Anyone who has machined copper knows it doesn’t behave like most metals. A cut can look clean one moment and start smearing the next. The same traits that make copper valuable—high conductivity, rapid heat transfer, and consistent electrical performance—also make it sensitive to tool sharpness, chip flow, and small shifts in clamping.
If you’ve worked …
Titanium CNC machining is used for parts that need high strength, low weight, corrosion resistance, and reliable performance in demanding environments. Common applications include aerospace components, medical parts, marine hardware, energy equipment, and high-performance industrial assemblies.
Titanium is more difficult to machine than aluminum and many steels. It holds heat close to the cutting edge, …
In industries where failure is not an option—like aerospace, medical, and semiconductors—engineers are increasingly turning to PEEK (Polyether ether ketone) for mission-critical components. This high-performance thermoplastic delivers exceptional chemical resistance, mechanical stability, and heat tolerance, even under continuous loads and harsh conditions.
But these properties also make PEEK CNC machining anything but straightforward.
While injection …
Wall thickness is one of the most overlooked and problematic dimensions when doing CNC design or machining evaluations. What looks like a distance between two parallel lines on a drawing can affect material forces, heat transfer, clamping methods, tool deflection, and final assembly accuracy once it hits the cutting edge. In our daily machining at …
Polystyrene (PS) is one of the most widely used thermoplastics in industrial production. Since its commercialization by BASF in Germany in the 1930s, this material has been widely adopted in industries such as packaging, home appliances, medical devices and prototyping due to its high rigidity, transparency and good processability. While it is commonly used in …
Polycarbonate (Polycarbonate, referred to as PC) is a transparent engineering thermoplastics, both high impact strength, good heat resistance and optical transparency. Since its industrialization in the late 1950s by Germany’s Bayer (Bayer, trade name Makrolon) and the U.S. General Electric Company (GE, trade name Lexan), polycarbonate has become a representative material for transparent structural parts. …
Polypropylene (PP) is currently the second most used thermoplastic polymer in the world, after polyethylene (PE). Due to its low density, chemical resistance, recyclability and cost-effectiveness, PP has become one of the most commonly used general engineering plastics in manufacturing.
Whether it’s packaging film, automotive bumpers, medical devices and chemical piping, polypropylene materials are lightweight …
Ultra-high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE) is an engineering plastic with extremely high molecular weight, usually between 2 million and 6 million. Due to its special molecular structure, UHMWPE has excellent wear resistance, low coefficient of friction, high impact resistance and excellent chemical stability, and is widely used in many demanding industrial fields. With the continuous …
Polyethylene (PE) – a seemingly ordinary but ubiquitous plastic – has long been integrated into every aspect of our lives. From supermarket shopping bags to gas lines, from food packaging to artificial joints, it has become the world’s most widely used plastic material by virtue of its lightweight, strong, corrosion-resistant and low-cost advantages. By adjusting …
Polyethylene is, without a doubt, the workhorse of the plastics world. But not all PE is created equal—different grades boast vastly different properties, which in turn dictate their applications. Take Low-density Polyethylene (LDPE): its excellent flexibility, solid clarity, and ease of processing make it a go-to material for everything from packaging films and wire insulation …
