🚀 Exciting News: New Quoter & Client Portal Launch 🎉
Dear Customers,
Our new online quoter and client portal are officially live! From September to December, both old and new versions will run in parallel as a transition period.
✨ Special Offer: Enjoy automatic quantity discounts — the more you order, the lower the unit price (up to 25% off for selected materials).
🌟 Already available:
⚡ Better user experience & faster server performance
🕒 More accurate delivery time estimates
📝 Simplified and faster order process
🔮 Coming soon:
🛠 Instant quote for CNC & other processes
📦 Order tracking & workflow updates
📧 New email notification system
📂 Batch upload & batch editing of models
🔍 Online DFM (Design for Manufacturability) checks
📊 Enhanced order panel with detailed statistics
Thank you for your support — we look forward to bringing you an even smoother ordering experience!
A CNC (Computer Numerical Control) mill is an automated cutting machine that uses a rotating spindle to precisely remove material from a workpiece. These machines come in various sizes and axis configurations (3-axis, 4-axis, or 5-axis) and are capable of machining materials ranging from plastics and aluminum to tough metals like stainless steel and titanium.
How CNC Milling Works
CNC mills excel at profile cutting harder materials. Like all CNC machines, a CNC mill is controlled with G-Code created through CAM software. The Gg-Code instructs the machine where to move the tool head, how fast to spin the tool, how deep to cut, how to move the workpiece, and other factors relating to speed, feed rate, and coordination. The G-Code complexity depends on how many axes the milling machine has.
Types of CNC Milling Processes
Different milling techniques are used depending on the part’s complexity:
Face Milling– Flattens the surface of a workpiece.Plain Milling-Cuts along the workpiece’s length.AngulFace Milling- Flattens the surface of a workpiece. Plain Milling-Cuts along the workpiece’s length. Angular Milling-Creates angled cuts. Form Milling-Produces irregular contours (e.g., gears). Profile Milling-Follows a predefined path to cut complex shapes
Types of CNC Mills
3-Axis CNC Mills
The most widely used type of CNC milling machine. The full use of the X, Y, and Z directions makes a 3 Axis CNC mill useful for a wide variety of work.
4-Axis CNC Mills
This type of router allows the machine to rotate on a vertical axis, moving the workpiece to introduce more continuous machining.
5-Axis CNC
Mills
These machines have three traditional axes as well as two additional rotary axes. A 5-axis CNC router is, therefore, able to machine 5 sides of a workpiece at in one machine without having to remove the workpiece and reset. The workpiece rotates, and the spindle head is able to also move around the piece. These are larger and more expensive.
Advantages of CNC Milling
✅High Precision – Tolerances as tight as ±0.001 inches. ✅ Repeatability – Identical parts can be mass-produced. ✅Versatility– Works with metals, plastics, wood, and composites. ✅ Automation – Reduces manual labor and errors. ✅ ComplexGeometries – Can produce intricate designs that manual milling can’t.
CNC milling is a powerful, precise, and efficient manufacturing process that transforms raw materials into finished parts. Whether for prototyping or mass production, it offers speed, accuracy, and flexibility unmatched by manual methods.
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Abstract: In the field of mechanical manufacturing, the durability of parts directly determines the lifespan and reliability of the products. Galvanization, as a classic, efficient, and cost-effective metal surface treatment process, provides excellent rust and corrosion protection for steel parts. This article will deeply explore all aspects of galvanizing for mechanical processing parts, including its core principles, detailed comparisons of various processes (electro-galvanizing, hot-dip galvanizing, mechanical galvanizing, etc.), the protective mechanism of the galvanized layer, advantages and disadvantages analysis, subsequent treatments (such as passivation, phosphating), quality inspection standards, and how to select the most suitable galvanizing process based on the characteristics of your parts, helping you equip precision-machined parts with the strongest “armor”.
In the field of precision manufacturing, part polishing is a crucial step that determines the performance, lifespan, and appearance of products. Whether it is the core components of automotive engines, the precise components of medical devices, or the micro parts of electronic equipment, after professional polishing treatment, not only can the surface smoothness be improved, the friction loss be reduced, but also the corrosion resistance be enhanced, laying a solid foundation for subsequent assembly and use. This article will start from the basic understanding of part polishing, deeply analyze the mainstream polishing processes, material adaptation schemes, common problem solutions, equipment selection techniques, and industry development trends, providing comprehensive and practical reference guidelines for manufacturing enterprises, technicians, and procurement professionals.
