | Rubber | Titanium and other specialty materials, depending on the machining process.

Tool & Die Capabilities

Sharp Tooling provides new tooling as well as maintenance and repair for existing dies. Services include die design, CAD modeling, new die creation, first-hit sample parts, component replacement, reverse engineering, sharpening, reconditioning, partial and complete die repair, and die-efficiency reviews.

Quality & Inspection

In-house inspection capabilities support dimensional verification, reverse engineering, targeted rework and quality control. Inspection equipment includes an optical and 3D multi-sensor measurement system with accuracy up to 2 µm, Rockwell hardness testing, Micro-Hite gauging, profilometry and optical comparison.

Additional Managed Services

Through its supplier network, Sharp Tooling can also coordinate:

Heat treating | Black oxide coating | Plating | Welding | Lapping | Laser cutting | Waterjet cutting | Centerless/OD grinding | 3D printing

Industries Served

Sharp Tooling supports manufacturers across numerous sectors, including aerospace, automotive, machinery manufacturing, fabricated metal products, tool & die, packaging, plastics, food manufacturing, chemical processing, thermal/heat-transfer, textile and saw/blade manufacturing.

Production & Supply Chain Support

The company's Sharp Tooling Program provides an ongoing solution for production-critical and perishable tooling. Sharp Tooling can maintain semi-finished inventory to reduce lead times while providing set pricing, controlled inventory costs and more reliable delivery. Program tooling can include punches, dies, blades, slitters, scrapers, crimp wheels, installation tools and form tools.

Best Fit For: Manufacturers seeking close-tolerance machined components, custom tooling, replacement tooling, tool and die repair, reverse engineering, low-volume precision parts, production-critical tooling, rapid tooling replacement, or an ongoing tooling supply program.

Sharp Tooling Company