While not all plastic parts require tight tolerances, there are times when a high degree of precision is absolutely necessary. At Reading Plastic, high-precision plastic machining is our wheelhouse. Much of our clientele are members of the military and aerospace industries, which demand highly precise machined parts. When you need parts that will hold tight tolerances, turn to the experts at Reading Plastic.
Tight tolerances are most often required for complex part designs. The more parts must interact, the greater the potential for tolerance accumulation. Other times a demanding environment may make tight tolerances necessary. For example, if a part is exposed to high/low temperature extremes it could expand and contract outside of its tolerances. When tolerances aren’t met, there is a high risk that parts will underperform or possibly fail. This leads to costly downtimes and customer dissatisfaction.
At Reading Plastic, our ability to produce tight tolerance plastic parts comes from our expert staff and fleet of fast, reliable machines. Our plastic machining capabilities include milling, routing, turning, and die stamping, which means we can use the manufacturing method best suited to your part.
With our computer-driven CNC milling machines, we can produce extremely tight tolerances of +/- .001 and surface finishes as smooth as 15Ra. CNC milling can be used with most rigid materials, including metal, but we specialize in milling thermosets and thermoplastics, polymers and advanced engineering materials. While other forms of CNC machining can be used for these materials as well, CNC milling is distinct in the geometries and surface textures it can render.
Our CNC turning services excel at multi-axis lathe work, which produces close tolerance parts that are 100% burr free with no sharp edges. With machines like the Miyano BNA-42S, we can achieve unmatched precision even while slashing cycle time and expanding the parts’ complexity.
Need to produce extremely thin products that can hold tight tolerances at high volumes? Our precision die cutting and stamping services have you covered. From washers and gaskets to seals and insulations, we can produce the extremely precise identical parts you need.
No matter how complex or technical your part, we can machine your part to meet the tight tolerances you need. We can even perform secondary operations on 3D printed parts to get their tolerances where they need to be. If you have a project in mind, contact us today at 610-926-3245 or site2@readingplastic.com. We look forward to working with you!
