CNC Machining Copper: A Comprehensive Guide for Precision Parts Manufacturing

Copper is a highly sought-after material in the manufacturing industry due to its excellent electrical and thermal conductivity, corrosion resistance, and ductility. As a result, it is widely used in various applications, such as electronics, automotive, and aerospace industries. CNC machining copper has become an increasingly popular method for producing high-quality, complex parts with tight tolerances. In this blog post, we will provide a comprehensive guide on CNC machining copper, including its advantages, challenges, and best practices for successful production.

Advantages of CNC Machining Copper

1. High Precision and Accuracy: CNC machining allows for the creation of intricate and complex parts with high precision and accuracy. This is particularly important for industries that require tight tolerances and intricate designs, such as electronics and aerospace.

2. Speed and Efficiency: CNC machines can produce parts quickly and efficiently, reducing production time and increasing overall productivity.

3. Consistency: CNC machining ensures that each part produced is consistent in quality, which is essential for industries that require high levels of reliability and performance.

4. Flexibility: CNC machines can easily be reprogrammed to produce different parts, allowing for greater flexibility in production and the ability to quickly adapt to changing demands.

Challenges of CNC Machining Copper

CNC Copper Machining

CNC Machining Copper Material is good electrical conductivity, thermal conductivity, it is soft and good for machining as it has high plasticity, it is easily and rapidly to carry out desired shape as machining cutter can run faster than other steel materials, and also reach high precision.

Copper has a shiny reddish-orange finish, which varies slightly based on the surface finish method. Copper can be media-blasted and polished to achieve many different cosmetic surface finishes.

CNC Machining Copper Parts are widely used in the manufacture of electrical wires, cables, electric brushes, electric spark, and other electrical devices and products.

Benefits of CNC Copper Machining

1/ CNC Machining Copper Parts are excellent in electricity conductivity, supporting very good electric function

2/ CNC Machining Copper Parts are soft, easy to design into different shape, also suitable for many processes

3/ Copper is easy for cutting and machining, its production efficiency is much higher than steel series

4/ Good propriety for bending and shaping

5/ Heat transferring function very good, high resistance, temperature stability, long durable using

6/ Stable surface, non-surface treatment is durable, electroplating is also used on copper parts

Composition And Property of CNC Machining Copper

Copper Property	Alloy Type	Content	Melting Point	Hardness	Tensile Strength	Density
Copper Property	Cu-based	Zn, Sn, Si, Al, Ni	1083°C	HB35-45	Low	8.9 g/cm3

Common Materials Code of CNC Machining Copper

Copper Alloy	Workable Processes	Surface Finishing for Copper Parts	Materials Code
	CNC Turning, CNC Milling, CNC Drilling, Molding, Forging, Fabrication, Welding, etc.	Passivation, Anodizing, Plating, Chemical Polishing, etc.	Copper 110
			Copper 101
			Copper 145
			other more Copper Alloy

Asianstar: Professional CNC Machining Supplier

From year of 2005, Asianstar Company establish the CNC Machining Factory in Guangdong Province, China.
We mostly provide CNC Turning, Milling, Drilling, Grinding, and Multi Machining processes service on various materials.
With the Belief of becoming a key supplier in the supply-chain of Precision Components, we strictly control our product quality, keep high precision on our components production, buildup the whole-process QC System and submit the satisfaction for every order.
By long term development, we have buildup partnership with world-wide clients, supporting our partners in Designing, Optimizing, Producing and Testing on each type of components.

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