Feeding the Trough

 

This beauty is our Part of the Week. Let's take a look!

 

WHAT'S THIS?

This is a picture of an aluminum part we recently produced on one of our 5-axis milling machines.

 Machined piece of aluminum sitting on a scarred wooden benchtop. Most of the innards have been cleared out, leaving a thin-walled trough. There are two penetrations, one on the short end nearest to the camera and one on the long wall on the left side.

Not a star chamber, but a star nonetheless.

THAT'S COOL!

This was a fun challenge to think through and execute.

The walls of the chamber are both tall and very thin, and maintaining their integrity and straightness was critical for our customer.

Even better, because of the part's function, both penetrations needed to be made from the same block as the chamber, so machining separately and welding was not an option.

The team got to work and built a plan to create this from a single block.

The result speaks for itself and the customer was happy, which is the real reward.

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About the author

Adam Persson

Adam handles sales & marketing for EMI and brings a passion for creating long term win-win B2B relationships with customers. When he's not at work he can be found chasing after his three kids, two dogs and one cat, or smashing his thumb with a hammer while working on home renovations.