Tight-tolerance milling, one piece to five hundred.
Build-to-print parts in aluminum, machined on vertical machining centers with probing on every setup. Quoted by the engineer who will run them.
Aluminum part being machined on a vertical machining center
- Materials
- Aluminum first
- Axes
- 3 and 4
- Lot sizes
- 1 to 500 pieces
- Comfortable at
- Quantity 1
What this shop is set up to do
3-axis and 4-axis
Three-axis work plus indexed positioning on a rotary table. Multi-sided parts get machined in one setup instead of three, which keeps feature-to-feature position honest.
Aluminum and steels
6061 and 7075 are most of what goes on the machines, so the tooling and workholding stay dialed in for them. Stainless and mild steel run regularly too. Material is bought to the print with certifications on file.
One-off to five hundred
Prototypes, first articles, bridge production and repeat lots up to about five hundred pieces. Quantity one is a normal order here.
Zero-point workholding
Lang Makro-Grip and Quick-Point let a fixture come off and go back on to a known position. Changeovers take minutes, so short runs and repeat jobs both stay affordable.
Probing on every machine
Work offsets are found, not dialed in by eye. Critical features get checked in-cycle, so a problem shows up while the part is still on the table.
Bead blast and marking
Glass bead blasting and part marking are done here. Anodize to MIL-A-8625 and powder coat go to local finishers, including expedited turnaround.
Send whatever you have
We run SolidWorks and Fusion, so file format is not a problem.
Native files, neutral files, a 2D drawing, a marked-up PDF, a scanned print off the shop floor. Between our two software suites we can open essentially any 3D model or 2D drawing you are likely to have, and convert it if a downstream step needs something else.
If all you have is a sketch and a sample part, send that.
- SolidWorks and Fusion native files
- STEP, IGES, Parasolid, DXF, DWG
- PDF drawings, marked up or clean
- No model at all — we can work from a print
Aluminum is the core
Steels are well within reach.
Most of our work is 6061 and 7075. Running primarily aluminum means the tooling, sourcing and workholding are all dialed in for it. This is how we keep short runs affordable.
Stainless and mild steels run regularly too.
- 6061 aluminum
- 7075 aluminum
- 300 and 400 series stainless
- Mild and low-alloy steels
Turning, welding, five-axis simultaneous machining, plastics, titanium and nickel superalloys.
Overflow and subcontract machining for DFW shops
When a job lands that does not fit your schedule — a quantity of five with a hard date, a part that needs a fourth axis you have tied up, a first article the customer wants next week — that job is this shop's core business, not a disruption to it.
You are not handing work to a competitor for your production volume. This shop is built for the runs that are uneconomical on a machine set up for hundreds of pieces.
Our own robots are built the same way. A single ProPick robot has hundreds of components, most of them machined here in quantities of one or two. Short runs are the routine in this shop, not the exception made for you.
Work can run under your quality system. Send your traveler and inspection requirements, they get followed. Your paperwork comes back the way your auditor expects it.
- Probing on every machine, so setups repeat across a lot
- A dimensional inspection report with every lot, ballooned to your drawing
- Full material traceability and certifications on request
- Hand delivery the same day anywhere in DFW
- Willing to work under your QMS and accept your source inspection
Finished parts packed for delivery with paperwork
From file to delivery
Quote
Send a model and a drawing. You get a price and a date, plus a note on anything in the print that adds cost without adding function.
Program and set up
CAM, fixturing and workholding are planned around the datum scheme on your drawing, so the part is held the way it is dimensioned.
Machine and probe
Parts run with in-cycle probing on critical features. Drift is caught on the machine, not at final inspection.
Inspect and ship
Dimensions are recorded against a ballooned drawing in a report that ships with the parts. DFW deliveries go by hand the same day.
Lead times and delivery
Lead time depends on material, finishing and production schedule, so it gets quoted per job rather than promised in the abstract. Expedited work is normal here and gets priced, not refused.
Anywhere inside Dallas–Fort Worth, finished parts can be hand delivered the same day they come off the machine.
Next step
Send a drawing and a quantity
Any format you have. You will hear back within one business day with a price, a date and notes on anything in the print that adds cost.