Electronics · Multi-Axis CNC

Cosmetic outside. Complex inside. Same part.

Precision CNC machining for electronics — RF and microwave housings, heat sinks, instrument enclosures and connectors, machined from solid and finished on one floor.

Free DFM review on every quote — your part priced by an engineer, not an auto-quote. NDA on request.

  • AS9100D · ISO 9001
  • Tolerances to ±0.005 mm
  • Cosmetic-grade finish
  • CMM-verified

An electronics enclosure is two jobs fighting each other — a show-surface face and complex internal geometry. We make both, on one part, one supplier.

Where parts fail

A scratch on a show face rejects the whole batch.

How we control it

Cosmetic spec agreed up front — Class A faces, finish, defect limits — then held in production.

Where parts fail

The part passes dimensions but fails EMC.

How we control it

Machined from solid: a continuous, weld-free Faraday shell with flat gasket faces.

Where parts fail

A non-flat heat-sink base throttles cooling.

How we control it

Base flatness held to spec and CMM-verified, so the chip actually makes contact.

Applications

Electronics parts we machine

01

RF & microwave housings

Machined from solid for a continuous, weld-free shell — a natural Faraday cage for EMI/RFI shielding, with cavity dimensions that tune performance.

02

Heat sinks & cold plates

Custom fin geometry beyond extrusion limits, with a flat base that eliminates air gaps to the chip; black-anodised for emissivity.

03

Instrument enclosures & chassis

I/O cutouts and PCB standoffs milled into the body — no spin-out threaded inserts — with a cosmetic-grade outer face.

04

Connectors & charging docks

Connector bodies, backshells and docks — tight, repeatable engagement features and show faces, off one setup at volume.

Inside a 5-axis part

Built for the parts that must be cosmetic and complex at once.

An RF housing has to tune, shield, seal and look right — all on one part. Here's the geometry, and how we hold it.

Representative 5-axis RF filter housing — internal resonator cavities with multi-face connector ports
Fig. — representative RF housing · 5-axis CAD model
Cavities on multiple faces
Resonator cavities on the top face, connector ports on the side — features on several faces that must hold one datum so the RF tunes. 5-axis in one setup.
Shielding from solid
Machined from solid: a continuous, weld-free Faraday shell with flat gasket faces — the shield has no seams to leak.
The face is the product
A show-surface anodised face and the internal geometry off the same setup — no two-vendor mismatch between machine and finish.
Proven, not assumed
CMM-verified critical features and cavity dimensions, cosmetic checked against the agreed standard.

Representative of the work we take on — not a named customer part. Share a real one under NDA and we'll show you exactly how we'd hold it.

Why this is different

One supplier owns the whole part.

AURA · 3-AXISNIMBUS · 5-AXIS
Machine + finish, one roof
no machinist-vs-finisher blame game
In-house IP
toolpath, fixturing & kinematics ours — fixes in days, not vendor weeks
See the platforms
Nimbus — Ethereal Machines' in-house 5-axis platform
Built for your audit

Your supplier-quality checklist — answered before you ask.

Everything an electronics quality team checks before placing a part — answered, honestly.

AS9100D · ISO 9001 quality system

Certified — the inspection and traceability discipline electronics QA audits for.

Tolerance & inspection

±0.005 mm on critical features; CMM-verified, not calipers; first-article on new parts.

Material traceability

Mill certs and heat/lot numbers — chain of custody on every batch.

Cosmetic standard

Class A / secondary surfaces, colour, gloss and defect limits — agreed before award.

EMI / RF shielding

Machined-from-solid continuous shell, flat gasket faces, conductive plating via partners.

Thermal performance

Heat-sink base flatness and emissivity finish held to spec, CMM-verified.

Finishing

Anodise and bead blast in-house; plating and coating through controlled partners — we own the coordination.

Material compliance

RoHS/REACH-compliant materials with pass-through documentation — you own the declaration.

Prototype to volume

First article, then repeatable batch consistency under one process control.

Confidentiality

NDA on request; files handled under access control.

Cosmetic, dimensional, EMI and thermal — owned on one part, by one supplier, so nothing falls between vendors.

Electronics CNC machining materials
Electronics CNC machining process
Process

How it works

01

Send your drawings

Upload a STEP or IGES model and a 2D drawing. Tell us material, finish and any cosmetic spec. Confidential — NDA on request.

02

DFM review

Our engineering team reviews manufacturability and finish, and flags risk before you commit. No portal, no auto-quoter.

03

A real quote

A fixed price with material, the finish/cosmetic plan and the inspection plan attached — and a real lead time.

04

We machine & finish it

Cut on our own 3- and 5-axis platforms and finished in-house, so the show face and internal geometry agree.

05

Inspect & ship

CMM verification on critical features, cosmetic check against the agreed standard, with material cert and CoC.

FAQ

Questions, answered.

Tolerances, materials, documentation, lead time — the questions a buyer asks before placing a part with us. Don’t see yours?

Yes — the show-surface face and the internal pocketing come off the same setup, referencing the same datum, so finish and geometry agree. We agree the cosmetic standard (Class A faces, colour, defect limits) before the part is awarded.

As low as ±0.005 mm on critical features, validated per part family under production conditions and confirmed on the quote — never an auto-quote.

Machining a housing from solid aluminium gives you a natural Faraday cage — a continuous, weld-free shell — with flat gasket faces and conductive plating (via partners) to keep shielding continuous across mating surfaces.

We machine in RoHS/REACH-compliant materials and pass through the supplier material declarations your filing needs. RoHS/REACH is a material-and-documentation matter — the OEM holds the final declaration; we make it easy to support.

Anodise and bead blast are in-house; plating and coating run through controlled NADCAP-grade partners — and we own the coordination, so one supplier is accountable for machine + finish.

Yes — iterate on a first article, then scale on the same floor under the same process control, holding the same tolerances and cosmetic standard run after run.

Get a quote

Send your drawings. Get a real quote.

Upload STEP, IGES or a PDF — tell us material and quantity. Our engineering team reviews manufacturability and returns a price and lead time.

Have a part that has to perform?