5-Axis Machining Center
Kestrel M-500 Cell
- Travel
- 500 × 450 × 400 mm
- Spindle
- 18,000 rpm / HSK-A63
- Accuracy
- ±0.0002 in
- Pallets
- 12-station automated
Contract Manufacturing · Est. 1998 · AS9100D
Tolerance is not a
target. It is the product.
Kestrel Precision machines flight-critical, implant-grade and vacuum-clean components for teams who cannot afford a second article. Eighteen machining centers, one climate-controlled metrology lab, zero outsourced accountability.
- ±0.0002"
- Positional tolerance
- 72 hr
- Prototype turnaround
- 18
- Machining centers
- 99.4%
- On-time delivery
Capabilities
Six disciplines. One floor. One owner of the result.
Every operation from raw stock to final inspection happens under one roof, so nothing is lost in a handoff and no supplier can blame another.
5-Axis Milling
Simultaneous 5-axis contouring for complex geometry — impellers, manifolds, structural brackets — held in a single setup to eliminate stack-up error.
Precision Turning
Live-tooled Swiss and multi-axis turning centers with bar feed, producing high-volume shafts, fittings and housings to sub-micron roundness.
Wire & Sinker EDM
Four-axis wire and CNC sinker EDM for hardened tool steel, Inconel and carbide where cutter access ends and geometry begins.
Sheet & Fabrication
Fiber laser cutting, press-brake forming and TIG/MIG welding integrated with machining so assemblies leave the floor complete.
Metrology
Climate-controlled inspection lab with CMM, optical comparators and surface profilometry. Full PPAP, FAI and SPC documentation.
Assembly & Finishing
Anodize, passivation, black oxide, shot peen and mechanical assembly managed in-house or through qualified NADCAP partners.
Equipment
The machines behind the numbers
Published specifications, verified quarterly against ballbar and laser interferometer results. Ask for the calibration record — we will send it.
Sliding Headstock Lathe
Kestrel T-32 Swiss
- Bar capacity
- 32 mm
- Axes
- 9 CNC / twin spindle
- Roundness
- 0.4 µm
- Runtime
- Lights-out, 20 hr
4-Axis Wire EDM
Kestrel W-400 EDM
- Travel
- 400 × 300 × 250 mm
- Finish
- Ra 0.1 µm
- Taper
- ±30° over 100 mm
- Wire
- 0.1 – 0.3 mm brass
Coordinate Measuring
Kestrel CMM Bay
- Volume
- 1200 × 1000 × 800 mm
- Uncertainty
- 1.4 + L/350 µm
- Scanning
- Tactile + laser
- Lab
- 20 °C ±0.5 controlled
Capability matrix
What we can hold, in what, how fast
Envelopes and tolerances below are production values, not brochure values. Lead times assume material in stock and a released drawing.
Process
From STEP file to signed FAI
Five stages, each with a named owner and a document you can audit.
- 01
Submit geometry
Upload STEP, IGES or native CAD with a dimensioned drawing. Our applications engineers review datum scheme and GD&T within one business day.
- 02
DFM & quote
You receive a line-item quote plus a manufacturability report flagging thin walls, unreachable radii and tolerance stack risk before a chip is cut.
- 03
Programming & fixturing
Toolpaths are simulated against the digital twin of the exact machine. Soft-jaw and modular fixtures are cut in-house, not outsourced.
- 04
Machining & in-process control
On-machine probing and SPC sampling hold critical characteristics inside the control band across the full run, not just the first article.
- 05
Inspection & release
CMM reports, material certs and a signed FAI ship with every lot. Nonconformance, if it ever occurs, is contained before the crate closes.
Quality
Documentation is part of the part
A component without traceability is an unfinished component. Material certs, CMM reports, SPC data and a signed first article travel with every lot we ship — no request required, no expediting fee.
AS9100D
Aerospace quality management
ISO 9001:2015
Certified since 2009
ITAR
Registered & export controlled
NADCAP
Qualified finishing partners
Industries
Where our parts end up
Regulated, high-consequence environments where a rejected lot costs more than the program it belongs to.
Aerospace
Flight-critical brackets, actuator housings, engine hardware.
Medical Device
Surgical instruments and implant components in Ti and PEEK.
Semiconductor
Vacuum chamber components and ultra-clean handling hardware.
Defense
ITAR-controlled assemblies with full traceability chains.
Energy
Downhole tooling and turbine components in exotic alloys.
Robotics
Precision drive housings, harmonic mounts, end-effectors.
Request a quote
Send the geometry. Get an engineer, not a portal.
Every RFQ is reviewed by a manufacturing engineer within one business day. You will receive pricing, lead time and a manufacturability report — including the things we would change.
- Response time
- < 1 business day
- Accepted formats
- STEP · IGES · X_T · PDF
- Minimum order
- None for prototypes
- NDA
- Signed before file review