CNC Machining

Over 50 Years of CNC Machining Experience

Why CNC Machining?

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CNC machining allows Centerline to reduce your lead time to as little as one day. CNC prototypes can be cut out of almost any material, and Centerline's post machining and finishing will provide you with the prototype or model you need to move forward with your product testing.

From large parts to delicate small parts; Centerline Models will work with your designers and engineers to come up with the right material to machine your part out of.

 

 

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CNC Machines

  • 6030 Fadal

  • 4020 Fadal

  • Haas Mini Mill

  • Haas Super Mini Mill

 

 

 

CNC Model Materials

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  • Wood

  • Renwood

  • Aluminum

  • 300 Series Stainless

  • Cast Iron

  • Mild Steel

  • Most Plastics

 

 

CNC Milling Machines: Most CNC milling machines (also called machining centers) are computer controlled vertical mills with the ability to move the spindle vertically along the Z-axis. This extra degree of freedom permits their use in diesinking, engraving applications, and 2.5D surfaces such as relief sculptures. When combined with the use of conical tools or a ball nose cutter, it also significantly improves milling precision without impacting speed, providing a cost-efficient alternative to most flat-surface hand-engraving work.

CNC machines can exist in virtually any of the forms of manual machinery, like horizontal mills. The most advanced CNC milling-machines, the multiaxis machine, add two more axes in addition to the three normal axes (XYZ). Horizontal milling machines also have a C or Q axis, allowing the horizontally mounted workpiece to be rotated, essentially allowing asymmetric and eccentric turning. The fifth axis (B axis) controls the tilt of the tool itself. When all of these axes are used in conjunction with each other, extremely complicated geometries, even organic geometries such as a human head can be made with relative ease with these machines. But the skill to program such geometries is beyond that of most operators. Therefore, 5-axis milling machines are practically always programmed with CAM. (Definition from Wikipedia)