Industry Focus |
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Aerospace Agricultural Architectural Auto/Truck/Transportation Chemical Dental Electronic Food |
Machine Tool Marine Medical Military Oil Field Optical Packaging/Converting Pharmaceutical | |
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Process Description |
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Milling is a material removal process in which unwanted material are cut away to create a variety of features on a part. Flat, curved, or irregular surfaces are fed against a rotating cutter containing a number of cutting edges. A vertical milling machine orients the cutter vertically. |
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Intended Application |
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Machine components Engine components Turbine components Hydraulic components Turbomachinery components Construction equipment Shafts Forgings Jewelry Valves |
Pins Thread rod Fasteners Spindles Sockets Bushings Spacers Fittings Standoffs | |
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Vertical Milling Processes |
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Drilling Boring Counterboring Countersinking |
Pocketing Profiling Reaming Tapping | |
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Materials (Metals) |
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Alloy Steels Aluminum Beryllium Brass Bronze Alloys Carbide Carbon Steel Cobalt Copper Iron Lead |
Magnesium Molybdenum Monel Nickel Stainless Steel Tin Titanium Tungsten Zinc | |
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Materials (Plastic Polymers) |
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ABS (Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene) Acetal Acrylic Fiberglass Reinforced Plastics Nylon Phenolic Polyamide-Imide Polycarbonate Polyetheretherketone (PEEK) Polyetherimide |
Polyethylene Polyphenylene Sulfide Polypropylene Polystyrene Polysulphone PTFE (PolyTetraFluoroEthylene) PVC (Polyvinyl Chloride) PVDF (Polyvinylidene Fluoride)
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Materials (Other Materials) |
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Ceramic Composite Materials Fiberglass Glass Granite |
Graphite Polyester Quartz Sapphire Wood | |
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Type of Milling Machines |
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Vertical Machining Centers Knee-type Manufacturing or bed type Planer-type |
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Cutters |
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Flat end mill Ball end mill Chamfer mill Face mill |
Twist mill Reamer Tap | |
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Cutting Tools |
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High-speed steel (HSS) Carbide Carbon Steel Cobalt High Speed Steel |
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Axes |
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3 |
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Type of Collet/ Adapter |
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Spindle- have a standardized spindle end Chuck- used to attach chucks to milling machines having a standard spindle end |
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Vise |
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Plain |
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Equipment Capabilities |
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Electric-drive motors Coolant systems Variable spindle speeds |
Power-operated table feeds High speed machining | |
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Tolerances |
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0.001 |
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Length |
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Max 33.75 in |
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Width |
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Max 18.75 in |
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Height |
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Max 23 in |
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Production Volume |
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Specialty Production Shop Prototype Low Volume Small Run |
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Lead Times Available |
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Quoted on job by job basis Emergency services available Rush Services Available |
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Industry Standards |
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FDA - Compliant Food And Drug Administration ISO - Compliant |
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File Formats |
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AutoCAD (DWG,DWZ) BMP Bit Mapped Graphics DXF Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format JPG or JPEG |
Joint Photographic Experts Group PDF Portable Document Format Pro-E or Pro/Engineer (DRW,PRT,XPR) | |