5-Axis Machining Services Set Owens Apart from the Competition

Owens Industries has consistently delivered remarkable results using their 5-axis machining services. If you are seeking impeller or turbine work, you know the complexity of this component’s contours. We seek these challenges, knowing our equipment and 5-axis machine operators have the skills to make impellers with the highest accuracy and precision, no matter the size demands.

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Prescription Glasses Moldings

Owens has also created inserts that are used for eyeglass molding – not the frame but the actual mold for the prescription glasses. Though this may sound simple, it is anything but. Visualize the complex curvatures of a bi-focal lens. Now make it a progressive bi-focal; add astigmatism and off-center axes. Many CNC machine shops are not capable of producing the surface tolerance and integrity achieved with the same precision as Owens’ 5-axis machinists. This is just one example of how our team's mathematical skills benefit customers.

Precision Collimators

Another example showcasing our incredible dedication to precision is the production of collimators. Collimators demand ultra-high precision and accuracy to create a high number of holes (depending on its size, a collimator can have 500-1000 holes), each next hole pointing at a different angle than the proceeding hole, with a positional accuracy to be within 5µ to 10µ and an angular accuracy to be within +/- 0.002°. Owens meets these challenges head-on, and successfully achieves the exact specifications these components require—accurately machining each hole so they meet at one focal point.

Ventricular Assist Devices

A third example is the main axial impeller used in the heart pump for VAD—Ventricular Assist Devices. When machining medical devices, precision and accuracy is of the utmost importance - Owens is dedicated to meeting these requirements, delivering precision machined components safe enough to implant within the human body.

Quote from the heart pump manufacturer/customer:

“Your people have achieved, within 6 months, what others took 2 years to make, and your tolerances were better.”

Our machinists perform ultra-precision 5 Axis Precision Machine work with 5 Micron Tolerance and .0005° angular accuracies.

An example of our 5 Axis Precision Machine Work: We produced keratomes for Lasik surgery. A Keratome is used to slice a 165 microns (.006496") thick slice off the cornea of the eye. This slice had to be +/- 5 micron accurate! We produced the entire cutting head system using our 5 Axis Ultra-Precision Machining Centers and our 5 Axis Wire EDM system.

Components we've built using 5-Axis Machining:

Part	Application	Industry	Material	Specific Feature
Machined Reflector	Wing Lights	Aerospace	6061-T6 Aluminum	Milling and Polishing 16 Reflective Pockets
Load Sleeve	Cable Clamp	Defense	Custom 455 Cond H1000	Saddle Shaped Internal Profile
Optics Block	Laser Alignment Tool	Research and Development	6061-T6 Aluminum	Hole Alignment Tolerance 0.001mm
Valve Housing	Titan Rocket	Rocket Engine Component	6061-T6 Aluminum	5-Axis Milling of Cylindrical Elbow Housing
Housing, Aileron	Flap Control	Aerospace	15-5PH Cond H1025	Machining Finned Housing from Solid Billet Stock
Support Assembly	Aerospace	Aircraft OEM	5052-0 and 5052-F Aluminum	Aluminum Tube with Formed Welded Bracket
Mixer Head Insert	Spray Nozzle	Automotive	AISI 316 Stainless Steel	Required to mill axial slots at acute angles
Blade, Cutter	Cutting Safety Cable	Defense	17-4Ph Hardened	Keen Damage-Free Cutting Edge
Prism Base	Laser Focal Component	Energy Research	Haynes 230	Drill and Tap 000-120 Threaded Holes
Impeller	Fluid Flow	Medical	PEEK	Burr-Free Micro Milling
Impeller, Polished	Experimental Heart Pump	Medical Research	6Al-4v Titanium	Burr Free Polished Impeller Surface
Cylinder Block	Gas Flow Manifold	Natural Gas Industry	6061-T6 Aluminum	Machine 12 Micro Finish Surfaces for Press Fit Bushings
Insert	Ball Bearing Flow	Oil & Gas	17-4 PH Stainless Cond H950	(6) S-Shaped Pockets on Internal Profile
Inlet Cover	Pressure Flow Cover	Oil & Gas	13CR-L80 80 KISI MYS	Milled Cage Features
Radial Bearing Housing	Shaft Control Unit	Oil & Gas	17-4 ph Cond H950	Deep Feature 5-Axis Milling
Bearing Housing	Shaft Coupling Device	Oil & Gas	13CR-L80 80 KSI MYS	Intricate Internal Ports
Ball Lock	Transmission Control	Oil & Gas	AISI 4330 V Mod 115 Min KSI Yield	Milling Eccentric Lobe
Equalizing Flapper	Valve Cover	Oil & Gas	718 Inconel NACE MR0175 120 KSI MYS	Milled Saddle-Shaped Profile
Flapper Mount	Valve Head	Oil & Gas	Inconel 925 105 Min KSI Yield	Milling Saddle Profile
Soft Seat	Well Head Seal	Oil & Gas	30% Carbon Filled Teflon	Saddle shaped stepped profile seal ring
Soft Seat Retaining Ring	Well Head Seal Retainer	Oil & Gas	13CR-L80	Milling Saddle Profile
Spiral Groove Bearing	Transmission	Research and Development	660 Bronze	Mill Radial 0.010" Deep Chevrons on Part OD
Read Head	Signal Encoder	Military	416 Stainless Steel Cond A	Precision Grinding of Flat Surfaces