MOTION CONTROL & AUTOMATION

Precision Machining, Tight Tolerances, Dependability

Outsourced Manufacturing for Motion Control & Automation

Whether the task is positioning a medical vial for filling, moving a sequence of components for automated assembly, or polishing a part to a perfect mirror finish, Motion Control and Automation products live and die with their precision components.  

So it's no surprise that many turn to EMI for their complex precision machined metal, plastic and advanced composite parts and assemblies.

Motion Control and Automation Industry Applications

With decades of precision machining experience and more than 40 CNC machines, including automated 5-axis mill-turn centers, EMI consistently delivers the quality components that Motion Control and Automation companies need to build the tools that so many other industries rely on.

End Use Products

  • Warehouse automation
  • Traceability systems
  • Inspection systems
  • Drive technologies
  • Positioning systems
  • Electrical and mechanical drives
  • Motion controllers
  • Automation technology
  • Torque control systems
  • CNC & CAM controllers
  • Packaging
  • Palletizing

Example Parts We Create

  • Hydraulics 
  • Pneumatics 
  • Manifolds 
  • Servo motors & amplifiers 
  • Lasers 
  • AC drives 
  • Variable frequency drives 
  • Converters 
  • Motors 
  • Positioners 
  • Sensors 
  • Valves 
  • Solenoids 
  • Actuators 
  • Mounting plates 
  • Adapters

Custom Manufacturing Process, Materials & Surface Treatments

Whether your core considerations are total strength, strength to weight ratio, flexibility or rigidity, durability, suitability for corrosive or other environments, or something else, EMI brings a wide array of CNC precision manufacturing services to bear, with tolerances as tight as ±0.0001″ (±0.00254 mm). 

Manufacturing Processes

To support an endless array of manufacturing goals, Defense manufacturers needs are as diverse as the day is long. Here are some of the services we provide:

(click each for info about part sizes, weights and tolerances)

Click here for a more complete list of EMI's MANUFACTURING PROCESSES.

Materials

Defense industry designers specify a huge range of metallic, plastic and composite materials. EMI is capable of machining a great many of these, including (but not limited to):

  • Stainless Steel & Carbon Steel
  • Titanium
  • Aluminum
  • Molybdenum
  • Specialty alloys (AlBeMet, Invar, Kovar, etc.)
  • Plastics (PEEK, Delrin, Ultem, etc.)
  • Composites (Fiberglass Laminates, Carbon and Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymers, Metal and Ceramic Matrix Composites)

Click here for a more complete list of MATERIALS EMI machines.

Surface Treatments

For Surface Finishing, whether your needs are tactile, emissivity control, lubricity, conductivity, corrosion resistance, color or something else, EMI delivers a diverse range of finishing solutions:

  • Anodizing
  • Electroplating
  • Electroless Plating
  • Passivation
  • Chem Films
  • Laser Marking, Silk Screening, Pad Printing
  • Paint, Powder Coating
  • Deburring
  • Media Blasting
  • Knurling
  • Polishing

Our capabilities include surface roughness to 8 Ra and #4 finish for grained direction parts.

Click here for a more complete list of EMI's SURFACE FINISHING options.

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Manufacturing Processes

To support an endless array of manufacturing goals, Defense manufacturers needs are as diverse as the day is long. Here are some of the services we provide:

(click each for info about part sizes, weights and tolerances)

Click here for a more complete list of EMI's MANUFACTURING PROCESSES.

Materials

Defense industry designers specify a huge range of metallic, plastic and composite materials. EMI is capable of machining a great many of these, including (but not limited to):

  • Stainless Steel & Carbon Steel
  • Titanium
  • Aluminum
  • Molybdenum
  • Specialty alloys (AlBeMet, Invar, Kovar, etc.)
  • Plastics (PEEK, Delrin, Ultem, etc.)
  • Composites (Fiberglass Laminates, Carbon and Glass Fiber Reinforced Polymers, Metal and Ceramic Matrix Composites)

Click here for a more complete list of MATERIALS EMI machines.

Surface Treatments

For Surface Finishing, whether your needs are tactile, emissivity control, lubricity, conductivity, corrosion resistance, color or something else, EMI delivers a diverse range of finishing solutions:

  • Anodizing
  • Electroplating
  • Electroless Plating
  • Passivation
  • Chem Films
  • Laser Marking, Silk Screening, Pad Printing
  • Paint, Powder Coating
  • Deburring
  • Media Blasting
  • Knurling
  • Polishing

Our capabilities include surface roughness to 8 Ra and #4 finish for grained direction parts.

Click here for a more complete list of EMI's SURFACE FINISHING options.

Quality Considerations

EMI is ISO 9001:2015 certified and ITAR registered, so quality assurance is built into everything we do. Using the latest testing and metrology equipment EMI performs in-process and finished article inspection, testing and verification activities our temperature controlled quality lab. And we provide traceability documentation and results certification as dictated by our customers business and regulatory needs.

Click for more info about Quality Assurance.

Responsive Service & Support

It takes great service and support to deliver the great products our customer's customers deserve. In order to serve you best EMI delivers highly responsive service and open two-way communications backed by a relentless focus on on-time delivery to support your supply chain needs.

"More than Parts, Partnership" is our brand promise and it permeates everything we do to serve you.

Testimonials

Testimonial Panel - Ocean Imaging 1 (350 x 350)
Testimonial Panel - DTM Packaging 1 (350 x 350)
Testimonial Panel - Prior Scientific 1 (350 x 350)

Why EMI?

Choosing the right outsourcing partner for your precision manufacturing needs can be the difference between success or failure for a given project. The question is how to choose.

The answer is to optimize for the right relationship. Choose a partner that supports your supply chain needs by delivering responsive service, open two-way communications, and on-time delivery.

For more than a half-century and continuing to this day, EMI always seeks to co-create the right relationship by prioritizing our partners' success.

Our Promise:

“More than Parts, Partnership”

Contact us today to start building the right relationship.

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