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A five-axis machining centre cutting an aluminium part, chips flying, lit by a warm red glow behind the spindle

CNC machining parts made to your drawing

Aluminium, steel, stainless and plastics. One prototype to 20,000 pieces.

Capabilities

Six processes, one machine shop

An end mill cutting an aluminium block inside a five-axis machining centre, coolant mist and chips in the work area

From one prototype to 20,000 pieces, every process runs in our own shop.

All capabilities

  1. CNC turningØ2–320 mm · bar-fed to Ø65 mm
  2. 3-axis milling1,000 × 600 × 500 mm
  3. 5-axis millingSimultaneous · to Ø500 mm
  4. Swiss-type turningØ0.5–32 mm · 12 axes
  5. Grinding and wire EDMFits to ±0.002 mm
  6. FinishingAnodising · passivation · plating

Industries

Parts we machine for four industries

A row of freshly turned steel transmission sleeves on an inspection bench beside a micrometerAutomotiveA gloved hand holding a polished machined titanium orthopaedic implant stem next to the machineMedical devicesOpen robot arm joint with a precision machined aluminium reducer housing fitted insideAutomation and roboticsMachined steel hydraulic manifold block with drilled and threaded ports on a workbenchHydraulics

Materials / at a glance

Other grades on request, with mill certificates.

How an order runs

Drawing to shipment, five steps

Send STEP, IGES, DWG or PDF. We sign an NDA on request.

What to send us
An engineer's hands beside a toleranced part drawing, a first-article aluminium part and a vernier caliper, the machine shop behind glass

  1. Step

    Send the drawing

    STEP, IGES, DWG or PDF, with material, quantity and critical tolerances.

    • STEP
    • PDF
    • NDA

  2. Step

    DFM review

    An engineer marks features that add cost or risk and suggests changes.

    • 24 hours
    • Tolerances
    • Material

  3. Step

    Quote

    Unit price per quantity break, fixtures if any, and lead time.

    • 48 hours
    • Price breaks
    • Lead time

  4. Step

    First article

    First parts measured on the CMM; you approve the report before the batch.

    • FAI report
    • CMM
    • Approval

  5. Step

    Batch and ship

    Lot inspection, material certificates and export packing.

    • EN 10204 3.1
    • Lot report
    • Packing

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About

180Staff

A Qingdao machine shop since 2009

64 CNC machines, 12 of them 5-axis, on 8,600 m². ISO 9001:2015 and IATF 16949:2016.

About the plantCertificates

2009

Founded

An operator, back to camera, clamping an aluminium workpiece into a five-axis machine

64

CNC machines

8,600 m²

Shop floor

How we hold ±0.01 mm

A coordinate measuring machine probe touching the bore of a machined aluminium housing on a granite table
±0.005 mmTightest heldRa 0.4 µmFinish on request
01Drawing review

Critical dimensions are flagged before the first cut.

02First-article inspection

Every dimension measured and reported before the batch runs.

03In-process checks

Critical features checked at set intervals on the machine.

04CMM final inspection

Coordinate measuring machine, with a report for each lot.

05Documents

Material certificates to EN 10204 3.1; PPAP on request.

Quality and inspection

Send a drawing for a quote

DFM review within 24 hours, quote within 48. NDA on request.

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