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Polyimide Polymer Machining

My part is PEEK, ULTEM or Vespel and has to hold tolerance. Who machines polymer stock shape without the part moving after it comes off the machine?

What it is

Machining finished parts from polymer stock shape. Distinct from metal machining: the material moves under cutting load, holds heat, and relieves internal stress as material is removed, so fixturing and annealing matter more than speeds and feeds.

Suppliers

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Companies that perform this process on customer material.

  • Drake Plastics Verified
    Cypress, TX · Converter Service provider

    Precision machining of finished polyimide components.

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  • Professional Plastics Verified
    Fullerton, CA · Distributor Service provider

    Plastic machining offered alongside stocked polyimide shapes.

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  • Valley Design Corp. Verified
    Shirley, MA · Service provider
    AS9100

    Polyimide is listed among the machined materials. Relevant because polyimide cannot be melt processed, so every polyimide part is machined from stock shape.

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Input material

Forms this process takes in.

Stock ShapeInput form

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