FULCRUM ENGINEERING
SANAND GIDC · AHMEDABAD · GUJARAT · INDIA
EOAT DIVISION
MFG DIVISION
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FULCRUM
PRECISION ENGINEERING · GUJARAT · INDIA · EST. 2026
BUILT TO BUILD INDIA
Two divisions. One commitment. Precision CNC machining for complex parts — and precision EOAT hardware for automation — both from E/545, Sanand GIDC, Ahmedabad.
±2μm
CMM ACCURACY
±0.01mm
VMC TOLERANCE
28 SKUs
EOAT IN STOCK
24h
QUOTE TURNAROUND
PRECISION CNC MACHINING · VMC / LATHE / BORING
PNEUMATIC GRIPPERS · HIGH STOCK · SANAND GIDC
CMM INSPECTION · ±2μm · FULL GD&T REPORTS
ELECTRIC SERVO GRIPPERS · COBOT COMPATIBLE
ALUMINIUM · STEEL · SS · BRASS · ALL GRADES
VACUUM SYSTEMS · CUPS / GENERATORS / ARRAYS
UPLOAD CAD · GET QUOTE IN 24 HOURS
SANAND GIDC · AHMEDABAD · GUJARAT
PRECISION CNC MACHINING · VMC / LATHE / BORING
PNEUMATIC GRIPPERS · HIGH STOCK · SANAND GIDC
CMM INSPECTION · ±2μm · FULL GD&T REPORTS
ELECTRIC SERVO GRIPPERS · COBOT COMPATIBLE
ALUMINIUM · STEEL · SS · BRASS · ALL GRADES
VACUUM SYSTEMS · CUPS / GENERATORS / ARRAYS
UPLOAD CAD · GET QUOTE IN 24 HOURS
SANAND GIDC · AHMEDABAD · GUJARAT
MFG
DIVISION 01 · PRECISION MANUFACTURING
PRECISION
MACHINING
MACHINING
CNC turning, VMC milling, horizontal boring, and drilling for precision components. ±0.01mm tolerances. CMM-verified batch inspection, full GD&T reports included. Upload your CAD — quote in 24 hours. No minimum order.
EOAT
DIVISION 02 · PRECISION EOAT HARDWARE
PRECISION
EOAT HARDWARE
EOAT HARDWARE
Robotic grippers and vacuum systems — quality-sourced, India-stocked, integrator-priced. 40–60% below European brands, same-week dispatch from Sanand GIDC. Full technical support from qualified engineers, not sales staff.
WHY FULCRUM
LOCAL STOCK · FAST DISPATCH
No 8-week European lead times. Same-week dispatch from E/545, Sanand GIDC across Gujarat and pan-India. Critical spares available off-shelf the same day you call.
ENGINEER-OWNED & OPERATED
Founded by a Caterpillar Sr. Quality Engineer (UMass Amherst). We understand tolerance, GD&T, process capability, and failure modes — not just catalog numbers. Every recommendation is technical, not commercial.
INDIA-COMPETITIVE PRICING
40–60% below European EOAT brands. Competitive CNC machining rates with no minimum order. Transparent pricing with no hidden freight or documentation surcharges.
CMM-VERIFIED QUALITY
Every machined batch inspected on our CMM zone (±2μm). EOAT components tested against spec sheets before dispatch. Full dimensional reports and material certificates included.
SANAND GIDC ECOSYSTEM
Located in the same industrial corridor as Tata Motors EV, Bosch, Nestlé, and 500+ component manufacturers. When your line stops, we are 20 minutes away — not 20 days.
TECHNICAL DOCUMENTATION
Full datasheets, inspection reports, material certs, and GD&T dimensional reports included with every order. Traceable batch records. No undocumented or unverified supply.
PRECISION MANUFACTURING · DIVISION 01
PRECISION
MACHINING
CNC turning, VMC milling, boring, and drilling. ±0.01mm tolerances. CMM inspection on every batch with full GD&T reports. Upload your CAD file — quote in 24 hours.
STEP 01
Upload CAD
STEP, IGES, DXF, DWG, SolidWorks, Fusion 360, or PDF. 2D drawings also accepted.
STEP 02
Specify
Material, finish, tolerance class, quantity, and delivery date required.
STEP 03
Quote in 24h
Fulcrum engineers review for manufacturability and send detailed quotation within 24 working hours.
STEP 04
Production
CNC machining with full quality control and in-process inspection on all critical features.
STEP 05
CMM Delivery
CMM inspection report included. Parts dispatched with dimensional data and material certs.
CAPABILITIES
CNC Turning / Lathe
Ø 6mm – Ø 300mm · Length to 800mm · IT6 / ±0.01mm
Cylindrical components, shafts, bushings, flanges, and threaded parts. Internal and external features, taper turning, grooving, knurling. Multi-axis live tooling. Ideal for automotive shafts, pin gauges, bearing seats, hydraulic bodies.
Vertical Machining Centre (VMC)
600×400mm table · 3-axis + 4th-axis · ±0.005mm
Prismatic components, fixtures, plates, brackets, housings. Face milling, pocketing, contouring, drilling, tapping, boring. Full 3D CNC from CAD/CAM. Ideal for robot mounting plates, jig bodies, EOAT components, pneumatic manifolds.
Horizontal Boring & Drilling
Bore Ø 12–200mm · H6 fits · Jig boring ±0.005mm
Deep-hole boring, fine boring, reaming, precision drilling. Critical fit bores for bearings, bushings, and hydraulic assemblies. Line boring for large housings. Ideal for gearbox bodies, pump housings, structural weldments.
Thread Milling & Tapping
M3–M64 · BSP / NPT · Left / Right hand
CNC thread milling for through and blind holes. Standard metric, BSP, and NPT threads. Precision thread milling for hard materials where tapping is impractical. Used in hydraulic ports, pneumatic fittings, precision instrument bodies.
CMM Inspection & QA
±2μm accuracy · Full GD&T · PDF reports
100% dimensional inspection on precision batches. Full GD&T analysis — flatness, perpendicularity, true position, roundness, cylindricity, surface profiles. Reports issued as PDF with every batch. First Article Inspection (FAI) available.
Jig, Fixture & EOAT Fabrication
Custom workholding · Robot EOAT · One-off to batch
Custom machined jigs and fixtures, gripper jaw fingers, EOAT mounting plates, tool changer adapters, vacuum manifold bars. Designed in SolidWorks, machined on CNC, CMM-verified. One-off and batch quantities.
MATERIALS WE MACHINE
Aluminium
2024-T3 · 6061-T6 · 7075-T6
Lightweight EOAT parts, jigs, fixtures, housings. Excellent machinability and surface finish.
Mild & Alloy Steel
EN8 · EN24 · EN31 · EN19 · 42CrMo4
Shafts, gears, dies, high-strength tooling. Heat treatment coordination available.
Stainless Steel
SS304 · SS316 · SS316L
Food grade, pharma, corrosion-resistant. GMP-compliant surface finishes available.
Brass & Copper
CZ121 · CZ131 · C101/C110 Copper
Pneumatic fittings, valve bodies, electrical busbars, precision bushings.
Cast Iron
GG25 · SG Iron · Malleable
Machine beds, brackets, housing components. Vibration-damping applications.
Titanium / Specialty
Ti-6Al-4V · Inconel 718 · Hastelloy
Aerospace, defence, high-temp. Quote on request. Tooling surcharge applies.
TOLERANCE STANDARDS
| Process | Standard Tolerance | Precision Tolerance | Surface Finish (Ra) | Typical Applications |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CNC Turning | ±0.05mm (IT9) | ±0.01mm (IT6) | 0.8–3.2μm | Shafts, bushings, bearing seats |
| VMC Milling | ±0.05mm (IT9) | ±0.005mm (IT6) | 0.8–3.2μm | Plates, housings, EOAT bodies |
| Boring (Fine) | H7 (±0.025mm) | H6 (±0.013mm) | 0.4–1.6μm | Bearing housings, hydraulic bores |
| Drilling | ±0.1mm positional | ±0.02mm (jig) | 1.6–3.2μm | Hole patterns, fixture bases |
| CMM Inspection | ±2μm measurement accuracy · Full GD&T | — | All precision batches | |
WHY FULCRUM FOR MACHINING
FAST TURNAROUND
Standard parts: 5–10 working days. Rush: 2–3 days. Prototype to production with the same engineer reviewing your drawing both times.
NO MINIMUM ORDER
Single prototypes to batches of 1,000+. Same quality process for 1 part as for 500. Prototype pricing and production pricing both available upfront.
CMM INSPECTION REPORTS
Every precision batch ships with a CMM report — dimensional data, GD&T analysis, material certificate. First Article Inspection (FAI) available on request.
DFM REVIEW INCLUDED
Before we quote, our engineers review your CAD for manufacturability — tight radii, thin walls, conflicting tolerances. We flag issues before they become scrap.
UPLOAD YOUR CAD FILE
DROP CAD FILE HERE
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STEP · IGES · DXF · DWG · SolidWorks · Fusion 360 · PDF
STEP · IGES · DXF · DWG · SolidWorks · Fusion 360 · PDF
STEPIGESDXF
DWGSolidWorksFusion 360PDF
Check this if you have a verbal requirement, sketch, or sample part. Our engineer will call you within 2 hours.
DESIGN GUIDELINES
· Include material, finish, and tolerance callouts in file or notes· DXF: separate layers for cut lines and bend lines, 1:1 scale
· Multiple parts: separate files per part number preferred
· No raster images (PNG/JPG) — vector or 3D only
QUOTATION REQUEST
Your requirements will be emailed to our engineering team. Please attach your CAD file to the email that opens. We confirm receipt and provide a detailed quote within 24 working hours.
EOAT CATALOG · GJ-R1 SERIES
GRIPPERS &
VACUUM SYSTEMS
Precision grippers and vacuum systems — quality-sourced, India-stocked, integrator-priced. 40–60% below European brands. Request a bulk quote for integrator pricing.
OUR STORY / EST. 2026 · GUJARAT
BUILDING FOR INDIA
FROM INDIA
MISSION STATEMENT
To make precision manufacturing and automation hardware accessible to every Indian manufacturer — from the Fortune 500 plant to the SME unit two streets away from our factory.
01 / THE GAP
India's Automation Deficit
India has just 4–7 robots per 10,000 manufacturing workers. South Korea has 1,012. Germany has 415. Even the global average of 162 dwarfs India's installed base.
When an integrator needs a gripper, they wait 8–16 weeks for European import and pay ₹1,20,000 for a component that costs ₹40,000 landed from China, with zero local application support. When a manufacturer needs precision machined parts, they get unverified job shops with no CMM capability.
02 / THE FOUNDER
Built By An Engineer
Nilansh Shah studied Mechanical Engineering at the University of Massachusetts Amherst before joining Caterpillar Inc. as their youngest quality engineer hire — overseeing quality across 17 of 26 manufacturing departments, reducing defect rates by ~30%, and introducing 12+ production KPIs.
He returned to India with one conviction: the factories of Gujarat deserve the same precision tools and automation hardware as Stuttgart and Osaka — without the Stuttgart and Osaka price tags.
03 / TWO DIVISIONS
Manufacturing + EOAT
Fulcrum is structured around two complementary divisions. Precision Manufacturing builds technical credibility with manufacturers who need CMM-verified machined components. EOAT Hardware builds recurring revenue and integrator relationships.
Both divisions reinforce each other — when we machine custom EOAT jaw fingers for an integrator, we supply the gripper hardware too. One supplier, one invoice, one quality standard.
04 / THE FACTORY
E/545, Sanand GIDC
2,000 sqm PEB facility at E/545, Sanand GIDC — Tremix VDF flooring with M35 concrete CMM isolation zone, 3-phase 400V industrial power, screw compressor compressed air supply. CNC turning, VMC, and CMM equipment in Phase 1.
Sanand sits at the heart of Gujarat's automotive, FMCG, and pharma manufacturing corridors — Tata Motors EV, Bosch, Nestlé, Colgate, and 500+ SME manufacturers within 20km radius.
CERTIFICATIONS & REGISTRATIONS
GST Registration
Registered under Goods and Services Tax — Gujarat. All invoices issued with valid GSTIN for ITC claims.
MSME / Udyam Registration
Registered as Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise under Udyam. Eligible for priority sector government procurement and CGTMSE loan cover.
DPIIT Startup India
Recognised under Department for Promotion of Industry and Internal Trade (DPIIT) Startup India programme. Tax exemptions and R&D grant eligibility.
IEC — Import Export Code
Import Export Code (IEC) issued by DGFT. Authorised to import precision EOAT hardware from international manufacturers and export machined components.
ISO 9001 — In Progress
ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System certification targeted for 2027 Phase 2 buildout. CMM inspection protocols and process SOPs already aligned to ISO 9001 requirements.
Startup Gujarat
Registered under Startup Gujarat programme. Eligible for sustenance grant (₹10,000/month for 2 years), mentorship, and co-working space access through iCreate and GUSEC.
VISION
To be the Indian brand that system integrators and manufacturers reach for first — not because it is the only option, but because it is the best value, best-supported option in the market.
FULCRUM TIMELINE
2024
Concept & Research
Market research across Vatva, Odhav, and Changodar GIDC clusters. Gap analysis on India precision machining and automation hardware supply. Business plan developed around SCHUNK/Zimmer model for India.
2025
Factory & Foundation
2,000 sqm PEB shed at E/545, Sanand GIDC — civil walls, roofing, power, compressed air. Geotechnical investigation completed, under-reamed pile foundation engineered for black cotton soil site. ₹4 Crore committed capital.
2026
Phase 1: Machining + EOAT Trading
CNC turning + VMC operational. 28-SKU EOAT catalog (grippers + vacuum) live. CMM inspection zone active. Active field sales across Gujarat GIDC clusters. GST, Udyam, IEC, DPIIT registrations complete.
2027
Phase 2: HMC + EOAT Assembly + ISO 9001
Horizontal machining centre added. In-house EOAT assembly — custom jaw fingers, quick-change plates, vacuum manifold bars. First Fulcrum-branded gripper assembly. ISO 9001:2015 certification targeted.
2028+
Phase 3: GJ-R1 Own-Brand Manufacturing
Full in-house manufacturing of GJ-R1 Series pneumatic and electric parallel grippers. Smart gripper line with IO-Link. Own-brand export programme targeting SAARC and Southeast Asian markets.
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Fulcrum Engineering Pvt. Ltd.
E/545, Sanand GIDC
Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382110
nilansh@fulcrumengineering.in
+91 87992 87882
E/545, Sanand GIDC
Ahmedabad, Gujarat 382110
nilansh@fulcrumengineering.in
+91 87992 87882
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