Non-Metallics

Moore Addison machines only NON-METALLIC materials. The universal commonality of anything we machine is that all the materials produce a cool chip when tooling is applied to the sheet, rod or tube being machined. Because there is little heat generated by any of our machining processes, we cut everything dry and use no coolants.

For that reason, the parts you receive are completely free of contaminating cutting oils with any attendant outgassing and arch tracking pollution. We can even wipe down the parts to get rid of ambient dust. The dust and chips from our machining processes are collected with an enormous suction system. We pay to have this detritus hauled away and disposed of consistent with all local, state and federal regulations and laws.

The machining niche Moore Addison fills is that we make precision donuts and other basic shapes out of materials that produce dust and other nasty stuff when processed with our machines. A partial list of non-metallic materials groups and grades we currently machine in quantity is listed herein. It is a partial list because if we listed all the 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 conditions when arranging to purchase some of it, give Moore Addison a try. Not only will we provide the exact quantity of material you request, we’ll even make your part from it as well. We will also deal with the dust and mess from machining it in our shop. Your shop saves in two ways.

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Materials

Production Volume and Lead Times: Custom Parts; Custom Machining
High Mix, Low Volume style of production
Max (yield) for Min (cost)
50 units min with exceptions
5000 units max with exceptions
Long Runs
Short Runs
Two to Three week normal lead time
Break-ins available by negotiation
“We will not lose an order because of delivery!”

Materials (anything that produces a cool chip when cut)

Phenolic Laminates All Grades
– Grade C Canvas
– Grade L Linen
– Grade XXX Paper
– G-10 / FR4 Glass Epoxy
– G-11 glass epoxy (high temperature)
– G-5 / G-9 Glass Melamine
– G-7 Glass Silicone
– Graphite impregnated

Electrical Sheet Insulation

Fishpaper
Vulcanized fibre
Nomex
Mylar

Glass Polyester All Grades

GPO-3 Red
Glastic Sheets, Channels and Angles
Extren Sheets, Channels and Angles

Mechanicals
– Nylon 101 (6/6) extruded
– Nylon 901 cast
– Nylatron GS & GSM
– Acetal (Delrin™)
– PTFE (Teflon™)
– Other White Plastics

Transparent
– Acrylic All Grades, All Colors, All Manufacturers
– Polycarbonate All Grades, All Colors, All Manufactures

Polyolefins
– Polypropylene
– PVC all schedules
– CPVC

UHMW HDPE and other wear materials
Synthetic Composites
High Performance Plastics
Corrosion Resistant Plastics

High Temperature Refractories Materials
– Transite II silicate based, high temperature
– Cement board.
– Marinite grades
– Glastherm
– HT200

Production Methods: CNC Machining
Manual Production machining our base.
Lathes
Mills
Drills
Saws
Sheet Grinders

Services Provided: Light Assembly (all hand work)
Boring
Broaching (key ways and similar)
Buffing
Deburring (skiving and tumbling
Drilling
Grinding
Milling
Punching
Reaming
Sanding
Shearing
Single point turning
Tapping
Turning

Material Handling Capabilities: 48 in. x 96 in. Sheets (some specialty sheet sizes too)
Min down to 0.020 in. (thick)
Max up to 3 in. on all plastics (there are exceptions; we can go thicker even up to 13″ or more)
Max on Phenolic blanks up to 8 in. thick (some dimensions more)
Max on Rods and Tubes up to 24 in. Diameter (some parts more)

Tolerance: ±0.003 in. for Machined Parts
±0.010 in. for Cut parts

Additional Information

Industries We Serve: Aircraft
Candy and Confections
Communications
Electrical / Electronic
Food Service
Forklift
Gear Manufacturers
Government / Military
Medical
Music / Sound Modulation
Nonmetallic Die Cutting
Plating
Power Transmission
Railroad: Engine, Car & Truck Parts
Water Conditioning
Welding Industry

Applications of Parts we make: Bushings
Bearings
Converting (Slitting) Machinery Parts
Conveyor line parts
Elevator Components
Hydraulic / Pneumatic Cylinders
Gear Blanks
Industrial Equipment
Industrial Components
Pinball & Video Games
Printing Press Parts
Research Labs: Physics/Particle/Nuclear/Cryogenic
Screw Machine Parts
X-Ray Equipment
RF Insulation

Industry Standards (our production practices meet all industry standards): ISO 9001:2008 Compliant
FDA
CNA
NEMA
Under Writes Laboratory

File Formats: AlphaCAM (AMD,ATD)
AutoCAD (DWG,DWZ)
DXF
Drawing Interchange Format, or Drawing Exchange Format
GIF
Graphics Interchange Format
IGES
Initial Graphics Exchange Specification, ANSI file format.
JPG or JEPG
Joint Photographic Experts Group
MasterCam (MDX, MC8, MC9, SET)
PDF
Portable Document Format
SolidWorks (SLDPRT,SLDDRW,SLDDRT)
STEP
Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data