TCI Precision Metals has announced support for lights out manufacturing with close tolerance materials that are said to be Machine-Ready for Production (MRP) Guaranteed.According to TCI, MRP Blanks are custom made to order and eliminate the need for in-house sawing, grinding, flattening, squaring operations and outside processing. Each blank is said to arrive deburred, clean and to the customer’s net specifications as close as ±.0005" dimensionally and as close as .002" flatness, squareness and parallelism.TCI says shops can choose from four different types of MRP Blanks to best suit their machining centers and established processes:“MRP Blanks are consistent part-to-part and suitable for lights-on, human interaction, lights-off robotic handling or anywhere in between,” says Ben Belzer, president of TCI Precision Metals. “Shops are reporting increases in throughput of 25% and more using MRP Blanks. It really comes down to improving both productivity and quality, lights-on or lights-out.”Orders can be delivered all at once or in time to match customer production schedules.