Peridot has a long standing reputation for manufacturing TINY parts like this:
And this:
And this:
We recently undertook a series of CNC-machined Aluminum parts for a new client. These new parts are HUGE for us relative to what we normally process here at Peridot.
These parts are used as laser resonator bodies. Flatness, perpendicularity and parallelism are CRITICAL to the performance of the very high-end lasers these parts are destined for. They were a perfect fit for our new Mori Seiki Dual Pallet Horizontal Machining Center.
This new machine boasts a 60-position tool carousel and we used between 30 and 40 tool stations for this project. The dual pallet system enabled us to have one part inside of the machine being machined with another staged in the shuttle pallet outside of the machine. This allowed for lights-out machining overnight.
This project also mandated the purchase of an automated coordinate measuring machine with vision capability to perform the extensive, complicated measurements needed to ensure compliance. We will be putting up a blog post about this new CMM in the near future.
In conclusion, those of you who think of us only for your sub-miniature requirements might also consider Peridot for your larger part requirements as we continue to expand our machining capabilities.