CNC Prototype Machining

Rapid CNC Prototype Services

You can turn to R&R CNC Services for your comprehensive CNC prototype machining and product development solution needs. With our precision CNC machining centers and experienced team, we can handle all technical aspects of creating your prototypes and parts, so your team can focus on bringing your product to market. Our CNC machining capabilities allow us to produce very fine and highly accurate parts, full-functioning engineering prototypes, pieces, and injection molds.

Our CNC prototype machinists have years of expertise and can help point out any problems with future parts production. Using a wide variety of materials, CNC prototypes can be produced quickly and precisely.

Functional Prototypes with CNC Machining Services

Prototypes can have many different functions. At their most basic, prototypes may be used as visual elements to guide the R&D process or provide proof of concept. Others, however, are used for more than just visual displays. Engineering prototypes or production prototypes might be required depending on the stage of development: prototypes that not only resemble the final product but also function as closely as possible. The CNC machining process is often preferred when producing functional prototypes that require strength, mechanical stability, or other characteristics not available from additive processes.

Advantages of CNC Prototype Machining

There are many reasons why a company may use CNC machining to make a prototype, including speed, quality, available materials, and similarity to the final part.

From File to Prototype

The fact that CNC machining is a digital process that makes parts and components from an electronic file means that engineers can create a machined prototype that closely matches the digital design. The same digital design can be used to make an identical part in the future.

Quality & Consistency

Although PCs aren’t perfect, CNC machines generally follow their programmed instructions to within a fraction of a millimeter. They can also do it over and over again. While companies might only be making one prototype, a CNC will allow them to rerun the process without much deviation from the original. This is very helpful for developing new iterations of a prototype as well as moving the prototype part into production.

CNC Machining is Accurate

The most accurate and precise methods for achieving high levels of accuracy and precision in modern machine shops usually involve the use of computer-controlled cutting tools. This level of accuracy produces normal tolerances of about 0.05mm or 50 microns. That’s more than accurate enough for most commercial applications, and it’s a repeatable tolerance, which can be achieved over and over again with unlimited part numbers.

CNC Machining is Fast

Due to technological advances in machines and software, CNC Machining has become a fast, reliable, and efficient way to machine metal and rigid plastics into complex shapes. Once programmed, a good mill or lathe can perform wonders on steel and aluminum.

CNC Machining is Easy to Modify

Modifying a few lines of G-code can quickly change a design. This is particularly appealing for prototyping since you can quickly test several different versions and immediately find out what works. When you tweak a program and make any necessary adjustments “on the fly,” you can significantly reduce the total product development time without adding any additional costs.

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