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Given the importance of miniature parts in certain industries, such as medical devices, aerospace, electronics, and automotive, the precision of small part machining is critical. Falcon CNC Swiss specializes in custom high-precision small part solutions to work under serious requirements.
How Are Small Parts Machined?
Small part machining has several important steps to achieve the best performance.
Design and Simulation: Engineers design components utilizing advanced CAD software that meet stringent specifications. They also simulate the operation to come up with optimal geometry.
Material Selection: Part materials can include stainless steel, titanium, aluminum, or advanced polymers, depending on the application and the properties such as strength, corrosion resistance and weight.
CNC machining: Swiss-type CNC machines are specially constructed to hold and machine small and complex parts. They use a sliding headstock and guide bushing which supports and guides the workpiece while allowing for high-precision turning and simultaneous milling operations.
Finishing and Quality Control: Finish machining techniques can include polishing, as well as rigorous inspection and quality checks to ensure each part meets specifications.
Which Machines Are Used for Machining Small Parts?
There are several types of CNC machines that perform small part machining.
CNC Swiss-Type Lathes: They are well suited for the production of small and complex parts, and can have high precision.These are machines capable of performing both turning and milling functions concurrently.
CNC Milling Machines: They perform milling operations to create complex geometries and features on small parts.
CNC Micro-Machining Centers: These machines are used to do ultra-precision machining of small parts, and they are usually applied in medical and electronic industries.
How small can a CNC machine cut?
CNC machine capabilities allow for machining extremely small features. The smallest intended size for a feature is generally 0.5mm. Practically speaking, machining features smaller than 2.5mm in diameter is referred to as micro-machining, and smaller features are avoided unless necessary.
What are the 5 common types of CNC machines?
A useful component of knowing small part machining is to know types of CNC machines available:
CNC Micro-Machining Centers: These machines are used to do ultra-precision machining of small parts, and they are usually applied in medical and electronic industries.
CNC Milling Machines: These machines use rotating cutting tools to remove material, and they are well suited for complex geometries and shapes.
CNC Routers: These machines are designed to cut softer materials, and are most often used for cutting wood, plastics, and composites.
CNC Plasma Cutters: A plasma cutter use a plasma torch to cut through materials. Plasma cutters work with electrically conductive metals (steel, aluminum, etc.).
CNC Electric Discharge Machines (EDM): An EDM machine uses electrical discharges to shape hard metals. EDM machines are great for achieving small, intricate details.
Why use Falcon CNC Swiss for small part machining?
At Falcon CNC Swiss we have:
Expertise: FINISH. We have expertise, skill and years of experience doing precision machining to produce complex small part geometries.
Technology: Extremely well managed and maintained CNC machines for going to high levels of accuracy while maintaining repeatable results.
Custom solutions: These means a wide range of manufacturing processes tailored to our clients specification's for a number of different purposes and industries.
Quality: Quality control policies are only intended to achieve reliability and performance in our product correctly.
Are you ready to take your small parts manufacturing to the next level?
Consider Falcon CNC Swiss to manufacture precision engineered small parts designed to meet your standards? Contact us today to discuss your project needs and learn how we can help you. Contact us today!
