CNC grinding is still not as common as we thought it would be by now. We are one of the few machine shops that owns a CNC grinder and uses it daily. We do outside work as well, but predominately it is for our own use. We selected the Toyoda Select G for it’s 40 inches of travel and it’s…
We have been asked by customers to use our 5 axis technology to machine many things. One of the more common requests is a face-spline. We are able to read the model and mill the spline complete. The reason these are not easy for anyone to do is that they require constant axis synchronous movement and CAD-CAM software to support…
Metalmite is known for fast lathe turn-around time! We were able to get this nuts into a lathe and thread them to the gauges in record time. We then had to put them into a mill to generate the complex profile our customer needed. We take pride in these fast turnarounds and getting the customer out of hot water! Our…
Metalmite has been known to make yokes from solid in record time and at record low cost. We have 5 and 6 axis equipment that can make these parts in 1 or 2 operations complete! We can even put the splines in using wire EDM or other methods. Our customers agree that the costs have come down substantially since we…
Metalmite is known for fast lathe turn-around and speedy milling complex parts! You can see that this part has both turning and milling and is also made from stainless steel. We are not scared away by complexity and intricacy as some shops may be. We look forward to a challenge! We have been told recently that it looks like we…
We received our new 5 axis CMM from Hexagon Metrology and we have been doing some incredible inspection since then! Our Inspector Greg R. has gone out for training and learned the new aspects of the new equipment. We have had customer’s come just to have us inspect parts that other suppliers made in order to verify results!… For over…
At Metalmite we quote many various kinds of steel and aluminum to our customers. Many times we get requests that we are not familiar with and we need to do some research. Earlier this year we had a request to make something out of XC38 steel. As we dug in to Google we quickly found out that this is a…
Mathematician, inventor and perhaps the best-known gear expert of the modern age of the automobile, Nikola Trbojevich passed on December 2, 1973 at the age of 87 in Los Angeles. Mr. Trbojevich, also known socially as Nicholas J. Terbo, was the holder of 68 U.S. patents and a similar or greater number of foreign patents. Surviving Mr. Trbojevich were his wife Alice…
All our CNC mills are Mori Seiki, with he exception of one OKK. We range from 10,000 to 27,000 RPM on the spindles directly, but w go to 45,000 RPM with a geared head. We are known for being a 5 axis machine shop, but we are more than that as well. We believe high speed machining is the wave…
We enjoy machining aluminum whenever we get the chance. It is a welcomed change after machining the alloy and hardened steels we typically get. Whether it is 6061-T6 or 7075-T6 we just let the end mills to the talking and push through as fast as they will allow. I am amazed that we can sometimes look at a job after…