Aerospace Industry
Get high-quality manufacturing services for your custom aerospace prototypes and production parts. Launch products faster, reduce risks, and streamline production processes with on-demand production at competitive prices.
How can Elimold meet your aerospace part needs?
From the moment you contact us, you’ll speak with an engineer who will work closely with you to understand your needs. For example, we take a hands-on, personalized approach to DFM, ensuring that all potential issues are discovered and addressed early in the product development process.
We’ll help you optimize part design, production processes, and material selection to get the best results at the best price. Our experienced engineers can help you confidently move your project from prototype to production.
With more than 25 manufacturing methods and 10 production sites, we have a wide range of technologies. We’ll guide you to the best solution for the demanding environment your parts will be in. In short, we can help you accelerate your product development cycle. And we have years of experience meeting the world’s most stringent aerospace industry parts.
Comprehensive Aerospace Capabilities
We understand that the components we produce are on the critical path for prototype evaluation and pre-production testing for a range of applications in the aerospace industry, including aircraft interiors, drone components, line organization components, and more.
We communicate closely with our customers’ design and procurement teams throughout the production process, with in-house subject matter experts involved at every stage to ensure components are produced to precise design specifications on time and on budget.
When you work with Elimold, we take care of custom machining ourselves. We have complete in-house capabilities that allow us to oversee the creation of components from start to finish, ensuring a seamless communication process and consistent design and manufacturing methods. You can rest assured knowing that some of the most experienced professionals in the industry are manufacturing your parts and doing everything we can to ensure they perform well in critical aerospace and aviation applications.
Our experts have the knowledge, skills, and tools needed to meet and/or exceed these guidelines and tolerances, ensuring you get components you can trust in critical applications. We provide the right machining services for all grades of material, with thicknesses ranging from 0.018 to 1.5 inches. Our equipment enables us to process products up to 100″ in diameter, with tolerances as low as ±.001″, and in quantities ranging from one piece to 100,000 pieces.
And our continued investment in state-of-the-art equipment, combined with our extensive industry experience, means we can quickly adjust to meet our customers’ changing needs. This flexibility allows us to deliver high-quality products in the most cost-effective manner, on tight schedules. Elimold supplies domestic and international customers with realistic delivery times.
Aerospace Prototyping and Manufacturing with Elimold
Producing reliable aerospace part prototypes is a task that relies on accuracy, quality, and strict adherence to specifications. Over the years, we have specialized in aerospace prototyping, building up expertise in producing a wide range of aerospace parts, whether simple or complex. Elimold performs extensive quality checks and tests to ensure that all parts produced must satisfy customers and undergo the most stringent certification and testing procedures. Our business is uniquely configured to help you:
- Refine your component concept into a prototype,
- Optimize your part design, material selection, and production process for the best results, and
- Transfer it to bridge production, short-run production, or full-scale production.
Our Manufacturing Services
Elimold offers top-notch manufacturing capabilities, perfect for rapid prototypes and custom production orders. Our self-owned factory and extensive Chinese manufacturing network are equipped to deliver complex, and quality parts efficiently.
Aerospace Machining Materials
We provide a wide range of materials, including metals, plastics, and composites.
Metals
- Alloys
- Aluminum
- Brass
- Copper
- Stainless Steel
- Precision Steel
- Titanium
- Special Alloys
Plastics
- PVC
- Nylon
- Delrin
- PTFEUHMW
- Ultem
- PEEK
- Acetal
Applicable Finishes For Aerospace Industry
Elimold offers wide variety high level surface finishes. We only list some of the common finishing options. There are more finish options for custom parts for Aerospace Industry.
- As machined
- Sanding & Polishing
- Sand, Bead Blasted
- Painted
- Powder coat
- Anodized
- E-Coating
- Nickel Plating
- Chromed
- Zinc Plating
- Chromate Conversion Coating
Applications of Aerospace Parts
Our manufacturing capabilities help accelerate the production of a wide range of aerospace components for unique applications. Here are some of the common aerospace applications:
- Seats
- Turbines
- Brakes
- Air Conditioning Systems
- Lighting System
- Night Vision Device
- Helmets
- Tank Model
- Engines
- Fastening ltems such as Screws
- Electrical Parts
- Vacuum Pumps
- Gears
- Transmission Components
- Unmanned Aerial Vehicle
- Fuselages
- Tire Parts
- Radar Systems
- Fuel Pumps
- Wing Support
- Dashboard
- Teaching Aids
- Protective Gear
Ready to get started? We make it easy!
We encourage you to contact us about your next aerospace equipment development project. Our team is ready to provide manufacturability analysis, design recommendations, and custom part machining services to meet your aerospace industry part needs.
Our certifications
Some the standards we are certified to/comply with are:
- ISO 9001:2015: ISO 9001 establishes the criteria for quality management systems used by organizations in any industry.
- AS9100D: Similar to ISO 9001, AS9100 establishes the criteria from quality management systems. However, it specifically targets aerospace manufacturers.
- NADCAP: Attaining National Aerospace and Defense Contractors Accreditation Program (NADCAP) certification as an aerospace industry manufacturer necessitates meeting a number of industry standards, including AS9100 Rev. D and AWS D17.
- ITAR: Certification to International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) standards is necessary for any company working in the military and defense industry. The standards establish criteria for the import and export of national defense products, services, equipment.
- PPAP: The Production Part Approval Process is a set of requirements and measurements that any prospective supplier must meet before entering a supply chain.
Top Aerospace & Defense Applications
- End-use production of flightworthy components with high-precision tolerances
- Customized small production runs for repairs or replacement
- Rapid tooling, jigs, brackets and chassis for manufacturing
- Custom tooling
- Rapid prototyping of parts using 3D printing with metals and plastics
- Rapid prototyping of parts using CNC machining
- Custom fixturing
- Fit check gauges
- Composite tooling
Trusted by aerospace engineers and designers in aerospace companies
- Aircraft OEMs
- Tier 1 suppliers
- Defense contractors
- Satellite manufacturers and operators
- Aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul service providers
- Space launch operators
- Commercial, industrial, and military drone/UAV manufacturers
- Federal agencies
Achieving the best results
At Elimold, our master molders are highly educated in the physics and chemistry of molding processes. Working with us on your part or project guarantees:
- International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) compliance
- Disaster recovery plans
- Close relationships with our resin suppliers
- Expert consulting on design and engineering processes
- Close evaluation of dimensional ability
- Quick time-to-market and responses to change orders
Benefits of Precision Machining for the Aerospace Industry
The aerospace industry covers a variety of activities such as the design, development and production of aircraft, as well as the maintenance, repair and modification of aircraft. It also involves the manufacture of aerospace components and systems such as engines, avionics and landing gear, as well as the launch and operation of satellites and spacecraft and the development and exploitation of space technologies.
The advantage that precision part machining provides to the aerospace industry is the ability to manufacture parts with tight tolerances, which is essential to ensure the proper fit and function of aircraft components. In addition, it can also form complex geometries, thereby enhancing the versatility and functionality of aerospace products.
The high-quality, reliable parts produced through precision machining help improve the performance and reliability of aircraft. The repeatability of the manufacturing process helps in the efficient production of multiple identical parts. In addition, precision machining can improve cost-effectiveness and minimize waste due to the use of advanced technology and automation in the manufacturing process.
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