Helping Customers From Prototype to Production
Our Bay Area CNC Machine Shop & Services
Our foundation for doing business is building relationships with our customers, working with integrity, and being a part of the vision that is Silicon Valley. We excel at helping customers solve the toughest of manufacturing challenges while reducing costs with our industry leading DFM. So much so, that we guarantee we will can lower pricing of any part design you may have.
2 Sides of the Production Coin
We are proud to offer 40+ years of manufacturing and mechanical engineering experience.
CNC Machining, Milling, Turning & Wire EDM
Master Machinist Jon Drury is one of the few remaining machinists in the Bay Area trained in the “old school methods”. Having apprenticed under German Master machinist, Ziggy A., in the days when machining was done by hand, Jon learned to maintain tolerances “the old fashioned” way; a cornerstone in operating any precision machine shop. He has been a machinist for 40 years and a master machinist for over 20 years.
Mechanical Engineering, Design, DFM, Tolerancing and Operations
The Parametric team shores up engineering support, advanced 3D modeling, production drawings, workmanship standards and DFM. With over 25 years in design and machining solutions for Applied Materials, JDSUniphase, Tesla Motors, KLA, SGI and more…we speak your language to help you tweak your design for lower pricing and delivery times.
Products & Services
- Full Service CNC Machine Shop + Assembly Services
- All pre/post material processing (annealing, heat treat, grinding, etc.)
- CNC Vertical and Horizontal Milling, 3-D machining, 4th & 5th Axis
- CNC Turning (lathe), full “C” axis, sub spindle and live tooling
- Wire EDM Services, prototype and production
- In-House Tooling and Fixture Design to lower volume pricing
- Rapid Prototyping including 3-D printing & SLA.
- Painting, Powder Coat, Anodize, all colors and specifications
- Laser Engraving, Silkscreen, Press-fits and Turnkey Assembly
- First Article & Inspection Reports
- Staggered Shipments to keep your inventory low
- DFM Reviews– Design For Manufacturability
We emjoy working with young companies we can grow with and established companies with new ideas we can escort into low-cost production. We are Mechanical Engineers, one of us is a PE with 30 years in Design for Manufacturability in a variety of industries; we can help you design parts for cost-effective manufacture better than anyone.
Working together, we pack a one-two-punch to the challenges of escorting innovative designs to production.
Interesting Facts
- We use fuzzy science (Drum Buffer Rope) to schedule the 100s of jobs that flow through the shop every month.
- “Parametric” describes the intrinsic intelligence in our inspection processes.
- We literally coded our own MRP and Job Scheduling system.
- Solving customer’s manufacturing challenges is our thing.
- Our favorite books are “The Goal” by Eliyahu M. Goldrat and “Capitalism” by Ayn Rand.
our CNC machining services DELIVER SIGNIFICANT SAVINGS
What It’s Like To Work With Us
We are down to earth people and easy to talk too.
We Lower Customer's Costs
Design For Manufacturability (DFM)
Design for Manufacturability (DFM) lowers machined part costs and lead times. It is so important, that we created a unique newsletter (The Dispatch) to share best practices so that we all win together. Design for Manufacturability (DFM) lowers machined part costs and lead times. It is so important, that we created a unique newsletter (The Dispatch) to share best practices so that we all win together.
Results of a Typical DFM Review
Our new 5th Axis DVF5000 is on it's way!
Our CNC Equipment List
We have recently built out a new inspection facility with automated CMM, optical inspection, a second Wire EDM and all new horizontal milling center that allows us to easily handle the most critical and demanding jobs.
Parametric Machine Code |
Machine Type |
Manufacturer |
Model # |
Part Size (Inches) |
||
X |
Y |
Z |
||||
Viper I |
Vertical Mill |
PRO1000AP |
26 |
18 |
18 |
|
Viper II |
Vertical Mill |
PRO1000 |
26 |
18 |
18 |
|
Kit |
Vertical Mill w/ 4th axis |
Mycenter-4XD |
43 |
24 |
24 |
|
Matsuura |
Vertical Mill |
MC-800VG |
31 |
20 |
20 |
|
VMC-A |
Vertical Mill |
SMTCL |
VMC1000B |
39 |
24 |
25 |
VMC-B |
Vertical Mill |
SMTCL |
VMC1000B |
39 |
24 |
25 |
Enshu I |
Vertical Mill, pallet changing |
S400 |
14 |
18 |
26 |
|
Enshu II |
Vertical Mill, pallet changing |
S400 |
14 |
18 |
26 |
|
H-1 |
Horizontal Milling Center |
Mycenter-HX400iG |
24 |
24 |
24 |
|
Lathe I |
CNC Lathe |
Seiki |
8 |
NA |
16 |
|
Lathe II |
CNC Lathe |
KIA |
SUPER KIA TURN 21 |
6 |
NA |
23 |
EDM-1 |
Wire EDM |
W31MV-2 |
32 |
28 |
8 |
|
EDM-2 |
Wire EDM |
W41MV-2 |
32 |
28 |
8 |
|
CNC-CMM |
CMM |
Coord3 |
ARES775MOT |
28 |
26 |
20 |
Manual-CMM |
CMM |
B504B |
20 |
16 |
12 |