CNC mills come in 3-axis, 4-axis, and 5-axis configurations.

Milling is suitable for many different features, including threading, chamfering, slotting, etc. This allows for producing complex designs on a single CNC milling centre with enviable accuracy. The tolerances for CNC machining are around +/- 0.1 mm.

The creation of these aforementioned features requires a variety of different milling operations:

• Surface milling
• Face milling
• Angular milling
• Form milling
• Profile milling
• Gear milling, etc.

Tool offset refers to the allowance made by a milling machine to design the cutting tool and shift its position. It ensures the CNC machine is operating on the right part of the workpiece.

Just like other CNC machining services serving their utmost to several industries around the globe, the CNC milling procedures and services are also working to their maximum to facilitate businesses and industries. Depending on the type of machined part, prototype scale, or production line, the following are some of the industries that are directly getting facilitated with the CNC milling services. 

• Electronics industry
• Medical industry
• Automotive industry
• Marine industry
• Agricultural industry
• Machine tool industry
• Military industry
• High-tech industry
• Food industry
• Aerospace industry
• Semiconductor industry

Hence, CNC milling services are best to give your machined parts and prototypes a new dimension and fits in the big picture. Being a budding machining service, the CNC milling procedures are now carried out in machine shops to give a reliable, strong, and finished custom machined part. 

1. Cost Efficient
80% of aspect and mechanical parts can be CNC milled within minutes or even seconds by optimizing the tool paths and using special cutting tools. With automation set up, CNC milling is super cost-efficient for mass production comparing with additive manufacturing in most of the cases.

2. Materials & Finishes Options
Besides of fast turnaround time, various type and spec of the plastic, metal block are available for milling, and different type of surface finishing is available for CNC milling parts, such as painting, anodizing and chroming. It’s great a combination of function and aspect.

3. Unlock Complexity
Because the cutting tool of a milling machine can approach the workpiece from several different angles, it is possible to create complex shapes CNC parts, with more axis, we can create parts of greater complexity. If a CNC project demands an irregular shape, milling is often the best bet.

While potentially any solid, stable material can be milled, we have a standard selection of raw material including hard plastics and aluminum, various steels, titanium, magnesium, brass, copper and other alloys.

Note that some hardened steels may be too hard to CNC machine, or else would require specialty cutting tools and longer processing times. Soft elastomers or plastics may also be impossible to mill since they cannot be held in a fixed position or would change in shape under the pressure of the cutting tool.

• Imported CNC milling centers and cutting tools offer repeatable precision on your projects.
• Staffed by skilled operators working with a team of toolmakers.
• We’re able to keep costs down while providing unmatched precision and quality without compromises.
• We work in a clean, well-lit, and climate-controlled production area.
• We use best-in-class Solidworks software for maximum efficiency and machine compatibility.
• Incoming quality inspection and testing of raw materials ensure the integrity of our supply chain, so you get exactly the materials you specified.
• We are experts in prototyping and low-volume manufacturing, so quick set-ups and rapid production are in our DNA.
• Our CNC milling services are designed to work in tandem with our many other in-house fabricating and finishing capabilities, to provide you with a comprehensive one-stop rapid manufacturing solution.
• We’re located close to major shipping ports in Visakhapatnam, so your parts can be on their way to you fast.

Rates vary with process and we employ many processes at Oceanautics. Basing part of project costs on factory rates assumes all similar factories operate at the same level of productivity employing the same level of employees and equipment. Certainly, that is not the case. We prefer to provide pricing upon a detailed review of your Drawings. This approach is much more valuable to the customer.

Average is difficult to define given the diverse nature of materials and processes utilized at Oceanautics. We consider ourselves as a “Quick Turn & Milling” operation. Often providing much shorter lead times than typical industrial cutting or machining operations. Additionally giving the fact that we have so many processes in house it allows us to do the entire project (or a large piece of it) saving the customer the time and inefficiencies of utilizing several companies.
Depending on the part complexity and capacity of our company typical lead times range from 2-5 weeks after receipt of order.