LaminatesMoore-Addison machines more LAMINATE materials than other types of non-metallic materials. This is the family of industrial materials where sheets of paper, canvas, linen and glass fabric are soaked in different resins of phenolic, melamine, epoxy and silicone (to name only the basics). The sheets are then stacked up in a press and put in an oven; the stack is cooked to make a solid block. All our machining is set up to work these materials and control the dust that is created. The speeds and feeds in machining laminates are different than any metal. The fine dust produced in machining laminates requires completely different handling than the chips that come off of metal parts. This is nasty stuff. The niche Moore-Addison fills is that we make precision donuts out of nasty stuff. We machine all our materials dry. The dust and chips are collected with an enormous suction system. In this wind tunnel environment, any hot shards would catch fire. Therefore, any material we cut must make a cool chip. A partial list of materials groups and grades we currently machine in quantity is listed herein. Laminates leads the list. It is a partial list because if we listed all materials that produce a cool chip when cut, we would have many pages; you would get bored and go to another website. We want you to stay with us; indeed, if you have the name of a material and get all kinds of limiting minimums when calling others, give Moore-Addison a try.
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