What is Molybdenum?

Molybdenum is a transition metal. The pure metal is silvery white in color and very hard. It has one of the highest melting points 2623°C of all pure elements.

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What is Tungsten?

Tungsten is one of only two elements with a higher melting point than Molybdenum. Common uses for Tungsten are electrodes, aircraft parts and filaments.

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Capabilities & Equipment - Precision Machine Shop

Dale Engineering is a precision CNC machine shop specializing in small to medium size components made from Molybdenum and exotic metals. We are located in Bedford, MA and some of the industries we service are: Medical, Biotech, Electronics and Semi-Conductor Industried.

Our Precision Engineering Capabilities and Equipment Include:

 

Turning Precision Engineering Services

• 10 Hardinge Quest GT27 Super Precision CNC lathes
• 4 Hardinge CHNC CNC lathes
• 3 Hardinge Elite 51 CNC lathes equipped with live tooling (8” chuck/20C collet)
• 1 Hardinge Chucker retrofit CNC lathes w/Centroid control
• 2 Hardinge manual chucking lathes

Milling Precision Engineering Services

• 5 Fadal CNC machining centers
• 3 Fanuc Robodrill Machining Centers

EDM

• 2 Fanuc Robocutwire EDM1
• Current Micro Hole EDM Drilling Machine

Grinding Precision Engineering Services

• 1 Harig CNC surface grinder
• 1 Herminghausen centerless grinder
• 1 Supertek surface grinder

Honing Precision Engineering Services

• 1 Sunnen honing machine

Lapping/Polishing Precision Engineering Services

• 2 PR-1 Hoffman Double sided lapping machine
• 1 PR-1 Hoffman Double sided polishing machine
• Mirror Surface Finishing

Cut off/Sawing Precision Engineering Services

• 2 DoAll C-305 automatic horizontal saw
• 1 Grob Vertical band saw

Deburing Precision Engineering Services

• 2 Hamond Rotofinish tumblers

Clean Room Services

• ISO 7
• 600 Square Foot Clean Room
• Precision Cleaning, Packaging and Assembly

Optical Measuring

• The Nikon iNEXIV VMA-2520 is a new multi-sensor measuring system that's lightweight and compact enough to be used in the factory on the bench top, with fast, fully automatic and high accuracy features that make it ideally suited for a wide variety of industrial measuring, inspection and quality control applications. The iNEXIV is designed to measure 3D workpieces, is touch probe ready, integrates the latest imaging processing software and incorporates a new 10x optical zoom system and Laser Auto Focus option.

 

• The Olympus VX41 offers an outstanding range of features and optical performance for the clinical market. With an emphasis on high-quality optics and a rigid frame, the VX41 offers improved versatility and ergonomic operation.
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