Ultra Precision Machining of Beryllium, Aluminum Beryllium, and other Exotic Metals
Ultra-Precision Machining
L.A. Gauge provides customers with a one stop shop for precision machining. With stringent controls and state-of-the-art equipment, we avoid part stress and micro-cracking to provide high quality components.
Our capabilities include:
- CNC 4 and 5 Axis Milling
- CNC Turning
- Electron Discharge Machining (EDM)
- O.D. and I.D. Grinding
- Jig Grinding
- CNC Jig Boring
- M 3.5 (Class 100) Clean Room
- Temperature Controlled Metrology Lab
Manufacturing Engineering
Part of our one-stop-shop service is to assist our customers with design and cost engineering support. Using the latest engineering software and thorough planning procedures, our manufacturing engineers determine the most cost-effective approach to produce high quality products.
- In-house Software Includes:
- MasterCAM
- Solidworks
- AutoCAD
- Adobe Acrobat Pro
- Ashlar Vellum 3D Software
- DNC Interface to CNC Machines
- IGES and Step File Data Compatibility
- Shop Travelers & Job Cost based on custom, fully integrated, accounting-shop MRP software
Metal Optics Processing
L.A. Gauge provides the finest finishing possible to all substrates it manufactures. Using planetary polishing processes and utilizing interferometric testing in a controlled environment, the expert opticians at L.A. Gauge produce extremely flat and smooth surfaces on a wide variety of geometrical shapes and sizes. Whether for in-house designs or customer-supplied specifications, prototype or production quantities, L.A. Gauge's metal optics polishing capabilities are second to none.
The L.A. Gauge optics laboratory traditionally manufactures metal optic mirrors to demanding flatness tolerances of a 1/10 wave over a 10 inch diameter face and a surface finish to 20-10 standard.
