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CNC Milling

With the ability to create complex and precise parts with outstanding accuracy and repeatability, CNC milling services have become the preferred choice for prototyping, custom part manufacturing, and mass production

How does a CNC milling machine work?

How does a CNC milling machine work?

CNC milling is a precise manufacturing process that involves the use of rotary cutting tools to remove material from a workpiece. The process begins with a digital design, usually created in CAD software. The design is then converted into a CNC program, which controls the motion of the milling machine. The workpiece is held securely on the machine's table, and a cutting tool mounted on a spindle rotates at high speed. The machine tool follows the programmed path and makes precise cuts, machining the material into the desired shape. CNC milling allows complex shapes and features such as slots, holes and contours to be machined with high precision. Three-axis milling moves the tool along the X, Y and Z axes. Four-axis milling adds rotation around one axis, while five-axis milling allows rotation around two axes for more complex designs. This versatility makes CNC milling a must-have tool for a variety of industries, from aerospace to medical devices.

Advantages of CNC milling machines

High Precision Machining: Dimensional accuracy can reach ±0.01~±0.05mm, ensuring part consistency and precision.

High Efficiency & Automation: After programming, it enables continuous automatic processing. Efficiency is several times to dozens of times higher than traditional milling. It supports multi-axis linkage and can process multiple surfaces in one single clamping.

Complex Shape Processing Capability: Capable of processing various complex 3D structures such as free-form surfaces, cavities, and bosses.

Flexibility & Versatility: By changing tools and adjusting programs, it can process a variety of metals and composite materials.

Excellent Surface Quality: With optimized parameters, the surface roughness can reach Ra1.6~Ra6.3μm.

Minimized Human Error: The entire process is controlled by computer programs, reducing manual mistakes and ensuring stable and consistent processing quality.

Applications for CNC milling machines

Aerospace: Processes engine components such as impellers, blades, and casings, as well as complex structural parts like frames and joints. Meets the requirements for high precision and high reliability.

Automotive Manufacturing: Machines engine core parts including cylinder blocks, cylinder heads, and crankshafts, along with various automotive molds such as injection and stamping dies.

Electronic Equipment: Fabricates precision parts like equipment casings, radiators, and circuit board slots. Adapts to the demands for miniaturization, lightweight design, and high performance.

Medical Devices: Produces surgical instruments, implants, and device casings. Delivers high precision and excellent surface quality to meet stringent industry standards.

General Machining: Processes general parts such as gears, shafts, casings, and connectors. Improves machining precision and production efficiency to serve diverse industry needs.

Tolerances for CNC milling machines

3 Axis4 Axis5 Shaft
Maximum part size1000 x 500 x 500 mm1000 x 500 x 500 mm4000 x 1500 x 600 mm
Minimum part size5 x 5 x 5 mm5 x 5 x 5 mm5 x 5 x 5 mm
General Tolerance±0.1 mm±0.1 mm±0.05 mm
Delivery timeDelivery time for simple parts is as fast as 1 day.5 working days for most items.5 working days for most items.

Showcase of processed products

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Materials available for CNC milling services

Material
Specifications
Carbon Steel

Our precision carbon steel machining capabilities offer highly customized part solutions that can be precisely shaped to meet your specifications while achieving stringent tolerances on form, dimension, and surfaces.

12L14 Low Carbon,1215 Low Carbon,1117 Low Carbon,1018 Low Carbon,Incut 100/200 Low Carbon,1141/11L41 Medium Carbon,1045/1045F Medium Carbon,Stressproof Medium Carbon,Fatigueproof Medium Carbon

Brass

Brass is a material composed of mainly copper and zinc; however, other elements can be added to enhance it’s properties as needed. The addition of tin, manganese, aluminum, silicon, and lead make various types of brass ideal for specific applications.

353 Thread Rolling Brass,360 Free Machining Brass,370 Low Lead Brass,443 Admiralty Brass,27450 Low Lead Brass,Ecobrass and Greendot Lead-Free Brass,Lead-free Brass

Copper

Copper and copper alloys offer a combination of excellent electrical and thermal conductivity and high corrosion resistance that is easy to machine. Copper is a soft, malleable, and ductile metal that often needs to be strengthen for industrial applications.

C10200 Oxygen Free Copper,C14500 Tellurium Copper

Alloy Steel

All steel is alloyed because it is iron plus an added material. Yet, when we use the term alloyed steel in manufacturing this typically refers to iron material with additional alloys added to it.

4140/4142/41L40 Low Alloy,5620/86L20 Low Alloy,52100 Bearing Steel

Plastic

Plastic is a petroleum-based product often less costly than metal. It is very machinable which decreases tooling costs and increases machine uptime. E.J. Basler offers precision plastic turned parts with superior quality and tolerances.

Delrin,PEEK,PTFE,Teflon,Techtron

Stainless Steel

Stainless steel combines excellent high tensile strength, high work-hardening rate, ductility, and malleability to create highly durable machined parts.

303 Stainless Steel,304 & 304L,316 & 316L,416 Stainless Steel,420 Stainless Steel,430 Stainless Steel,440 Stainless Steel,DIN 1.4418,17-4 PH

Aluminum

Aluminum is one of the most abundant metals in the world being found in various forms from rocks to vegetation but never raw as the metal that we know.

2011-T3,2024-T351,6061-T6,6262-T6511,7075-T6

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