About Us - SFS Carbide Inc

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Precision Carbide Cutting Tools

WHAT IS SFS CARBIDE?

Custom tooling and Post-sales Support for all our customers is a top priority at SFS Carbide Tool Company Inc. We pride ourselves in providing industrial machine tooling solutions, since 1921, to a variety of manufacturers and job shops from our Michigan Headquarters. Because of meeting your needs our business continues to grow!

Our vision is to make the name SFS Carbide Tool Co. synonymous with the phrase “easy to do business with” making us a leader in manufacturing “application specific” solid carbide cutting tools since 1921. We worked side by side with the world’s leading flatbed plotter manufacturers to develop this unique series of vinyl cutter knife blades. For high speed machining of hardened metals or when you need only the best cutting tools, think of one name: SFS Carbide Tool Company.

OUR HISTORY

Over 90 years ago we were established in Detroit Michigan by Heller Brothers File Company of Ohio to service the automotive, aircraft and light or heavy manufacturing industry in re-sharpening metal working hand files. Detroit was picked because it was the central manufacturing hub for the “Big Three” automotive production plants with support of other manufacturers including Tool & Die, Die and Mold, and General Machining.

As the USA manufacturing industry expanded and adopted new technologies so did SFS Carbide Tool. In the early 1950’s, we expanded into making machining cutting tools for the automotive and aircraft industry. These included not only the “Big Three” and their tier auto parts manufacturing suppliers, but also the “Aero Space” and ever expanding airplane manufacturing industries.

A new company named “MISCO” (Michigan Investment Steel Casting Company) was started in Detroit and has continued to expand alongside SFS Carbide Tool for over nine decades. We continue to service the tooling needs of major companies in the Aircraft, Automotive, Precision Machining, Graphics signage, NASCAR and performance engine building industries worldwide.

WHAT DO WE DO?

We manufacture a variety of taper tools with small tip diameters and various degrees of taper to open air way passages on trailing edges of turbine blades and vanes. The tip diameters could be as small as 0.010. Special end mills with special geometry are also used for CNC machining jobs.

We make carbide burrs, end mills, drills, step drills, reamers, and multi-diameter step tools, both solid and coolant fed. Please provide us with a blueprint or detail sketch to quote your requirements. A complete resharpening service is also available. We can sharpen dull cutters regardless of the manufacturer. This is an excellent and efficient way to get new tool performance at a fraction of the cost.

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

SFS Carbide Tool, Inc. is completely dedicated to producing the finest quality solid carbide cutting and machining tools at a competitive price. Another primary goal is to help reduce your overall tooling costs. Leverage our 90 years experience manufacturing tooling to meet or exceed our customers’ expectations with respect to quality, cost and delivery.

The Right Tool for the Job Does Make a Difference

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We use all the latest CNC manufacturing and finishing equipment to produce short and long runs to the exacting requirements of our clients. Our mission is to meet and exceed the quality and accuracy demanded of your precision cutting tools so we in turn earn your repeat business. We encourage you to get a quick quote from us on stock purchases or custom tool making jobs.

We provide manufacturing to exact specifications.
Products are inspected multiple times during the production process to ensure consistency and product integrity.
All products are produced to extend tool life by using only the highest quality materials to enhance their performance at our Michigan plant for all machining applications.
Automotive CNC Blueprinting of cylinder heads and other High-Performance engine block finishing requires special cutting and polishing tools. The term "blueprinting" describes machining an engine block to exact factory specifications. The block must be bored and all the deck surfaces milled according to the crankshaft centerline. SFS excels in making the tooling for automotive, aviation and motorcycle engine building applications.
Our 90 years of experience, as a precision metalworking toolmaker and manufacturer, is matched only by our willingness to take on tooling jobs ignored by our competition.

Since 1921, SFS has supplied a wide range of cutting tools to a diversified number of industries worldwide. Specialty tool and die shops and machinery manufacturers have come to us through the years for custom tool making projects. In year 2000, SFS introduced it’s line of Sidewinder Vinyl Blades to meet the needs of the signage industry that required ultra sharp durable cutting tools to slice through a wide variety of vinyl sign material. Currently our Carbide tipped routing, milling and finishing tools have been used by major Hi-performance engine builders furnishing NASCAR and other auto racing applications. SFS provides engine cylinder head finishing tools accurate to a millionth of an inch.