CNC milling employs rotational cutting tools to remove material from a workpiece, producing finished parts and products. This versatile manufacturing process is suitable for various materials, including metals, polymers, wood, and glass. Standard CNC milling systems feature three linear degrees of freedom—X, Y, and Z axes—enabling high precision and detailed work. The Protolabs Network also offers advanced 5-axis systems, where the tool head and machining bed (A and B axes) can rotate. These 5-axis CNC machines can create parts with complex geometries without requiring multiple machine setups.

CNC turning produces parts by mounting a blank on a rotating chuck and removing material with stationary cutting tools. This technology is ideal for manufacturing parts with symmetry along their center axis. Turned parts are typically produced faster and at a lower cost than milled parts.

CNC drilling is a machining process used to create holes in parts, making it essential for part fabrication and product manufacturing, especially for products with components that require assembly. This article will discuss the drilling process, various types of machines, and its applications in part manufacturing.

Our state-of-the-art WEDM machines offer high-tolerance precision wire cutting in multiple axes, with advanced angle cutting technology. We deliver components with tolerances as tight as 0.001 mm and surface roughness below Ra0.2. Using electric discharges, we achieve exceptional precision and repeatability, regardless of material hardness or shape complexity。

1.Extrusion is the process of shaping material, by forcing it to flow through ashaped opening in a die.Extruded material emerges as an elongated piece with the same profile as the die opening.

For commonly used extruded parts, you can source it from the marketdirectly, but for special shapes or other extruded parts for industrial use that are not on the market, FWL can customize and manufacture them for you.
2.Pressure die casting is an efficient manufacturing method for producing metal components , which is use high-intensity pressure and speed to forces the molten metal into a closed steel die cavity. It is suitable for high volume production projects. FWL can offer metal die casting service for prototype, low-volume and series production projects.