Carlson Tool & Manufacturing – Who We Are

Carlson Tool & Manufacturing is an ISO certified and ITAR registered manufacturing company serving customers with engineering, tooling, drilling, and machining services. Located in Cedarburg, Wisconsin, we support your growth by providing the services you depend on for enhanced profitability and market agility. At Carlson, our goal is to act as an extension of your team and be as valuable as your top employees. If growth is your goal, count on Carlson to help you achieve it. To learn more about Carlson, use the top navigation or tabs below to view our services.

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Tooling

We design, manufacture and service tooling.

Carlson Tool has grown with our customers in size and ability over the years and it’s this flexibility that maintains our competitive edge. Service areas include: Plastic injection molds, engineering, contract measurement & mold service.

Tool Design & Engineering
Tool Manufacturing, Tryout & Validation
Tool Refurbishment & Repair
EDM

Drilling

Round parts, square parts & everything in between – we drill it all!

As the largest contract drilling company in America, we’ve earned our reputation one customer at a time. Our exceptional depth and breadth of drilling services means our customers can count on us as the one source for all their drilling needs. No matter what size the job, Carlson delivers exceptional quality and service – faster and less expensively – each and every time.

Hole sizes from 0.055″ up to 14.75″ in diameter
Depths of up to 20′
Gundrilling and Deep Hole drilling

Honing

If precision is your goal, depend on Carlson to meet your Honing needs.

You might have already heard about Carlson’s expertise in deep hole drilling and gundrilling, but we’re also an expert in honing processes. We can achieve tolerances as tight as +/- 0.0005″, finishes as fine as 4Ra, depths of up to 20 feet and diameters as large as 20″.

Tolerances as tight as +/- 0.0005″
Hole diameters up to 20″ at depths up to 20′
Finishes as fine as 4Ra

Machining

The Industry’s Most Comprehensive Set of Precision Machining Services.

Carlson blends quality with speed to lead the market in precision machining. We provide the highest quality customized machining services available that utilize our efficient, flexible, state of the art machining centers. We’ve got what you need – Horizontal CNCs, Vertical CNCs, CNC Lathes, and all other necessary supporting equipment And, we’re always expanding and upgrading to ensure no matter what your specific needs, Carlson will deliver exactly what you’re looking for.

Turning
Milling

Inspection

At Carlson, quality isn’t our goal, it’s our standard.

Carlson has a mature ISO 9000 quality system that assures your requirements are clearly defined and understood. We are committed to meet and exceed your requirements the first time, on-time, every time. This is why Carlson has a full-service metrology lab with a full complement of measuring devices including 5 CMM Machines.

Touch Probe Measurement
Laser Scanning
Reverse Engineering & more…

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