MANUFACTURING

In-House Machining for Thermal Spray Gun Bodies & Consumables

Turning, milling, deep-hole drilling and bore finishing run on the same production floor. The geometry that decides how a component seats, seals and guides powder or gas is machined and measured in-house, from raw bar to released part.

Multi-axis CNC machining of a thermal spray gun body
≤ 0.01 mm Dimensional accuracy on critical geometry
Ra ≤ 0.1 μm Inner bore roughness after finishing
CNC lathe cutting the external profile and thread of a stainless steel gun body
PRECISION CNC

Critical Geometry Machined in One Controlled Flow

A replacement component is defined by its bore, taper, seat and thread. These are machined to the released drawing so the part installs and behaves like the assembly it replaces.

  • External profiles, shoulders and seating faces on gun housings
  • Tapers and seats matched to the mating assembly
  • Thread form, pitch and step lengths held to the drawing
  • Dimensional accuracy of ≤ 0.01 mm on critical features
TURNING CONFIGURATION

Dual-Spindle and Dual-Turret Turning

Both ends of a component can be turned without breaking the setup, which is how the alignment between the shank, the body and the bore is kept where it matters.

TWO OPPOSED SPINDLES

Dual-Spindle Turning

Front and back features are machined in one flow, so a part is not re-chucked between operations and the relationship between its two ends stays as it was cut.

TWO WORKING TURRETS

Dual-Turret Turning

Two tool turrets work the same component, so internal and external features can be cut in a balanced sequence inside a single cycle.

DEEP-HOLE MACHINING

Long Bores Machined Straight, Not Only Deep

Barrels, gun bodies and extension pieces carry bores that are long relative to their diameter. Drilling and reaming them on dedicated deep-hole equipment keeps the axis true from entry to exit.

  • Deep bores drilled and reamed on dedicated deep-hole equipment
  • Straightness and roundness maintained over the full bore length
  • Coolant flow and chip evacuation managed to protect the cut surface
  • Bore position checked before the part moves on to finishing
Deep-hole drilling of a long barrel bore on a horizontal drilling machine
Honing head finishing the internal bore of a machined thermal spray component
INNER BORE MACHINING & FINISHING

The Bore Surface Decides How the Part Wears

Powder, gas and flame travel along internal surfaces. A coarse bore collects material and disturbs flow, so boring and finishing are treated as a controlled operation rather than a final pass.

  • Boring, reaming and honing of internal channels and bores
  • Internal surfaces finished to Ra ≤ 0.1 μm
  • Burrs removed and internal cleanliness confirmed before release
  • Finish verified by roughness measurement, not by eye
AUTOMATION

Automation Applied Where It Protects the Part

Automation is used at the steps where manual handling introduces variation: loading, measurement feedback, tool condition and repeatability between parts.

01

Automated Handling

Parts are loaded and transferred by machine motion rather than by hand, which keeps finished surfaces away from manual contact.

02

Measurement Feedback

In-process measurement feeds the result back into the run, so a drift is corrected while the setup is still open.

03

Tool Condition

Tool wear is followed across the run so a worn edge is replaced before it changes the surface it leaves behind.

04

Cycle Consistency

The same program runs the same sequence for every part of a batch, so the first part and the last are machined alike.

KEY PROCESSES

Operations a Component Passes Through

A single gun body or consumable moves through several operations. Each one has a defined setup and a check before the part is passed on.

TURNING

CNC Turning

External profiles, shanks, shoulders and seating faces on turned components.

MILLING

CNC Milling

Flats, slots, mounting features and secondary details on machined bodies.

DEEP HOLE

Deep-Hole Drilling

Long internal channels and barrel bores drilled and reamed on dedicated equipment.

BORING

Boring & Honing

Internal diameters brought to size and finished for flow and wear behaviour.

THREADING

Threading & Fitting

Threaded junctions and mating fits cut so the part assembles without force.

FINISHING

Finishing & Cleaning

Deburring, surface finishing and cleaning before the part is packed.

TYPICAL PARTS

Components Machined on These Lines

The same machining base covers the main wear parts of a plasma, HVOF, arc or flame spray assembly.

SPRAY GUN ASSEMBLY

Gun Bodies

Housings that carry the internal gas channels, the seating faces and the mounting geometry of the torch.

HVOF & APS

Barrels

Tubes with a long internal bore that shapes the gas or flame stream, drilled and finished on the bore line.

COMBUSTION SECTION

Combustion Chambers

Chambers where fuel and oxygen meet, with internal geometry and sealing faces held to the drawing.

FLOW GEOMETRY

Nozzles

Exit geometry that sets the spray pattern, with the profile and the bore finished as one matched part.

ARC WEAR PARTS

Electrodes & Cathodes

Wear parts that carry the arc, machined to seat correctly and to pass heat into the surrounding body.

COPPER COMPONENTS

Anodes

Components matched to the electrode they work with, with bore and seat geometry machined to the drawing.

MEASURABLE CAPABILITY

Two Figures We Publish

These are the machining values we quote. Every other feature is verified against the drawing of the part and recorded with the batch it belongs to.

≤ 0.01 mm Dimensional accuracy

Tolerance held on the critical geometry of gun bodies, barrels and nozzles.

Ra ≤ 0.1 μm Inner bore roughness

Finish on the internal surfaces that guide powder, gas and flame.

PRODUCTION PHOTOGRAPHY

The Floor, Shown as Capability

Each image is tied to the operation it shows and to what that operation contributes to the finished component.

Turning cell with gun bodies held in fixtures on the machine bed

Turning Cell

Where the external profile, the shank and the seating face of a gun body are cut in a single setup.

Internal bore measurement taken on a finished component at the machine

Bore Measurement

Bore size and finish are measured during the run, so the internal surface is accepted on evidence.

Deep-hole drilling station with a long barrel clamped for drilling

Deep-Hole Station

Long bores are drilled and reamed here, which is what keeps a barrel axis true along its length.

NEXT STEP

Send the Drawing, the Part Number or the Sample

Tell us which component you need machined and which features matter to you. We will confirm the machining route, the surfaces we control and the values we can hold for your batch.