Case Study: Machining of 6061 Aluminum Baseplate
We start the machining process by cutting the stock aluminum to size and setting it up in one of our CNC vertical mills. It all begins with maintaining a close relationship to our vendors and sourcing only the highest quality materials.
Next we mill the aluminum on one side to make sure we have an absolute flat surface.
Then we begin to machine the features of the part. In this case, two slide pockets are inside of the part. We machine the outer surface as well as setting up pilot holes to be finished later in the process.
On this particular project we are running two identical parts. We like to stop after the first process on the first part to check that our programming, tooling, and dimensions are correct. Once this is confirmed we run the second part of this first operation.
We then flip the aluminum over to begin the second set-up of our machining process.
The next steps are to mill the second side down to size, and to complete the pocket, drill, and tap cycles.
Once again we stop here to confirm that our machine is running as expected and we are hitting the specified dimensions utilized on in the programming phase. We then run the second part.
We then remove the parts from the excess aluminum and begin deburring.
Our third and final operation is to drill and tap holes along the sides of the baseplate.
After inspection, the parts are sent to one of our trusted vendors to have the parts black anodized.
After final inspection the parts are ready for shipment to the customer. These aluminum base plates are now complete. See below for some video of the project.
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