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Vapor Polished Polycarbonate Button

Take a look at some more of our work in polycarbonate.  This part was turned on a cnc lathe out of polycarbonate, sometimes referred to as lexan.  It features a vapor polished finish and concentric grooves on the face.  This part is a button that is backlit by a light.  It is believed that the concentric grooves will help [...]

Micromachined Teflon Components

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 [...]

Happy 4th of July!

Happy 4th of July from East Coast Precision Manufacturing!

PTFE (teflon) Machining at East Coast MFG

Take a look at an example of some PTFE (teflon) turning we do at East Coast Precision Manufacturing. The part you see here is thin walled. It features a OD grooving with a notched feature on one end. PTFE is often used in the electrical and chemical industries. It is very chemical resitant, stable, and [...]

Ultem Machining at East Coast MFG

This a sample of some turned Ultem we have been working on at East Coast Precision Manufacturing. Ultem is known for its resistance to chemicals, solvents, and heat. It is often used for instrumentation and reusable medical components. More information about Ultem. On this part, each end is bored to a very tightly toleranced TIR [...]

Turned Acrylic Video

Here is a video of East Coast’s This is the machining of the part we first featured on the blog a week or so ago. The process for other materials is very similar. We chose acrylic because the chip we produced was easy to blow off with a blast of air. Other materials would require [...]

Turned Delrin-AF

This part is made out a Delrin-AF, a blend of delrin and teflon. The most striking feature is the helical slot that is machined on the OD. The slot width is tightly toleranced at ±.00025. It also features an OD groove and counterbores on each end. Our machining process allows us to produce these parts [...]

Turned Acrylic Example

This is an example of some of the Acrylic work we can do in our lathe department. This part has a few different features. The front face has a knife edge where it blends with the inside diameter. It also has a 3 barbs machined on the outside diameter. There is also a groove and [...]