Soft Tooling – is tooling required for CNC fabrication equipment such as the turret presses and press brakes. This tooling is interchangeable between parts and between customers so it is the property of K-Tek. This type of tooling is extremely versatile and is a good option for prototype or low volume builds. Parts that have unique shapes may have special tooling requirements. In these rare instances the customer would bear the cost of tooling. The laser is available for unique shapes as an option that requires no tooling.

Turret Presses – used for blanking and piercing of prototype or low volume production parts. Our newest unit has sophisticated forming capability for small features. Material thickness maximum is .140”.

Laser – used for cutting of prototype or low volume parts with contours or other special features. Material thickness maximum is .125”. There is rarely a tooling cost with this operation.

CNC Press Brakes – used for forming operations. We also use punch presses to form using short run tooling, therefore we use fewer press brakes than our competitors do for the same work load.