Plastic Twist

Thermoplastics machine beautifully.  Like all CNC machining, it truly is an art.

The machine shop has to understand the raw material being machined; physical properties affecting expansion and contraction, and moisture absorption- to name a couple of factors.

Shown above is a plastic “twist” made out of UHMW.  (Ultra High Molecular Weight Polyethylene) This material is in the polyolefin family which includes HDPE, LDPE and polypropylene.

Below is a picture of an HDPE fixture board.

HDPE Fixture on Vertical Mill

Lindsay Machine Works’ production capabilities include prototyping to large production runs.  We specialize in contract manufacturing.  We can get your project into our schedule to run several times a year, reducing your inventory and maximizing  your cash flow.  We invoice according to your production requirements.

CNC Lathe & 4th Axis Mill Drive Wheel

Here’s another view showing greater detail.

CNC Lathe & 4th Axis Mill Drive Wheel

The CNC heavy duty bar feeder is designed to improve productivity and streamline turning operations, ultimately resulting in savings to our customers.

If you have a part that’s been too challenging for conventional machining methods, give us a call.   Our new DS-30SSY creates possibilities where none existed before.

CNC Live Tooling Turning Center

Typically, a 3-axis machining action includes an x, y & z axis for horizontal, vertical and depth of movement permitting 3 dimensional machining.  The 5-axis machine allows for rX, rY, and rZ – or, rotational movement around and parallel to the x, y and z axes.   This rotational movement allows the tool to slant from side to side while moving.  5-axis machining allows for tighter tolerance of more intricate design patterns.

Simultaneous 5-axis machining is required to manufacture impellers, and blisks in addition to other complex curved and/or tight tolerance multi-sided parts. However, 5-sided machining (also called 3+2) can save time and money. Read more about this distinction under services.

We machined all of the components, purchased associated hardware and delivered it completely assembled.

As a recent mailer of ours states “No Matter Where in the World Your Machinery Comes From- We Speak Your Language.”

We repair Printing Equipment like water box bearing hangers, and castings, build up and machine bearing and seal areas and manufacture custom rollers.

We repair Material Handling/Forklift parts like steering axles, spindles, hydraulic cylinder ends, broken castings, bobcat bucket repair and teeth replacement.

Also critically important: we manufacture the part that is no longer made, has been modified or replaced or was  supplied by a company no longer in business.

Not today.  Today, every company—heck, every person is encouraged to develop their own “brand.”

LMW has a number of signs in their shop, reminding the team to practice safety and to focus on a number of values that are important to our shop’s success.

On an uncharacteristically show day in 2006, one of our machining craftsman, Chris Berry, had an idea.  Inspired by the logo on our literature and shop signage, Chris approached Mike Lindsay asking if he’d mind if Chris machined a piece of aluminum into our logo shape.  Mike didn’t mind one bit.  It’s been a fun little conversation piece and Mike had Chris make a handful of them.

Today, this writer and several others would love to have one of the LMW “logos” of our own but -our guys are (gratefully) too busy with customer manufacturing requirements to stop and make these.

So, if you’d like a short run of your custom logo made out of metal or plastic, let us know.   It could very well be a design we can manufacture!

Some of today’s larger jobs range from moving dirt for waterparks and religious temples to road, bridge and highway repairs to performing arts centers and a racetrack casino.   Another area of new construction growth:  senior housing.

Some of the types of construction repair or re-manufacture we provide:

• Repair castings
• Resurface flywheel
• Repair life time seal on large flange
• Repair spindles
• Repair truck bell-housings
• Overhaul joints on high loader
• Repair asphalt paving plates
• Repair bearing housing
• Repair or re-manufacture shafts
• Machine and install sleeves in H-links
• Repair dozer push arms
• Repair backhoe swing tower

And much more!  Call Lindsay Machine TODAY– mention this post!