Live Shop-Floor CNC Lathe Turning
// Precision Machining
Manufacturing & Engineering Project
Optical & Laser Instrument Precision Baseplate
Monoblock cast aluminum optical breadboard baseplate requiring micron-level flatness and parallelism for laser mirror alignment.
// MANUFACTURING CHALLENGE
Critical Technical Risk in the Component
Preventing clamping-induced bowing across a large-footprint optical baseplate during face milling and grid tapping.
// ENGINEERING SOLUTION (APPROACH)
Applied CNC Machining Strategy
Cast MIC-6 stress-relieved plate was paired with balanced vacuum chucking and symmetric multi-pass fly-cutting.
// VERIFICATION & METROLOGY
Achieved Results & Tolerance Compliance
- Verified < 0.01 mm flatness across the optical reference plane
- Calibration-free drop-in mounting for laser mirror mounts
- Minimal thermal distortion under operating laser loads
// VISUAL & VIDEO DOCUMENTATION
Machining, Live Metal Cutting & Metrology Stages
REAL MACHINED COMPONENT
Optical Baseplate Surface Flatness Inspection
Precision Dowel & Threaded Grid Detail
Pre-Anodize Machined Surface Finish