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Every job is unique, and many require special considerations for materials, finishing, custom work, or urgent delivery – your commercial quote will be turned around by seasoned estimators who confirm all aspects of your job.

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–Micah H., VP Product Development

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Licenses, certifications
and real machining service
and real machining service
Expertise and quality are paramount. With more than three decades of experience in commercial machining, we’ve achieved a rich set of certifications and provide high-touch attention and service to every quote – and every job.
We engage with our customers to help them design better and more cost-effective parts before we start manufacturing. We want to be your one-stop shop for parts. Most of our business is from returning customers, and to achieve that, we strive to hit our customer’s deadlines across all project types.
Machining Services – Working with PROTOTEK
Deep capabilities in commercial sheet metal and CNC machining – design, manufacturing, finishing, and even challenging assemblies.
What do we do?
- Sheet Metal Parts & Assemblies in 1-3 Days
- CNC Milled and Turned Parts in 1-3 Days
- Additive Manufactured Parts in 1 – 3 Days
- Expedited Jobs
About our fast, flexible, personalized service:
- ISO-9001:2015 Certified, ITAR Registered
- Quotes within 24 Hours
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Our machining capabilities start below but they don’t stop there. Want to talk to someone about a job, upload a file for quote or call us now.
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We accept these file types STP, PRT, IGS, DXF, STL, and more!
PARTS & ASSEMBLIES – ONE STOP SHOP
NO ORDER TOO SMALL
EXPEDITED PARTS IN 1-3 DAYS
PROTOTEK's Capabilities
Sheet Metal
- Manufacturing Design Assistance
- Laser Cutting - Punching
- Material Graining
- Drilling - Countersinking - Tapping
- Forming - Bending
- Hardware Insertion
- Mechanical Assembly
- TIG, MIG, Spot Welding & Weld Grinding
- Welded Assemblies & Frames
Machining
- Up to 5-Axis Milling
- Horizontal & Vertical Milling
- 9-Axis Mill-Turn
- Turning
- CNC Routing
- Surface Grinding
- Lapping & Polishing
- Welding / Post-Weld Machining
- Heli-Coils / Hardware Inserts
Cutting & Engraving
- Wire & Sinker EDM Cutting
- Waterjet Cutting
- CO2 Laser
- Fiberoptic
Quality Assurance
- Quality Engineering Assistance
- CMM Inspection Services
- First Article and AQL Inspections
- Compliance and Document Control
Plastic & Composite Fabrication
- Plastic Thermoforming - Bending
- Annealing
- Cryogenic Deflashing & Deburring
- Plastic Welding
- Thermal, Adhesive, & Mechanical Bonding
- Vapor Polishing
- Radiological Film-Cutting Services
Assembly
- Manufacturing Design Assistance
- Tooling and Fixture Fabrication
- Electro-Mechanical Services
- Welded, Mechanical, & Small Parts Assembly
- Wire Harnessing
- Laser Cutting – Polymers & Metals
- Insert Installation
Finishing
- Powder Coating
- Painting
- Chemical Agent Resistant Coating
- Silk Screening
- Laser Engraving
- Chem Film
- Anodizing
- Black Oxide
- Bead Blasting
- Tumbling
Additive Manufacturing
- Laser Sintering
- Multi Jet Fusion
- Stereolithography
- Digital Light Processing
- Fused Filament Fabrication
- Material Jetting
- Cast Urethane
Which Machining Services are Right for You?
Machining is a manufacturing concept that refers to various technologies and processes that extract material from a workpiece using power-driven machine tools to transform it into a desired shape or design. During the manufacturing process, most metal components and parts need some machining. Other products typically manufactured using machining processes include plastics, rubbers and paper goods.
Types of Machining Services
Machining services offer a variety of technologies and processes to cater to a specific customer need. With that, here are some of the more well-known types of machining services:
Milling
A milling tool is a tool that uses a rotating cutting surface with several blades. Milling uses a rotating cutting surface to create non-circular holes or cut unique designs out of a chosen material.
Turning
A turning tool rotates a workpiece on its axis while a cutting tool shapes it to form. The most popular form of turning machines is a lathe.
Drilling
Drilling uses drill bits to make cylindrical holes in solid materials, making it one of the most critical machining processes. The holes made are often used to help in assembly. Drilling is the first step in making finished holes, which get tapped, reamed, bored, and so on, to make threaded holes or put hole dimensions within suitable tolerances.
Drill bits will normally cut holes larger than their nominal size and holes that may not be inherently straight or round, owing to the drill bit’s versatility and propensity to follow the path of least resistance. As a result, drilling is often defined undersize and accompanied by a machining operation to bring the hole to its final size.
Forming or Bending
Forming is a metalworking process that involves deforming metal parts and objects mechanically. The workpiece gets reshaped and transformed without adding or removing material while retaining its mass through forming or bending.
Surface Grinding
Grinding is a technique for removing tiny quantities of material from flat and cylindrical surfaces. More specifically, surface grinders feed work from a table into a grinding wheel in a reciprocating motion.
Lapping and Polishing
Lapping is a machining process that involves rubbing two surfaces together with an abrasive between them, either by hand or by machine. As the abrasive rolls between the two surfaces and extracts material from both, microscopic conchoidal fractures form.
Welding and Post-Weld Machining
Welding machines, welding arms and welders are among a welding professional’s most important equipment. Welding machines produce heat, which melts metal parts and allows them to join together. The best single welding machines differ depending on the type of project.
Materials Available for Machining
Machining Material | Grade / Alloy | Heat Treatable | Tensile Strength (Ultimate, PSI) | Fatigue Strength (PSI) | Hardness (Brinell) | Machinability (AISI Rating) | Machining Material | Grade / Alloy | Heat Treatable | Tensile Strength (Ultimate, PSI) | Fatigue Strength (PSI) | Hardness (Brinell) | Machinability (AISI Rating) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Aluminum | 1100-0 | No | 13000 | 5000 | 23 | 360% |
Aluminum | 1100-H112 | No | 13000 | 4600 | 23 | 360% |
Aluminum | 1100-H14 | No | 18000 | 7200 | 32 | 360% |
Aluminum | 2011-T3 | Yes | 52000 | 1800 | 95 | 360% |
Aluminum | 2011-T451 | Yes | 45000 | 11000 | 95 | 360% |
Aluminum | 2024-0 | Yes | 27000 | 13000 | 47 | 360% |
Aluminum | 2024-T3 | Yes | 63800 | 20000 | 120 | 360% |
Aluminum | 2024-T351 | Yes | 57300 | 20000 | 120 | 360% |
Aluminum | 2024-T3511 | Yes | 67000 | 18000 | 120 | 360% |
Aluminum | 2024-T4 | Yes | 45000 | 20000 | 120 | 360% |
Aluminum | 2024-T851 | Yes | 75000 | 20000 | 140 | 360% |
Aluminum | 3003-H14 | No | 23000 | 8700 | 42 | 360% |
Aluminum | 3003-H22 | No | 20000 | 10000 | 37 | 360% |
Aluminum | 5052-0 | No | 28000 | 16000 | 47 | 360% |
Aluminum | 5052-H112 | No | 29000 | 11000 | 55 | 360% |
Aluminum | 5052-H32 | No | 34000 | 17000 | 60 | 360% |
Aluminum | 5052-H34 | No | 37000 | 18000 | 68 | 360% |
Aluminum | 5083-H112 | No | 44000 | 16000 | 75 | 360% |
Aluminum | 5083-H116 | No | 47000 | 23000 | 83 | 360% |
Aluminum | 5086-H111 | No | 40000 | 15000 | 65 | 360% |
Aluminum | 5086-H112 | No | 39000 | 14000 | 69 | 360% |
Aluminum | 5086-H116 | No | 44000 | 22000 | 81 | 360% |
Aluminum | 6020-T8 | Yes | 43900 | N/A | 100 | 360% |
Aluminum | 6061-T6 | Yes | 45000 | 14000 | 93 | 360% |
Aluminum | 6061-T651 | Yes | 46000 | 14000 | 93 | 360% |
Aluminum | 6061-T6511 | Yes | 42000 | 15000 | 95 | 360% |
Aluminum | 6063-T52 | Yes | 25000 | 9700 | 60 | 360% |
Aluminum | 6262-T9 | Yes | 57000 | 13000 | 120 | 360% |
Aluminum | 7050-T7451 | Yes | 76000 | 30000 | 140 | 360% |
Aluminum | 7050-T7651 | Yes | 80000 | 31000 | 147 | 360% |
Aluminum | 7075-T6 | Yes | 83000 | 23000 | 150 | 360% |
Aluminum | 7075-T651 | Yes | 80000 | 23000 | 150 | 360% |
Aluminum | 7075-T73 | Yes | 72000 | 23000 | 140 | 360% |
Aluminum | 7075-T7351 | Yes | 73000 | 24000 | 140 | 360% |
Aluminum | 7475-T7351 | Yes | 72000 | 28000 | 135 | 360% |
Aluminum | K100-S | No | 41000 | N/A | 70 | 450% |
Aluminum | M-1 | No | 42900 | N/A | 85 | 450% |
Aluminum | MIC-6 | No | 23900 | N/A | 65 | 450% |
Bearing Bronze | C93200 | No | 34800 | 16000 | 65 | 70% |
Brass | C26000 | No | 46000-99000 | 14000 | 210 | 30% |
Brass | C36000 | No | 4800-77000 | 16000 | 78 | 100% |
Brass | C46400 | No | 55000 - 88000 | 14500 | 82 | 30% |
Bronze | C31400 | Yes | 40000-60000 | N/A | 56-59 | 80% |
Carbon Steel | A36 | Yes | 80000 | N/A | 119-159 | 72% |
Copper | C11000 | No | 25000-29000 | 11000-17000 | 82-92 | 60% |
Copper | C14500 | No | 47900 | 13000 | 60-130 | 85% |
Phosphor Bronze | C54400 | No | 47000-100000 | N/A | N/A | 80% |
Silicon Aluminum Bronze | C64200 | No | 75000-102000 | 50000 | N/A | 60% |
Stainless Steel | 15-5PH | Yes | 115000-190000 | 95000-160000 | 255-388 | 45% |
Stainless Steel | 17-4PH | Yes | 115000-190000 | 75000-90000 | 255-388 | 45% |
Stainless Steel | 17-7PH | Yes | 170000 | 42000 | 180 | 75% |
Stainless Steel | 303 | Yes | 87000-100000 | 33000-52000 | 170-210 | 75% |
Stainless Steel | 304 | Yes | 84000-170000 | 30000-63000 | 170-360 | 40% |
Stainless Steel | 304L | Yes | 78000-170000 | 25000-62000 | 160-350 | 40% |
Stainless Steel | 316 | Yes | 76000-170000 | 30000-63000 | 160-360 | 36% |
Stainless Steel | 316L | Yes | 77000-170000 | 25000-65000 | 170-350 | 36% |
Stainless Steel | 321 | Yes | 85000-10000 | 32000-40000 | 170-210 | 36% |
Stainless Steel | 347 | Yes | 89000-100000 | 32000-40000 | 160-201 | 36% |
Stainless Steel | 410 | Yes | 76000-110000 | 28000-50000 | 190-240 | 54% |
Stainless Steel | 416 | Yes | 75000-120000 | 33000-50000 | 230-320 | 50% |
Stainless Steel | 420 | Yes | 100000-250000 | 33000-97000 | 190 | 50% |
Stainless Steel | 420F | Yes | 110000 | 39000 | 230 | 68% |
Stainless Steel | 430 | Yes | 75000 | 45000 | 160 | 66% |
Stainless Steel | 430F | Yes | 79800 | 30000 | 170 | 75% |
Stainless Steel | 440C | Yes | 100000-290000 | 38000-120000 | 222 | 40% |
Steel | 1018 | Yes | 63000-70000 | 26000-38000 | 130-140 | 78% |
Steel | 1045 | Yes | 90000-98000 | 33000-53000 | 180-190 | 57% |
Steel | 1215 | Yes | 78300 | N/A | 167 | 136% |
Steel | 4140 | Yes | 100000-160000 | N/A | 200-310 | 66% |
Steel | 11L17 | Yes | 86300 | N/A | 179 | 9% |
Steel | 12L14 | Yes | 78300 | 28000-41000 | 163 | 198% |
Titanium | 6AL-4V | Yes | 131000 | 74000 | 334 | 22% |
Titanium | 6AL-4V ELI | Yes | 125000 | 20300 | 326 | 22% |
Titanium | 3Al 2.5 | No | 89900 | 24700 | 256 | N/A |
Multi-Axis Machining Services
As established, milling is among the foremost and most essential processes in any machining service. Milling removes material from a workpiece by feeding it at an angle to the tool’s axis with rotary cutters. A milling machine’s axes decide the type of work performed and where you can do it on the workpiece.
With that, here are the most common types of Milling:
3-Axis Machining
3-axis machining is a milling process that operates on three axes — the X, Y, and Z axes — and originated from the technique of rotary filing. In 3-axis milling, the workpiece remains stationary while the cutting tool mills the component along the three axes. 3-axis machining is still one of the simplest and most common methods for producing mechanical parts, and you can use it to mill slots, drill holes, and cut sharp edges in a back to front, side to side or up and down fashion.
Furthermore, 3-axis machining is suitable for most machining projects, depending on the scale of the production run, the workpiece specifications, accuracy and finish constraints, materials used, and holding capabilities.
4-Axis Machining
The processes involved in 4-axis machining are the same as in 3-axis mmachining, but with an additional axis. 4-axis milling rotates around the X-axis, the fourth axis known as the A-axis, in addition to 3-axis milling’s X, Y and Z axes.
Milling comes in handy when holes and cut-outs are needed on the side of a piece or around a cylinder, 4-axis. They can produce accurate results with fast and efficient work based on computer numerical inputs.
5-Axis Machining
5-axis machining encompasses all the axes in 4-axis machining, with an additional rotational axis — the B-axis — which rotates around the Y-axis. With its capability of producing precise and intricate parts for a wide range of items and pieces, 5-axis milling machines have earned the reputation of the best CNC milling machines today.
The B-axis’s unparalleled precision, finish and pace in creating a piece are attributable to its multidimensional rotation and tool movement. Furthermore, 5-axis machining allows for the development of highly complex, intricate components.
9-Axis Machining
You can turn any component and multi-axis milled in a single setup thanks to the nine working axes. The removal of manual loading and secondary fixtures is the most significant advantage of this machine.
A fully finished product can get produced on a 9-axis unit. Thus, it achieves the highest level of precision by obviating the need for additional operations, resulting in an actual “done-in-one” output.
Machining Using Horizontal Milling
Horizontal milling machines help when precision is not a big factor, the material is challenging to work with, and grooves need to be thicker or deeper. Horizontal milling machines can work faster than vertical milling machines, and their finished products have smoother surfaces. Gravity also assists with taking the chips out of the material. This aid is due to the configuration of a horizontal milling machine, requiring less fabrication at the end of the work.
Machining Using Vertical Milling
A vertical milling machine has a wide range of applications. These devices can easily be modified and maneuvered to cut a wide range of shapes, allowing them to work on a wide range of projects. While manual movement is still needed to cut in various directions, vertical milling has several advantages, including low maintenance and high functionality.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Are you a broker or a manufacturer?
We are a full service sheet metal and machining manufacturer with four U.S. production facilities across the nation allowing us to deliver your high-quality parts FAST.
Does PROTOTEK manufacture in higher-volume quantities?
We focus on prototypes to low-volume production and can do larger runs. All our parts, from one – to 100 – to 1,000+ are always delivered with production-quality finish.
What are your payment terms?
PROTOTEK offers Net 30 payment terms for established customers with good credit.
What file formats are required or suggested for requesting a quote?
We accept .STP, .DWG, .IGS, .PDF, Parasolid files, and more.
What if I need help with my part design?
Our estimators are on hand to discuss your specific job needs. Our expert team can help you move your project smoothly through the design process and on to delivery.
If I do not have a CAD model, can you quote/fabricate my parts?
Yes, we can work directly from your drawings. Additional engineering charge (NRC) may apply depending on complexity.
How do I submit my NDA and other document requests?
Submit your NDA, Approved Vendor and other document requests to your sales rep or estimator.
How long is a quote valid?
Our quotes stand firm for 7 days from the date of issue.
How fast can I get my order?
Lead time for standard orders is 10 business days. Expediting options are available, including emergency service – down to as fast as 1-2 business days, depending on complexity of work and materials.