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Usually we all think of stainless steel as being utilised for items such as home furnishings or cutlery and earlier in the early 90's beer cans!! Well, did you actually know?? Stainless steel plays a key part as a material within the precision machining industry even more so in today's CNC machinery based processes. Whether you travel on an aeroplane or a cruise-liner you can guarantee that many of the working or exposed components have been machined from a grade of stainless steel.

CAD-CAM software further enables the capability to manufacture stainless steel components to the highest specification.

Today's common methods of machining stainless steel components can be one of many including turning, milling, drilling and boring using state-of-the-art CNC Machinery. In the aerospace industry close tolerance, complex parts are required and are produced using 5-Axis milling machines along with Multi-Axis CNC mill/turning machines. CAD-CAM software further enables the capability to manufacture stainless steel components to the highest specification.

Why Stainless Steel??

Well, this material combines a number of excellent properties. Firstly, stainless steel has great corrosion resistance making it appealing for applications that are exposed to bad weather and moisture. Secondly, It offers greater strength than materials such as mild steel and aluminium and can be further enhanced with heatreatment processes. As you guessed it, it makes for a great choice for aerospace components.

Thanks for taking the time to read this article and we hope it has given you some valuable insight into stainless steel machined parts.

Our Moulding Shop boasts the latest digitally controlled machines (from 35 to 300 tonnes), along with extra capabilities to accommodate larger projects that would usually require a press size of up to 1,500 tonnes! 👍🏼

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We're proud to provide our clients with a wide range of services, designed to help with all aspects of plastic injection moulding.

Alongside the services listed below, we have a range of additional capabilities including: 

• Drilling & Tapping • Ultrasonic Welding • CNC Machining ..and more!

Throwback Thursday ⏮

Back in 2008, our partnership with Native Oyster Network began when we were asked to design and develop a cage capable of restricting, or inhibiting, bacteria and barnacle growth. 

So we got to work! Specifically, we were asked to develop a plastic that had hydrophobic properties so that when the tide went out, the water would run off the cage leaving no residue.

Were there any difficulties? Well...yes! As with most techniques, it was a case of trial & error. Through research and development, the result was that we identified a commercially viable mixture and injection moulding production method.

Check out the final result👇🏼 and take a look at our other projects: https://bit.ly/3CJKiTV