Machining

Machining operations and materials

Mechanical machining by chip removal, as a subcontractor: from micromechanical parts to large components, from prototypes to medium series.

Operations

What we do, and on which machines

  1. Operation 10

    Cutting

    • Sawing
    • Cutting off

    Capacity

    2.5 t

    approx., of bar stock on hand

  2. Operation 20

    Turning

    • Turning
    • Bar turning
    • Threading

    Capacity

    2000 mm

    between centres, 340 mm centre height (GEMINI)

  3. Operation 30

    Milling

    • Milling
    • Contour milling
    • Thread milling
    • Profiling and gear cutting by milling
    • Engraving

    Capacity

    1626 × 813 × 762 mm

    X, Y and Z strokes (HAAS VF 6)

  4. Operation 40

    Drilling and boring

    • Drilling
    • Boring
    • Jig boring
    • Tapping

    Capacity

    950 × 750 × 650 mm

    X, Y and Z strokes of the SIP jig borer

  5. Operation 50

    Slotting

    • Profiling and gear cutting by slotting
    • Keyways
    • Multiple profiled splines

    Capacity

    150 mm

    cutting length (THULE)

  6. Operation 60

    Grinding and finishing

    • External and internal cylindrical grinding
    • Surface grinding
    • Lapping
    • Honing

    Capacity

    1180 mm

    between centres and Ø 360 mm (FORTUNA 1000)

  7. Operation 70

    Assembly and welding

    • Mounting
    • Assembly
    • Fitting
    • TIG welding
    • Brazing
    • Tinning

    Capacity

    250 A

    TIG welding

  8. Operation 80

    Inspection

    • Dimensional inspection
    • Surface plate inspection with printed measurement report
    • Roughness testing
    • Rockwell, Brinell and Vickers hardness testing

    Capacity

    0.001 mm

    resolution, printed measurement report

From one-off parts to series

  1. Prototypes

  2. One-off parts

  3. Small and medium series

  4. Assemblies and sub-assemblies

Materials

Every metal, and non-metallic materials

  1. Steels and cast irons

    • Steels
    • Stainless steels
    • Cast irons

    In stock, as bar stock

    • S235
    • S355
    • C45E
    • ETG100
    • 34CrNiMo6
    • 30CrNiMo8
    • 42CrMo4
    • 16MnCr5
    • 17CrNiMo6
    • 9SMnPb36
    • 100Cr6
    • 1.2510
    • 1.2380
    • 1.2343
    • 1.4057
    • 1.4301
    • 1.4305
    • 1.4435
    • 1.4542
    • 1.4021
    • 1.4034
    • 1.4122
    • EN-GJL-250
  2. Copper, brass and bronzes

    • Copper
    • Brass
    • Bronzes

    In stock, as bar stock

    • CuSn7Zn4Pb7
    • CuAl10Ni5Fe4
    • CuZn39Pb3
    • CuSn8
    • Cu ETP
  3. Aluminium and titanium

    • Aluminium
    • Titanium

    In stock, as bar stock

    • AA6082
    • AA5083
    • AA5754
    • AA6012
    • AA6061
    • AA7075
    • AA7010
    • AA7022
    • Titanium Gr5 3.7165
    • Titanium Gr2 3.7035
  4. Special metals and alloys

    • Tantalum
    • Nickel
    • Hastelloy
    • Inconel
    • Incoloy
    • Monel
    • Invar
    • Kovar

    In very small quantities

    • Hastelloy
    • Tantalum
    • Nickel
  5. Non-metallic materials

    • Graphite
    • PTFE
    • PP
    • PE
    • POM
    • PVC
    • PEEK
    • PSU
    • Vespel

    In stock, as bar stock

    • PVC
    • PP
    • PC
    • PA
    • PE
    • POM
    • HD-PE
    • PMMA
    • PTFE
    • PVDF
    • PI
    • PPS
    • PEEK
  6. Machinable ceramics

    • Macor
    • Stumatit

    In very small quantities

    • Stumatit
    • Macor

Your drawings

From drawing to machine

Programming is done on VIRTUAL GIBBS CAM, from your paper drawing or your file (PDF, JPEG, DXF, DWG, STEP, IGES, SLDPRT). The machining data then goes by cable, via DNC, to the CNC machines.