Making Components for Many Industries
With a facility packed with CNC lathes, we produce parts in almost any shape and size for a wide range of uses. “Turned Parts” is a very general term and can refer to anything made on a lathe from a 3mm dowel to a 65mm diameter piston and way beyond. At Wilco Manufacturing, we machine these parts for industries as varied as automotive, medical and marine engineering.
This article explains the different types of parts each industry demands, and why CNC turning is the right method of fabrication.
Automotive
CNC machining can achieve high accuracy and consistency to meet the demands of automotive manufacturing. Transmission components, fittings, plugs and pipes are turned to stringent quality standards using CNC machinery from our workshop.
CNC turning guarantees that each part is produced to a tight tolerance, whether they are brake caliper pistons or simple dowels, improving vehicle performance and safety. CNC Turning is quicker and more accurate than manual turning, making efficient use of machine time and materials.
In automotive manufacturing, there is a continual drive for innovation, inside and out. The speed with which CNC lathes can produce a single part makes prototyping, testing and refining designs a rapid and flexible process using modern multi-axis capable machinery.
Hardware
Turned metal parts are used in many locks, latches and hardware applications. With CNC manufacturing, turned parts for the hardware sector include lock cylinders and plug barrels, bushes, housing components, to name a few.
Hardware manufacturing typically uses low corrosion materials such as brass and stainless steels. The rapid tool action of a CNC machine can handle these materials with great accuracy, opening the door (see what we did there?) to stronger, more reliable components that will improve service life.
Medical Devices
Surgical instruments and components for medical devices often require precision-turned parts. To machine parts that are small enough to be used in dental implants, or other parts with complex geometric properties, CNC sliding head turning services are the ideal manufacturing process. The cutting tool can approach the workpiece from almost any angle and reproduce precisely the required dimensions.
Whether manufacturing orthopaedic parts or surgical drills, CNC turning services produce reliable components that meet tight regulations. It is also compatible with the corrosion-resistant, biocompatible metals required by medical devices, such as stainless steel and cobalt-chromium alloys.
Electrical
The electrical and electronics industry is a sector of innovators. Frequent prototyping requires quick, accurate production sampling. Once the design is complete, electrical products require high-volume production runs, relying on CNC machining for turned parts, and overnight 24/5 operations to manufacture parts including rods, encoders, spacers, bushings, couplings, inserts, dial components, sensor probes, and connector pins.
Industrial Equipment
Manufacturing turned parts for industrial machinery requires consistency, complexity and scalability. CNC turning produces valves, shafts and parts for hydraulic systems, as well as specialised gears, custom fittings, brackets and cylindrical housings used in manufacturing industrial machinery.
Typically volumes in these sector are lower and physical size increased above that required in Hardware and Electrical system requirements. As wide range of machine types and capacity as possible help sub-contract machine shops like Wilco Manufacturing support customers in this sector.
Making components for Industrial equipment requires the advanced capabilities of CNC cutting to achieve the tight tolerances required for each part, in the right material. Our CNC turning services are quick to set up, allowing lower volumes of parts, ready for assembly, to be produced. Positive stock holding for customers also allows for economies of larger volume machining to benefit customers with less scheduled demand.
Oil & Gas
Components for use in the oil & gas sector must be made from non-reactive, heat-resistant materials, with high tensile strength to cope with system pressure. These include high grade stainless, alloyed steel and brass.
Precision Turned Parts used in oil and gas systems include valve stems, pump components, shafts, pipe connectors, flanges, actuators, cylinders, caps and fittings, and more. With fixed-head CNC machining, we can handle a variety of component sizes and complex shapes with high accuracy, producing fuel-safe parts in low to medium volumes.
Reducing Production Times and Material Waste in all Sectors
The above list of industries we serve is not exhaustive, and we provide manufacturing services to clients from many sectors that are not mentioned here. Bar turning produces a huge variety of parts as from the simplest of shafts and dowels to complex mill-turned components with multiple geometries. With our large range of machine types and capacities for close tolerance machining, clients receive highly precise turned parts that fit into their assembly perfectly. Let us turn your ideas and designs into reality.
