Detroit Edge Tool Company - leading supplier of machine knives, ways, rails,scap shear blades, wear plates and flame hardening services

Recently DETCO was contacted by a California architecture company with a very unique request. The company had received a contract to build an extravagant mausoleum large enough for 2 very wealthy people. The material to be used was titanium, the toughest, most durable steel known to man.

Because of DETCO’s large, sophisticated equipment and expertise it received the contract to machine and grind the doors and frames, windows and frames, and attic grate, to be assembled into the mausoleum, on site. The material was furnished by the customer and DETCO manufactured the parts in accordance with architectural and engineering drawings. The door assembly alone was approximately 14’ high x 10’ wide and weighed over 8,000 lbs. Due to the nature of the material, DETCO spent many months machining and grinding the components. DETCO personnel had worked with small titanium parts in the past, but had no experience with components of this size. The movement caused by the density, toughness and hardness of this non-magnetic material presented a difficult challenge to DETCO and it’s tooling suppliers. After much trial and error, the process was mastered and the parts were shipped via two flatbed trucks across the country.

DETCO now has the expertise of machining and grinding titanium material and is confidentially searching for work in the titanium field. However, DETCO is not limited to mausoleum parts.