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5052 is an aluminium alloy, primarily alloyed with magnesium and chromium. Typical applications include marine, aircraft, architecture, general sheet metal work, heat exchangers, fuel lines and tanks, flooring panels, streetlights, appliances, rivets and wire.

6061 is an alloy that is suitable for hot forging. The billet is heated through an induction furnace and forged using a closed die process. This particular alloy is suitable for open die forgings.

Carbon fiber plate is a board made of carbon fiber prepreg, which can replace the use of steel and aluminum. Its molding process is to arrange the carbon fiber prepreg in a certain angle and then solidify it in the mold. It has good properties such as high tensile strength, corrosion resistance, earthquake resistance, and impact resistance, and can give full play to the strength and elastic modulus of carbon fiber.

Copper alloy C101 is also known as HC or high conductivity copper. It has a nominal conductivity of 100% IACS (International Annealed Copper Standard). C101 also has high thermal conductivity.

Copper C110, being a tough pitch copper alloy, is not easily welded or brazed because it suffers from embrittlelment when heated in a reducing atmosphere. This occurs because hydrogen reacts with the oxide in the metal to form steam and causes cracking.

C260 brass is the most ductile of the brasses and is used in greater quantity than any other copper-zinc alloy. Copper alloy 260 has excellent to good corrosion resistance in most environments, but is not suitable for use with certain materials, such as acetic acid, moist ammonia or ammonia compounds, hydrochloric acid and nitric acid.

Mild steel 1018 is a widely used alloy with good machinability, weldability, toughness, strength, but it’s susceptible to corrosion on the surface.

Polymethyl methacrylate(PMMA), is a kind of high molecular polymer, also known as acrylic or plexiglass. It has the advantages of high transparency, low price and easy mechanical processing. It is a commonly used glass substitute material. And it has also been closely linked with the laser cutting process to achieve the purpose of production.

Stainless Type 304 is one of the most versatile and commonly used grades of stainless steel. It is a Chromium-Nickel austenitic alloy containing a minimum of 18% Chromium and 8% Nickel with a max of 0.08% Carbon.

Stainless Type 316 is a standard molybdenum-bearing austenitic stainless steel grade. It is austenitic, nonmagnetic, and thermally non hardenable. The alloying element of molybdenum gives type 316 more corrosion resistance than steel and iron or even type 304 stainless steel.

Stainless steel 201, with certain acid and alkali resistance, high density, no bubbles, no pinholes, etc. It is a high-quality material for producing various case and strap bottom cover. Mainly used for decorative tubes, industrial tubes, some shallow stretched products.

Type 301 is an austenitic stainless steel with a nominal composition of 17 percent chromium and 7 percent nickel, which provides good strength and ductility when cold worked.It also has excellent corrosion resistance properties.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Spray painting: Using spray guns with air pressure to disperse into uniform and fine droplets and apply the painting to the surface of the object. Application: generally used in the appearance of smart hardware, home appliances, and plastic parts.

Anodizing creates a corrosion-resistant finish. Parts can be anodized in different colors—clear, black, red, and gold are most common—and is usually associated with aluminum. And with bead blast, the part surface is left with a smooth, matte appearance.(Note: 1.There will be a certain color difference between the actual color after anodizing and the above color board. 2.Rack marks are inherent to the anodizing process. When engineering a part that will be anodized, you'd better identify where the part will be racked. Typically, the racking location is chosen to minimize the visibility of the mark after the part is assembled.)

It creates a corrosion-resistant finish. Parts can be anodized in different colors—clear, black, red, and gold are most common—and is usually associated with aluminum.(Note: 1.There will be a certain color difference between the actual color after anodizing and the above color board. 2.Rack marks are inherent to the anodizing process. When engineering a part that will be anodized, you'd better identify where the part will be racked. Typically, the racking location is chosen to minimize the visibility of the mark after the part is assembled.)

It creates a corrosion-resistant finish, the film produced by conductive oxidation is only 0.01-0.15 micrometers, which is not very wear-resistant, but it can conduct electricity and resist atmospheric corrosion.(Note: 1.There will be a certain color difference between the actual color after anodizing and the above color board. 2.Rack marks are inherent to the anodizing process. When engineering a part that will be anodized, you'd better identify where the part will be racked. Typically, the racking location is chosen to minimize the visibility of the mark after the part is assembled.)

The part surface is left with a smooth, matte appearance.

Black oxide is a conversion coating used to improve corrosion resistance and minimize light reflection.

Brushing is a surface treatment process in which abrasive belts are used to draw traces on the surface of a material, usually for aesthetic purposes. The thickness of the abrasive belts (usually between #80-120) affects the finish. Although suitable for a handful of metals, brushing is most commonly applied to aluminum.

Non-chromic chemical conversion coating provides corrosion resistance and good conductivity properties. Adds very little thickness, about 0.00001”-0.00004”. Chem film will conform to MIL-DTL-5541, TYPE II. It contains no hexavalent chromium, a substance which became regulated under RoHS directive in Europe and so forth as an environmentally hazardous substance.

Electrophoresis is the motion of dispersed particles relative to a fluid under the influence of a spatially uniform electric field. The technique applies a negative charge so proteins move towards a positive charge. It is ultimately caused by the presence of a charged interface between the particle surface and the surrounding fluid.

Laser etching, also called laser engraving or laser marking, is used to create a visible mark on the surface of many substrates, including metal, plastic, stone and glass. The process involves the use of a high-heat laser to modify the surface of the substrate.Electrolytic etching has the same goal as laser etching: to create an aesthetic mark on an object. However, this type of etching can only be done on metal.The first step in chemical etching is to laminate a sheet of metal, or the substrate, with a layer of light-sensitive resist. Once the photoresist is exposed to UV light and a positive image of the product is produced, the masked sheet is exposed to an etching solution. Unmasked areas of the sheet are removed by the etchant, and the masked areas stay protected, creating a part. The photoresist is removed from the finished part, or sheet of parts.

Sanding is the use of fine abrasive sand particles to rub the surface of the product to produce a diffuse, non-linear texture effect. Adhere different abrasive grit to the backing paper or the back of the board, and the abrasive grit can be distinguished by different granularities according to the size: the higher the particle size, the finer the abrasive grit, so the surface effect is better.

An electrochemical process cleans steel parts to reduce corrosion and improve appearance, by making the metal brighter. Removes about 0.0001”-0.0025” of the metal. Conforms to ASTM B912-02.

Physical vapour deposition (PVD) is a process used to produce a metal vapour that can be deposited on electrically conductive materials as a thin, highly adhered pure metal or alloy coating. The process is carried out in a vacuum chamber at high vacuum (10–6 torr) using a cathodic arc source.

Pickling is a metal cleaning process that uses very strong acids to clean the metal of certain types of surface conditions. These conditions include mill scale, oxides, impurities and stains. The solution of acid used when pickling is called the pickling liquor. During the process, the metal is submersed in the pickle liquor for a set amount of time and then removed.

This is a process where powdered paint is sprayed onto a part that is then baked in an oven. This creates a strong, wear- and corrosion-resistant layer that is more durable than standard painting methods. A wide variety of colors are available to create the desired aesthetic.

This is a process where powdered paint is sprayed onto a part that is then baked in an oven. This creates a strong, wear- and corrosion-resistant layer that is more durable than standard painting methods. A wide variety of colors are available to create the desired aesthetic.

A finishing CNC machining operation can be applied to the part to reduce its surface roughness. The standard smoothing surface roughness (Ra) is 1.6 μm (63 μin). This can be decreased down to 0.4 μm (15.7 μin) upon request and on a case-by-case basis. Machine marks are less evident but still visible.

Chrome plating is a technique of electroplating a thin layer of chromium onto a metal object. The after product of chrome plating is called chrome. The chromed layer can be decorative, provide corrosion resistance, ease cleaning procedures, or increase surface hardness. Sometimes, a less expensive imitator of chrome may be used for aesthetic purposes.

Galvanization is the process of applying a protective zinc coating to steel or iron, to prevent rusting. We use electro-galvanizing method, which is galvanized through electrode reaction. The zinc ingot is used as the anode, the zinc atoms lose their electrons and become ions and dissolve into the electrolyte. The steel strip is used as the cathode, the zinc ions gain electrons on the steel strip and are reduced to zinc atoms that are deposited on the surface of the steel strip to form a coating.

Nickel plating is a technique of electroplating a thin layer of nickel onto a metal object. The nickel layer can be decorative, provide corrosion resistance, wear resistance, or used to build up worn or undersized parts for salvage purposes.

Silver plating is about the method of adding a thin layer of silver to an object.

Gold plating is a method of depositing a thin layer of gold on the surface of glass or metal, most often copper or silver.

Tin plating is the process of thinly coating sheets of wrought iron or steel with tin, and the resulting product is known as tinplate. The term is also widely used for the different process of coating a metal with solder before soldering.

The finish option with the quickest turnaround. Sharp edges and burrs would be removed by default. (If you need parts with sharp edges and burrs, please remark below or note on 2D drawing). Surface finish is comparable to 125 uin Ra finish.