This is the ultimate guide to cnc aluminum milling. We will provide you with a full explanation on how to start your own DIY manual milling project with open source laser engine
We will also discuss some of the best and most affordable tools for this project. If you have any questions or comments, please let us know in the comment box below.
cnc aluminum millingAluminum is one of the most common metal materials to produce components for various fields, almost all fields. Also, CNC aluminum machining is a very common process for aluminum parts.
Aluminum is very easy for machining process because the material is soft and shaping keeper, it is suitable for many different production facilities, such as machining, extrusion, stamp, casting, etc.
With its good thermal conductivity and excellent shaping feature, temperature devices and electricity device and other industries are commonly using aluminum alloy. Aluminum alloy has many different materials codes to support wider demands.
1/ Aluminum material is soft for machining, easy for CNC machining to carry out desired shapes
2/ CNC machining aluminum parts are durable for long term using, high resistance than steel series
3/ CNC machining aluminum parts are flexible to apply many kinds of surface finishing treatments
4/ CNC machining aluminum is good resistance against low temperature, which benefits for winter products
5/ Aluminum materials can be produced by many process, for example, forging, extrusion, stamp, casting, fabrication, etc.
6/ It is basically environmental material and supporting recycle collecting, material renewal benefits the burden of world
| Aluminum Property | Alloy Type | Content | Melting Point | Hardness | Tensile Strength | Density |
| Aluminum Based | Aluminum and others | 660°C | HRC 22-35 | 80-345 MPa | 2.72-2.82 g/cm3 |
| Aluminum Alloy | Workable Processes | Surface Finishing for Aluminum Parts | Materials Code |
| CNC Turning, CNC Milling, CNC Drilling, Molding, Extrusion, Fabrication, Welding, Casting, etc. | Chemical Film; Oxide; Anodizing, Painting, Plating, etc. | Aluminum 2024 | |
| Aluminum 5052 | |||
| Aluminum 5083 | |||
| Aluminum 6061 | |||
| Aluminum 6063 | |||
| Aluminum 6082 | |||
| Aluminum 7050 | |||
| other more Aluminum Alloy |
Asianstar many CNC machines allow us to produce various aluminum parts, different sizes, and structures are well done by suitable solution
Asianstar professional engineers team has experience from year 2005, we produce aluminum parts for clients with expertise skills
Asianstar QC system and QC tools guarantee our products are perfect result. We have procedures to control aluminum parts quality during production
Asianstar aim to buildup partnership with clients, always choose best suitable facilities to carry out the components in competitive prices
CNC Machining Brass material is used for wide range components, we support clients to produce a variety of parts such as gears, locks, electronics, pipe fittings, etc.
CNC Machining Copper material is soft and easy to machining on different shape of components. We mostly produce copper components for electric devices by machining and stamping
CNC Machining Aluminum materials is one of our most used materials. We support clients to turning, drilling or milling on aluminum material from size 0.5mm to 470mm
CNC Machining Stainless Steel are common material for wide range components, we produce Stainless Steel turning parts, milling parts, high smoothness components, etc.
CNC Machining Titanium material brings components superb features, we use titanium to produce high precision work-piece for clients from aircraft, aerospace, medical devices
Our CNC Machining Plastic materials includes ABS, HDPE, LDPE, Nylon, POM, Peek, Polycarbonate, etc. We produce them in high precision and high smoothness.
Yes, we support ODM/OEM, we provide custom-made service for clients or even support clients on designing or improving