CNC machining controls a range of complex machinery, such as grinders, lathes, and turning mills, all of which are used to cut, shape, and create different parts and prototypes.

CNC – Computer Numerical Control – Taking digitized data, a computer and CAM program is used to control, automate, and monitor the movements of a machine. The machine can be a milling machine, lathe, router, welder, grinder, laser or waterjet cutter, sheet metal stamping machine, robot, or many other types of machines.

Milling Machines are used for machining solid materials. The cutter is designed to rotate during the operation as opposed to a lathe, where the part itself rotates during the cutting operation.

High-precision machining and high-volume production goes hand in hand here at Advanced Tech Machining in Fremont, California.  Our machines that achieve both goals. 

Electrical discharge machining, also known as spark machining, spark eroding, die sinking, wire burning or wire erosion, is a metal fabrication process whereby a desired shape is obtained by using electrical discharges.

Milling and turning are two common CNC machining methods. They are both subtractive, meaning they remove excess stock material to achieve the final result—your part. Apart from that one fundamental similarity, they are two distinctly different processes.