Military And Defense Industry
At Elimold, we welcome the challenges of low volume, high mix part production, complex geometries, and defense and military custom parts with fast turnaround orders and stringent quality requirements. And we will work with you from prototyping to production. Contact us now for a free instant quote.
Committed to Helping Customers Create Prototypes and Devices
Product development in this field often involves sensitive information, which requires complete confidentiality, which Elimold clearly guarantees.
Whether the need is a basic concept model, a detailed full-scale model for marketing or exhibition, or a fully functional prototype for specialized engineering testing, Elimold will provide the best solution using its extensive in-house process portfolio, which combines traditional skills with state-of-the-art additive manufacturing technology. In addition, as the company continues to develop and upgrade its technology base and material selection, Elimold can also provide small-volume production without the need for expensive tooling.
Manufacturing on Demand for the Defense Industry
Elimold is a leading defense contract manufacturing company that specializes in high-precision parts and assemblies, major mechanical structures, and fully integrated subsystems that meet the defense industry’s stringent documentation, certification, and confidentiality requirements. Our technical capabilities, industry experience, in-house capabilities, regulatory compliance, and unwavering commitment to quality make us an ideal partner for defense contract manufacturing.
Elimold’s ability to manufacture high-ticket, critical parts and assemblies stems from our quality management system, which includes thorough inspections, unique assembly methods, custom quality plans, managed special processes (such as plating, welding, and brazing), and even process engineering enhancements and DFMA guidance. With our AS9100D and ITAR-compliant quality management system and a proven track record of serving some of the world’s best-known aerospace and defense companies, you can trust Elimold to handle your complex, mission-critical components and assemblies.
Elimold works hand-in-hand with defense OEM to become their partner of choice in all aspects of defense contract manufacturing. With our comprehensive, diverse portfolio of in-house capabilities, we have the ability to handle every phase of your project, regardless of size, scope, or complexity. As a single-source supply chain partner, we streamline production processes and ensure projects are completed efficiently and to the highest standards.
From machining, injection molding, 3D printing, sheet metal fabrication to welding, assembly, finishing and inspection, we have the expertise and resources to complete your project from start to finish. In addition to our core services, we also provide material procurement, product testing, quality assurance, process engineering, DFMA analysis, prototype development, and many other value-added services.
Our Capabilities
With lead times of just 2-8 weeks, we can meet any deadline our defense customers may have. We pride ourselves on not only delivering our products on time, but also machining them to exact specifications with incredible consistency. Elimold is a leading defense parts manufacturer and custom machining company for military mechanical parts, with the ability to consistently maintain tolerances of ±0.0001 inches while also being able to produce parts up to 12 feet in length and 1.5 inches in diameter. Our facility is well equipped, coupled with the programming experience of our team of engineers, we have the ability to turn nearly any drawing into a finished product. Whether our customers require metal or plastic parts, our facilities have the military parts machining capabilities.
Our Manufacturing Services
Elimold offers best-in-class military and defense industry manufacturing capabilities, ideally suited for rapid prototyping and custom production orders. Our own facilities and extensive manufacturing network enable us to efficiently deliver complex, high-quality parts.
CNC Machining
Injection Molding
Sheet Metal Fabrication
3D Printing
Extrusion
Die Casting
Vacuum Casting
Wire EDM
We Support Small Batch and Large Production Runs
The defense industry often requires both small military machining batches for testing and large production runs, but for Elimold this is not a problem. We provide engineering support to assist customers with product development, ensuring that products meet all standards and production volumes (down to a single part) so that customers can test their machined part prototypes before mass production. Once the decision to go for mass production is made, we can handle the volume production: with experience of over 300,000 units in production, we can support almost any volume required.
Comprehensive capabilities in the defense sector
Our team of engineers are highly educated in physics and chemistry. Working with us to produce your part or project guarantees:
- International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) compliance
- Disaster recovery plans
- Close relationships with our materials suppliers
- Expert consulting on design and engineering processes
- Close evaluation of dimensional ability
- Quick time-to-market and responses to change orders
- Refine your component concepts into prototypes,
- Optimize your part designs, material selection and production processes for optimal results, and
- Move them into bridge production, short-run production or full production.
Ready to get started? We make it easy!
We encourage you to contact us for your next defense component development project. Our team is ready to provide manufacturability analysis, design recommendations, and custom part services to meet your defense equipment needs.
Materials Selection
Elimold has long-standing, close relationships with multiple material manufacturers and will formulate materials to customer specifications. We also use statistical process control methods to ensure that every part is exactly the same from the molding process to the final post-processing, allowing us to obtain finished parts that meet military molding specifications and are certified, bagged, boxed, and shipped.
Metals
- Titanium
- Aluminum
- Inconel
- Stainless steel
- Nickel alloys
- Cobalt Chrome
- Carbon Steel
- 12L14 steel
- Other metals and alloys
Thermoplastics and Elastomers
- ABS
- Delrin
- Nylon
- PEEK
- PP
- PTFE
- PMMA
- PC
- More
Surface Finishes
We offer superior surface finishes that enhance part durability and aesthetics for applications requiring smooth or textured surfaces.
- Texturing
- Anodizing
- Polishing
- Blasting
- Painting
- Electroplating
- Passivation
- Heat treatment
- Powder coating
- Custom
Defense Military Product Development, Prototyping and 3D Printed Parts
Elimold specializes in manufacturing custom components as well as prototype parts and custom prototype tooling. Our company has unique facilities to cater to defense military product development, adoption of new design concepts, and design modifications to legacy parts for existing flight/military programs that require updated tooling. No matter what stage your project is at, Elimold can provide a lean, streamlined solution for your contract manufacturing needs.
We also utilize 3D printing technology for rapid prototyping for product development and proof of concept. Whether it is Rapid Injection Molding (RIM) or Additive Manufacturing, we provide suppliers with fast turnaround and easy modifications to stay ahead in today’s defense market.
CNC Machining of Precision Mil-Spec Components
In addition to offering a full range of injection molding services, Elimold has several in-house CNC machines for machining a wide variety of defense industry components in low volume batches. Our machine shop services feature 3- and 5-axis CNC machines capable of machining a wide variety of materials used in modern military manufacturing. With decades of combined industry experience, our CNC programmers have the knowledge to ensure that every part you receive is machined exactly to your precision specifications.