Engine mounts, chassis parts, and machined components for assembly lines.
High-strength fasteners, landing gear parts, and structural assemblies.
Forged housings, armor brackets, and mission-critical structural parts.
Precision housings, actuator frames, and armature linkages for automation systems.
Metal frames, brackets, and assemblies for appliances and home equipment.
Busbar holders, battery pack parts, and lightweight structural enclosures.
Solar mounting parts, wind turbine brackets, and battery enclosures.
Valve bodies, flange blocks, and downhole drilling components.
Large welded frames, PEB structures, and assemblies for industrial equipment.
Durable transformers built for consistent performance, energy efficiency, and stable power regulation.
Frigate’s industrial-grade enclosures provide durable, customizable protection with efficient thermal management for high-performance applications.
High-performance cables and wires engineered for durability and seamless connectivity across applications.
Custom-built wiring harnesses for secure connections and streamlined installations.
Precision-engineered busbars for efficient power distribution and minimal energy loss.
Robust connectors designed for secure locking, reliable conductivity, and long-term performance.
Diverse solutions covering automotive, electrical, mechanical, and industrial needs with precision-built components.
CNC machining delivers micron precision and tight tolerances for complex geometry.
Frigate CNC Machining offers high-precision, custom solutions for complex casting geometries. Multi-axis capabilities ensure tight tolerances and optimal surface finishes.
Sheet metal fabrication uses laser cutting, punching, and bending for precision.
Frigate Sheet Metal Fabrication utilizes advanced laser cutting and press brake technology for custom casting applications. Tight tolerances, superior welds, and high-strength materials ensure structural integrity.
Injection molding produces high-precision parts with consistent quality.
Frigate Injection Molding delivers custom-engineered parts with micron-level precision and structural integrity. Specialized molds maintain tight tolerances for complex geometries and high-stress applications.
Precision casting ensures accurate, high-quality parts.
Forging services improve material strength with precise tolerances.
Frigate Casting Services provides custom casting with tight tolerances and complex geometries. We enhance material properties using advanced metallurgy, ensuring strength and wear resistance. Our precision methods support high-performance aerospace, automotive, and industrial applications.
End-to-end part production from samples to bulk supply.
Ready-to-use assemblies built to exact fit and function.
Heavy-duty fabrication with high-strength materials for demanding applications. Robust welding for maximum structural durability.
A CNC Turret Indexing Plate with inconsistent angular indexing introduces rotational errors that propagate across tool stations. To mitigate this, the plate is machined with tight-tolerance locating slots and hardened datum surfaces that ensure angular repeatability within ±3 arc seconds. The CNC Turret Indexing Plate is heat-treated and ground post-hardening to retain dimensional stability and angular symmetry under both static and dynamic conditions. Sub-zero treatment is used to minimize microstructural distortion, preserving alignment across long-term usage.
Interrupted cuts apply torsional impulses to the CNC Turret Indexing Plate, especially when large radial tools are engaged at peripheral stations. The plate is designed with optimized tooth engagement geometry and hardened locking zones that distribute torque over wide contact areas. A preloaded detent mechanism integrated within the CNC Turret Indexing Plate absorbs bidirectional shock loads, preventing unintended rotation under high spindle acceleration. Load-bearing elements are validated through FEM simulations to ensure torsional rigidity under dynamic cutting profiles.
High-speed, continuous indexing cycles can lead to surface degradation in a CNC Turret Indexing Plate, resulting in galling, fretting, and fatigue cracks. To combat wear, the plate undergoes ion nitriding followed by micro-finish grinding, creating a low-friction, high-hardness surface with Ra values below 1.2 µm. The CNC Turret Indexing Plate’s contact zones are treated to resist micro-pitting under metal-to-metal engagement, enabling over one million duty cycles without measurable surface erosion. Hardness uniformity across the contact plane ensures even stress distribution and long-term service integrity.
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Used for precise tool indexing during sequential boring, milling, and threading operations on engine blocks and transmission casings.
Maintains angular accuracy during multi-tool operations on complex contours of turbine rings, actuator sleeves, and structural shaft elements.
Supports fine-tool indexing on orthopedic implants and surgical components requiring sub-5 micron repeatability across small diameter operations.
Provides rigid index control for internal grooving, port machining, and thread milling on high-pressure hydraulic actuator housings.
Ensures synchronized station indexing for form tools and shapers when generating splines, gears, and involute profiles on shafts.
Used to switch between center drilling, keyway milling, and external threading operations during shaft and rotor machining sequences.
Radial misalignment between turret stations often originates from concentricity errors in the CNC Turret Indexing Plate. To address this, concentric bores and indexing notches are machined relative to a single datum system, ensuring sub-5 µm runout between the central bore and station detents. The CNC Turret Indexing Plate also features kinematic seating surfaces that auto-correct for minor axial deviations during turret engagement. Post-hardening cylindrical grinding ensures all functional surfaces remain perpendicular and coaxial with the machine spindle interface.
Mechanical fitment and system alignment challenges arise when CNC Turret Indexing Plates are deployed across diverse turret platforms. To maintain compatibility, these plates are engineered with configurable indexing patterns, bore profiles, and bolt circle dimensions. Each CNC Turret Indexing Plate can be customized to interface with cam-driven, servo-driven, or hydraulic turret drive systems. Integrated datum features support encoder target surfaces and optional through-hole designs for coolant or sensor integration, ensuring precise mechanical and electronic synchronization across tool changes.
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Frigate uses CNC-controlled grinding for all critical indexing surfaces referenced from a master datum. Each plate is inspected with a rotary encoder system to validate angular repeatability within ±3 arc seconds. Batch-to-batch consistency is maintained using statistical process control (SPC) methods. Plates are serialized and traceable back to their production calibration report.
Frigate controls cumulative tolerances between bore, bolt circle, and indexing notch within 8 µm. All machined features originate from a single fixture setup to eliminate stack-up errors. Parallelism between contact faces is maintained within 2 µm. These controls ensure proper alignment in multistation turrets under load.
Plates undergo vacuum heat treatment and are tested using microhardness probes across multiple zones. Typical surface hardness is maintained at 60–62 HRC with case depth >0.8 mm. Fatigue life testing simulates over one million indexing cycles under preloaded engagement conditions. No measurable wear or surface spalling is allowed during validation.
Frigate incorporates preloaded detent geometry and precision-fitted engagement slots to minimize backlash. All engagement surfaces are honed and lapped for tight mechanical contact. Each unit is tested under torque to ensure no angular drift under reversing loads. Backlash is limited to <1 arc second in dynamic testing.
Yes, Frigate provides indexing plates compatible with hydraulic, cam, and servo-driven turrets. CAD modeling includes sensor integration, reference notch placement, and encoder alignment features. Each custom unit undergoes interface validation against the customer’s turret model. Mechanical, electrical, and control alignment are verified during final inspection.
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