Known for its high ductility and excellent electrical and thermal conductivity, copper is a popular material for applications ranging from rocket parts to electrical components. 

When requesting a quote for precision machining services, it’s in your best interest to include a 3D model in addition to a blueprint. Both documents combined tell the complete story about a part, ensuring that customers get exactly what they need quickly and cost-effectively.

We’ve made a name for ourselves here in Denver, Colorado, as a reliable prototype machine shop serving industries including aerospace, defense, and medical. However, what many of our customers don’t know is that we also do low and even high-volume production work. 

Let’s go ahead and address the elephant in the machine shop: material sourcing in the post-COVID world is hard, and there’s no telling when things will return to “normal.” Want an example? We recently got an order on a Thursday, sent the PO to our material supplier on a Friday, and found out that the material they had quoted us just days ago was gone.

Are your finishing requirements adding unexpected time, cost, and hassle to your precision machining orders?
There are many ways to overengineer a part, and including unnecessarily complex finishing callouts is high on the list. Follow these finishing best practices when designing your next part.