CHEMICAL MILLING IN RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CA

Precision Aerospace Corporation in Rancho Cucamonga, CA, specializes in chemical milling for the aerospace industry as a structural airframe and jet engine components manufacturer.

WHAT IS CHEMICAL MILLING?

Chemical milling, also called industrial etching or chemical machining, is a process that uses chemical baths of temperature-regulated etching chemicals to remove material from metal to produce the required shape or configuration. Chemical milling can create channels or pockets.

Chemical milling removes material through a chemical reaction. Any material not to be chemically milled first gets masked off using a maskant. After the milling, the entire piece gets stripped of the maskant and thoroughly cleaned.

  • It uniformly removes metal from specific areas without altering the integrity or properties of the metal.
  • It can also remove material from the entire surface of the component to reduce weight.

Chemical milling is often used in the aerospace industry to remove material from skin panels to reduce weight and create small, thin metal parts of complex design with no defects or stresses to the metal parts.

WHY USE CHEMICAL MILLING?

The primary purpose of chemical milling is to reduce weight, improving the aircraft’s efficiency. The aerospace industry uses chemical milling to remove shallow layers of material from aircraft components such as airframe parts or missile skin panels, or to produce blind features such as channels or pockets.

CHEMICAL MILLING BENEFITS

Many aerospace components, such as engine nacelles, cowlings, and fairings, use chemical milling to reduce weight while retaining the overall strength and function of the parts. The process allows for the creation of complicated, Precision Aerospace Corporationterns made out of metal.

Additionally, chemical milling benefits include:

  • Enables the processing of thin sheets of metal without distortion
  • Allows complex geometries, including ISO grid structures
  • Expose grain structure
  • Keeps costs low
  • Weight Reduction
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TRUST PRECISION AEROSPACE CORPORATION FOR CHEMICAL MILLING

PAC has provided complete precision machining services, including chemical milling of all alloys, for over 34 years. We offer a state-of-the-art process to ensure consistent quality production.

Contact us today to ask how we can use chemical milling to serve you.

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