We are talking about a custom stainless steel mounting bracket that is used in a gas turbine control system. This Precision Stainless Steel Bracket is like a support for the actuation mechanism. It needs to be very stable and have accurate hole positioning so that it can be assembled properly.
One of the challenges with this Precision Stainless Steel Bracket is the multi-hole positional accuracy. Several dowel and threaded holes require strict position control and concentricity.
We had to make sure that the fixture was stable and the machining was consistent.
Another challenge was the cavity machining.
This Precision Stainless Steel Bracket has internal cavities and stepped features.
We also had to control deformation.
The material we used for the Precision Stainless Steel Bracket is AISI 304 steel.
When we were machining the Precision Stainless Steel Bracket the stress release caused a risk of deformation so we had to control it by cutting the material in stages and using setups for the Precision Stainless Steel Bracket.
For the Precision Stainless Steel Bracket we used AISI 304 steel as the material.
The process we used was -axis CNC machining.
We did an inspection on all the critical dimensions and hole positions of the Precision Stainless Steel Bracket.
Our approach was to maintain the datum in a setup wherever possible for the Precision Stainless Steel Bracket.
We removed the material in stages to reduce the stress, on the Precision Stainless Steel Bracket.
We checked all the features of the Precision Stainless Steel Bracket 100% before we shipped it.
The first batch of the Precision Stainless Steel Bracket passed all the assembly checks at the customers side.
We have started producing a batch of the Precision Stainless Steel Bracket.
For the future we are thinking of using a forged blank plus CNC machining to improve the cost efficiency of the custom Precision Stainless Steel Bracket.
