Posts Tagged ‘micromachined’

Teflon Insulator with C-axis work

Wednesday, August 19th, 2009

Teflon work has been a core component of East Coast Precision’s lathe department.  Teflon is often used as an insulator in radio connections or as a gasketing material due to its inert qualities.

This is an example of some micromachined Teflon parts we made a few weeks ago.  This part was cleanly machined with no burrs  in just one operation.  We were able to turn, drill, bore, mill a flat, and mill a notch in the part with a single setup.

Machining Plastic Machined micromachining micromachined teflon with end milled notch and flat and counterbore

Machining Plastic Machined micromachining micromachined teflon with end milled notch and flat and counterbore

Machining Plastic Machined micromachining micromachined teflon with end milled notch and flat and counterbore

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MicroMachined Teflon Components

Thursday, August 6th, 2009

Here are some small Teflon parts we recently shipped.  The first thing to notice is the size of these parts.  They feature a blind hole and micro-grooves on the OD.  We made a custom ground groove tool so they could be machined with no burrs and come off the machine clean.

Click on images to see them a bit larger:

Machining Plastic Machined micromachining micromachined teflon with blind hole and microgrooves on the od burr free

Machining Plastic Machined micromachining micromachined teflon with blind hole and microgrooves on the od burr free

Machining Plastic Machined micromachining micromachined teflon with blind hole and microgrooves on the od burr free

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Teflon Machining at East Coast Precision

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