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Vertical Machining Centre vs Cylindrical Grinding Machine: which one fits your part
Vertical Machining Centre is a milling machine with a vertical spindle and an automatic tool changer, run from a single programme It is used for batch work on prismatic parts where several operations have to run without
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Horizontal Machining Centre vs Jig Boring Machine: which one fits your part
Horizontal Machining Centre is a milling machine with a horizontal spindle and a rotary table, usually with pallet exchange It is used for parts that need work on several faces in one setup, and for unattended running. T
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5-Axis Machining Centre vs Jig Boring Machine: which one fits your part
5-Axis Machining Centre is a machining centre that can orient the cutter or the workpiece on two additional rotary axes It is used for parts with compound angles, deep cavities and features that would otherwise need seve
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Heat Sinks specifications: what the numbers mean
Heat Sinks is a machined or extruded finned body that carries heat away from a component It is used for power electronics, LED assemblies and any enclosure that generates heat. Typical values: material aluminium, or copp
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Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing specifications: what the numbers mean
Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing is a symbolic language on the drawing that controls form, orientation and position It is used for saying what a part actually has to do, instead of relying on plus minus dimensions
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Surface Roughness specifications: what the numbers mean
Surface Roughness is the measure of the fine peaks and valleys left on a surface by the manufacturing process It is used for controlling friction, wear, sealing and appearance on a finished face. Typical values: paramete
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ISO 2768 General Tolerances specifications: what the numbers mean
ISO 2768 General Tolerances is a standard that sets the tolerance for dimensions that have no individual tolerance on the drawing It is used for keeping a drawing readable, by not dimensioning every non critical size. Ty
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Ti-6Al-4V Titanium specifications: what the numbers mean
Ti-6Al-4V Titanium is the standard titanium alloy, with aluminium and vanadium, used where weight and corrosion matter It is used for aerospace structures, medical implants and high performance parts. Typical values: ten
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EN 10204 Material Certificates specifications: what the numbers mean
EN 10204 Material Certificates is a standard that defines the type of inspection document supplied with a material It is used for proving that the material in the part is what the drawing called for. Typical values: type
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First Article Inspection specifications: what the numbers mean
First Article Inspection is a full dimensional check of the first part from a new setup, reported against the drawing It is used for proving that the process can make the part before the batch is committed. Typical value
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