Machine Shop Services Reference Materials

Description: For manufacturing processes, a casting method can be used to create a product by using a mold. The material to make the product, such as metal or plastic, is poured into the mold where it cools. The ...

Description: Some design engineers will say you always need a draft angle on sand cast parts. The reality is, that's not strictly correct. If you can orient the pattern to provide natural draft, there's no need to ...

Description: Global trade policies impact our customers in different regions around the world. It can impede customer demand, slow down supply chain capabilities and raise production costs. To offset these hurdles ...

Description: Selecting the appropriate precision casting and machining company to make components relies on understanding the needs of the application, your budget, and your time to market deadlines. Another ...

Description: The medical device industry is vast. Health care professionals from local family doctors to highly trained medical specialists rely on devices to provide the highest levels of care to patients around ...

Description: Microwork is capable of making the mini size to 0.0118"for OD, 0.00118" for ID, 0.002" for thickness and 0.0157" for spheres.Since our work is done by diamond grinding, Our standard tolerance is +/- ...

Description: General machining tolerances & specific tolerances guidelines ...

Description: Machining cuts raw material into a desired final shape and size. ...

Description: New perovskite batteries have entered the field of vision of ordinary people from the research field of scientific researchers, and are initially produced and used in small areas in commerce. Our ...

Description: Jigs and fixtures often serve as key production floor manufacturing tools that can help streamline part assembly, create efficient workflow processes, improve overall manufacturing quality, help ...

Description: The Stanford Student Space Initiative (SSI) is the largest student-run organization at the university. Since its inception, it has brought together students from a variety of disciplines to pursue ...

Description: Supply chain managers are continuing to discover the benefits of onshoring options, taking advantage of contract manufacturers that use digital technologies and smart, on-demand manufacturing on our ...

Description: Have you considered 3D printing miniature micro mechanical components or assemblies for your medical device? Here are five reasons why now might be the time to do so. ...

Description: Have critical parts that are sensitive to coolant oils? CO2 machining is an alternative. ...

Description: When talking about the distinctions between honing and lapping in the world of precision small metal parts, the best response might be the two processes are remarkably similar yet fundamentally ...

Description: Whether it's for a medical, aviation or automotive company, or some other industrial client, metal stamping services play a vital role in product development. Companies need highly qualified companies ...

Description: Weiss-Aug provides custom insert molding, precision metal stamping, and assembly solutions. With over 45 years of experience serving the automotive, medical, electronics and semiconductor industries, ...

Description: Without a doubt, the key to deburring of small metal parts is to not form a burr in the first place - which, not coincidentally, is one of the underpinnings of our metal cutting business. Our ...

Description: In our industry, the term *metal finishing* is used in regard to many different processes, but in general it pertains to when, for various reasons, parts need to be made smoother, shinier, duller, or ...

Description: From the Swiss Turning experts, with a lineage that dates back to the invention of the sliding headstock lathe, we present an overview on what Swiss Turning is. ...

Description: Pebble Technology International® (PTI), known as The World's Most Trusted Pool Finishes™, has been the originator and leading provider of pebble aggregate surfaces for swimming pools for ...

Description: From September 12 to 17, 2016, IMTS Chicago - the biennial International Manufacturing Technology Show that is one of the largest industrial trade shows in the world - will feature an enormous ...

Description: BLR Aerospace used General Plastics' FR-4700 high-temperature tooling board for its stability, uniformity, and excellent machinability for tight tolerances. ...

Description: Solve your problems related to material deformation, thermal resistance, corrosion resistance, and more. ...

Description: When a stamped spacer is just not good enough. ...

Description: Outline of how to produce your first prototype. ...

Description: Glossary of terms related to steels. ...

Description: Like many OEMs you may be looking to improve part quality for a difficult geometry, reduce production time and cost, and decrease time to market. In your efforts to achieve these goals you'll likely ...

Description: Areas such as the time required for alignment and collimation of the optical elements in their final subassembly or assembly is greatly reduced by use of integral precision reference surfaces that ...

Description: Shows chart with metal Machinability Ratings for reference. ...

Description: Ciclo Fapril SA in Portugal has undergone many changes over its 46 years of activity that make it stand out. As mentioned in the company name, the business set out as a producer of bicycle components ...

Description: Photo etching is a process used in the creation of integrated circuits, that combines photolithography with the etching process. Photolithography is used to form patterns on semiconductor substrates ...

Description: Select a cutter diameter greater than the workpiece width by a ratio of approximately 1.5 to 1. This will ensure that each insert enters the cut without the frictional, no-chip phase which occurs when ...

Description: WG-300 is successfully used for the turning of hard materials other than Nickel-based alloys in the range of 45-65 Rc. The outstanding hardness, combined with the high strength imparted by the ...

Description: Graphite electrodes are by far the most popular EDM electrodes used in the United States. Here at Saturn we feel that it is important to give our customers what they want and in doing so offer ...

Description: Producing metal EDM electrodes is a Saturn specialty. Our matched knowledge and experience in working with metals has made us the industry's leading manufacturer of metal electrodes for EDM. Saturn ...

Description: We offer our tapping electrodes in POCO EDM 3, POCO EDM C3, Brass, Copper, & Copper Tungsten, in both Standard and Orbiting. Regardless of the material you choose, you can depend on our quality ...