A division of Legget and Platt Canada Co. Progress through engineering and design

Capabilities

Learn about Northfield's varying capabilities

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Northfield Metal Products is an industry leader through engineering and design.

Manufacturing Capabilities

Press Department

64 presses ranging from 70-600ton with manual and progressive coil feed systems.

Tube Bending

Multi-Axis CNC tube bending capability.

Welding Department

12 Auto-Robotic and 9 Manual welding stations.

Plastic Injection Molding

36 injection molding machines ranging from 55 to 730 ton capacity (2 to 130 ounce shot size).  A variety of engineered resins are utilized on our product as well custom injection molded parts from the automotive, agricultural, electrical, medical, and household sectors.

Manual Production Assembly

Sub and full manual assembly capability from low to high volumes.

Electrostatic Powder Coat Lines

2 electrostatic powder coat paint lines capable of painting a variety of colours.

Maintenance Department

Full equipment design and re-build capability.

Engineering Resources

Solid Works Screen Shot Design and Development

Solid Works screen shot Design and Development. In-house design engineers utilize Solidworks 3D design software. 

Reverse Engineering

In-house Faro Laser Arm Scanner utilizing Geo Magic software.  The unit is portable allowing us to scan dies and molds in the shop in order to recreate tooling.  As well, it allows us to scan existing product to recreate surface data and move it into Solidworks for part editing.

3D Printers

In-house rapid prototyping capabilities in an ABS resin for part design and approval purposes.

R&D

R&D Technicians with strong product and market knowledge are able to assist customers in the design and development of new products as well as provide aid in resolving product related issues.

Test Lab

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Our in-house test lab has a vast array of testing equipment capable of testing to the latest BIFMA standards, as well as European standards.

 

Tool Room

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Tool / mold makers operate within a modern tool shop with  build capabilities.  Our machinery ranges from conventional mills, lathes, and surface preparation equipment to the latest in CNC mills (Mastercam 10), plunge EDM and Wire EDM’s.

Partnered Services

Screw Machine Photo

  • SLS Rapid Prototyping
  • Water Jet Cutting
  • Laser Cutting
  • FEA and Flow analysis for Molds
  • Mold and Die Design
  • CNC Tube / Wire Bending