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If it's a metal part in an electronic system, we've probably made one.
Brackets, stampings, and hard-to-find geometries for OEM electronics engineered to your drawing at ±0.05 mm, inspected in Mesa, Arizona before release. 15,000+ unique designs across three decades, same family, same standard, since 1994.
Every section below includes the real specifications — materials, thicknesses, tolerances, minimums, lead times. No form required to see them.
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MATERIALS
SPCC · CRS · 304/316 SS
Aluminum · Brass · Beryllium copper
STANDARD TOLERANCE
±0.05 mm
Tighter on request, dimensionally verified
VOLUMNE RANGE
100 – 250,000+
Prototype runs through full production
QUOTE TURNAROUND
48 Hours
Every drawing, every time · lead time quoted with it
CAPABILITY 01 / 05
PCI & I/O Brackets
Full-height and low-profile brackets for every common connector geometry and most of the uncommon ones. Stocked configurations ship in days; modifications quoted in 48 hours.
Our standard catalog covers 200+ configurations refined across three decades of OEM work, from the most-requested DB9 cutout to dual HDMI, security lock slots, and ventilation patterns. In practice that means there's a good chance your connector is already tooled and a part that's already tooled is a part you don't pay to tool.
USB Type-A, Type-C panel mount
FORM FACTORS
MINIMUM ORDER
HDMI, Mini-HDMI, Dual HDMI
DVI-I, DVI-D single & dual link
VGA / D-Sub 15
DB9, DB15, DB25 serial
BNC, RCA, audio jacks
Security & Kensington slots
Vent patterns & blank covers
Full-Height (4.525”)
100 pieces standard configurations · 250 for modified
Low-Profile (3.118”)
Custom Heights
STANDARD MATERIAL
SPCC cold-rolled steel, 0.80 mm thickness
STANDARD FINISH
Nickel plating · Zinc plating · Black oxide · Bare
MOUNTING BEND
2.5° / 5° standard · Custom angles available
TOLERANCE
±0.05 mm dimensional · ±0.5° angular
CAPABILITY 02 / 05
Custom Brackets from your drawings.
15,000+ unique designs delivered across three decades. Send a drawing → PDF, STEP, DWG, or hand sketch. We'll engineer to your exact tolerances, materials, and finishes.
Every quote comes back with design for manufacturability feedback: tolerances that will be expensive to hold, a bend radius that will crack the finish, a feature that's cheaper to pierce than to machine. You get that before tooling which is the difference between a revision and a scrapped die.
Custom doesn't mean expensive or slow. It means your bracket fits your hardware, ships on your timeline, and arrives at the tolerance your application demands. We've engineered for broadcast signal chassis, medical imaging enclosures, industrial control panels, and obsolete instrumentation rebuilds.
ACCEPTED FILE FORMATS
VOLUME SWEET SPOT
CAD
STEP / STP
250 – 10,000 pieces · Higher volumes quoted with progressive tooling
IGES
Hand Sketch
QUOTE TURNAROUND
48 hours · Same-day for in-spec inquiries
DFM REVIEW
Included on every quote · Tolerance, material, manufacturability feedback before tooling
TOLERANCE CAPABILITY
±0.05 mm standard · ±0.025 mm with secondary operations
PROTOTYPE LEAD TIME
2–4 weeks first article · 4–6 weeks with tooling modifications
DWG / DXF
CAPABILITY 03 / 05
Metal Stampings.
Precision stamped components for OEM electronics, enclosures, EMI shielding, contact springs, and mechanical assemblies. Brackets are our reputation, but stampings are our craft.
Three decades of progressive die work across ferrous and non-ferrous materials. We manage the full lifecycle concept review, tool design, first-article approval, production, plating, and packaging and we own every handoff in it. Your stampings are produced by our manufacturing partner in Taiwan, inspected against your drawing at our Mesa facility, and released to you from Arizona.
EMI/RFI shielding
MATERIALS
VOLUME SWEET SPOT
Contact springs & clips
Chassis components
Heat sink plates
Mounting hardware
Connector frames
Battery contacts
Custom enclosure parts
SPCC CRS
304/316 SS
100 – 25,000+ parts ·
Long-running production programs welcome
Aluminum 5052/6061
Brass C260
Beryllium copper
Phosphor bronze
MATERIAL THICKNESS
0.20 mm – 3.0 mm (0.008" – 0.118")
FINISHES
Nickel · Zinc · Tin · Gold flash · Black oxide · Powder coat · Passivation
OPERATIONS
Blanking · Piercing · Forming · Drawing · Coining · Bending · Tapping
PRESS CAPACITY
Up to 110-ton progressive · 60-ton single-stage
CAPABILITY 02 / 04
Legacy & Hard-to-Find Parts.
We’ve been doing this a long time and have seen the rise and fall of different styles and specifications. If you’re looking for discontinued bracket geometries, obsolete connector cutouts, ISA brackets, single-geometry runs for products still in service, or a part you can't find anymore, odds are we’ve probably already tooled it in the past. Reach out to see if we still have the part or tooling you’re looking for.
We’ve seen how legacy parts are a real problem in this industry. OEMs supporting long-lifecycle products like medical equipment, industrial controls, broadcast infrastructure, test instrumentation. These industries often need one bracket geometry that stopped shipping fifteen years ago. The work needs a shop with the old dies still on the shelf.
We've made brackets through seven generations of computer hardware, and the tooling, drawings, and knowledge that went with them are still here. If we built your part once, we can likely build it again from the original geometry and if we didn't, we'll work from a sample, a drawing, or a photo with measurements to get you there.
TYPICAL PROJECTS
Legacy Computer Builds · Vintage PC restorations · Industrial automation retrofits · Medical equipment service · Broadcast legacy systems · Instrumentation rebuilds
REVERSE-ENGINEERING
Discontinued connector cutouts · Obsolete form factors · Replacement parts from a sample · Long-lifecycle program support
MINIMUM QUANTITIES
From sample, drawing, or photo with measurements · We confirm dimensions before quoting
LEAD TIME
5–6 weeks · Depends on tooling availability and material sourcing.
COMMON APPLICATIONS
Usually a minimum of 100pcs. Sometimes with legacy brackets minimum can be lower than standard for some configurations. Ask us first with the part in hand.
/ / 05 / HOW YOUR PART GETS MADE
Five steps, and we own every handoff between them.
Since 1994, HAPCO has built brackets and metal stampings through the same two overseas partners. More than 30 years later our relationship with our manufacturing partners is as steady as ever. For our buyers this means two main things. Your price reflects overseas production and you buy from a US Vendor of Record with a W-9 on file.
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MESA, AZ
DFM review
Your drawing is reviewed before it's quoted. Tolerance risk, material choice, and forming sequence flagged in writing in your time zone, within 48 hours.
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MESA + PARTNER
Tool design & build
Dies are engineered for your geometry and built at the production facility. The tool is yours, held on file, and used only for your orders.
/ / WHAT HAPPENS IN MESA
Engineering & DFM review
Design-for-manufacturability feedback on every quote before tooling, not after.
Inbound inspection
Dimensional verification against your drawing, documented, on every shipment.
First-article approval
Coordinated and signed off before any production run proceeds.
Inventory & fulfillment
Blanket orders, scheduled releases, and VMI. We ship when you need it.
Your account
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PARTNER FACILITY
First article
Nothing runs production until you've signed off on a verified first article measured against your drawing.
Quotes, revisions, expedites, and problems — one team, US business hours.
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CHINA · TAIWAN
Production
Brackets in China, stampings in Taiwan, plating and finishing applied to your specification. Same partners since 1994.
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MESA, AZ
Inspection & release
Every shipment is inspected against your spec after US arrival and before release. A bad lot is inventory we've already paid for.
/ / WHAT OUR PARTNERS RUN
Progressive & single-stage presses
Up to 110-ton progressive capacity; single-stage tooling for prototypes and low-volume runs.
Tool & die shop
Custom dies built for your geometry, maintained across the life of the program.
Plating & finishing
CRS, nickel, zinc, tin, black oxide, powder coat, passivation certified on request.
In-process QC
Dimensional checks at production stages, with documentation available to you.
Thirty years of relationship
Not a vendor we found last quarter. You inherit the vetting.
Country of origin: brackets are manufactured in China, metal stampings in Taiwan. Final inspection, finishing, and fulfillment take place in Mesa, Arizona. Parts are non-US origin and are not suitable for Made-in-USA, Buy American, TAA, or ITAR-controlled requirements.
Not sure which capability fits? Send the drawing.
If it's a metal part for an electronic system, it's probably in our wheelhouse. You'll get pricing, lead time, and DFM feedback within 48 hours.