F-Tech Precision Engineering’s cylindrical and surface grinding services can be delivered in conjunction with processes from our other engineering departments, or as a stand-alone service.
We continually work with hard anodised shafts, hard chrome and heat-treated shafts, where high tolerances, concentricity and surface finish are a vital requirement.
Cylindrical grinding is a manufacturing process that is best suited to parts requiring extreme precision with the surface grinding procedure and finish. The process can be used for single and multiple diameter shafts, where concentricity between the diameters or centre line is important.
Similar in operation to our CNC lathes, the work piece requiring grinding is rotated around a central axis. However, instead of cutting the metal like the lathe, a rotating grinding wheel is used to grind away the metal excess from the work piece, usually in tiny amounts.
The work piece is held in a precision chuck and is also able to traverse from left to right to enable grinding along its entire length.
To enable the grinding processes, the abrasive element – the grinding wheel, must be harder than the work piece. Various grinding wheels are used, including synthetic compound, carbide and diamond wheels.
With sheet metal and CNC precision engineering under the same roof, we can offer a wide range of manufacturing capabilities from complex, one-off and bespoke projects to large scale batches of simpler components.
Drawing on over 40 years of engineering and design expertise, our design engineers understand design for manufacture, allowing us to combine first class component design and consultancy services with engineering.
Our prototyping services include multi-axis CNC machining, laser cutting, sheet metal fabrication and welding. We manufacture one-off complex machined prototype parts, sheet metal enclosures, full assemblies and pre-production runs.
To find out more about our team, our process or our expertise, get in touch with a member of our friendly customer services team.
