FABRICATION & MACHINING
Profile Precision Extrusions offers complete turnkey fabrication and machining services. Our fabrication services not only save you time by simplifying the manufacturing value chain, but it also saves you money!
For development projects we are happy to manufacture a small number of prototypes.
Select from the following:
CNC Swiss Lathe
Profile provides machining services utilizing many advanced technologies. One of those capabilities is CNC swiss machining. The original technology was designed for the watch industry. CNC Swiss machining technology has become a widely applied solution for production machining applications for the medical device and aerospace industries.
These automatic lathes precision and speed have proven to be the machine tool of choice for many demanding applications.
3-Axis CNC
Profile Precision utilizes a Robo-Drill 3-axis vertical CNC mill with a pallet changer for machining aluminum extrusions less than 18” in length. It has 24” of travel in X and 16” of travel in Y axis. It excels at drilling holes and counter sinks for many of our customers.
It has the capability to hold tolerances to ±.0002”. It has much higher productivity levels than a drill press and can run unattended when we utilize the pallet changer.
3-Axis CNC
Profile Precision utilizes a Robo-Drill 3-axis vertical CNC mill with a pallet changer for machining aluminum extrusions less than 18” in length. It has 24” of travel in X and 16” of travel in Y axis. It excels at drilling holes and counter sinks for many of our customers.
It has the capability to hold tolerances to ±.0002”. It has much higher productivity levels than a drill press and can run unattended when we utilize the pallet changer.
CNC – long bed (Elumatic)
Profile utilizes a very unique 4-axis vertical mill for long extrusions. We have the capability to accurately machine aluminum shapes and tubing up to 14 feet long. Many linear slide applications require holes and countersinks over long lengths.
This can be accomplished on our Elumatic SBZ 122/74 without taking the extrusion out of the fixture. This minimizes cycle time and increases machining accuracy. We have up to 16” of travel in the Y-axis of this machine.
Cutting to Length
Each of Profiles 3 extrusion presses has the capability to produce aluminum tubing and extruded shapes up to 24 feet long. In general, requirements for extrusions or tube less than 72” long are cut at one of our four precision saws. We cut close to one million pieces per month with our saws.
Our Behringer VA-L 500 E is our newest precision saw. It was installed in January 2022. It was developed specifically for sawing non-ferrous metals like aluminum.
Cutting to Length
Each of Profiles 3 extrusion presses has the capability to produce aluminum tubing and extruded shapes up to 24 feet long. In general, requirements for extrusions or tube less than 72” long are cut at one of our four precision saws. We cut close to one million pieces per month with our saws.
Our Behringer VA-L 500 E is our newest precision saw. It was installed in January 2022. It was developed specifically for sawing non-ferrous metals like aluminum.
Wire EDM (Electrical discharge machining)
Wire EDM is a non-traditional machining method that uses an electrical spark to vaporize the work piece. Historically, the wire EDM process has been most widely used by the tool and die manufacturing industry. Over the past fifteen years improvements have resulted in the process being increasingly utilized in the aerospace and medical device manufacturing industries for both prototype and small production runs.
In fact most of the extrusion dies Profile Precision Extrusions purchases are largely fabricated using Wire EDM machines.
Outside Vendors
Profile Precision has an extensive network of vendors who supply many fabrication options we do not perform in-house. A partial list of those services for your aluminum extrusion and extruded aluminun tubing projects is below:
- CNC machining
- Centerless OD grinding to ±.0002”
- Pad printing
- Anodizing
- Painting
- Powder coat
- Wet paint
