Turning

Precision Turning Services

Pattern Fasteners provides precision turning services for a wide range of engineering, manufacturing and industrial applications.

Turning is used to produce accurate cylindrical and rotational components, including shafts, pins, bushes, spacers, collars, threaded parts and other bespoke machined items.

We can work from customer drawings, samples and individual specifications, producing both simple and complex turned components in a wide range of materials.

What Is Turning?

Turning is a machining process used to remove material from a rotating workpiece using a cutting tool.

It is particularly well suited to cylindrical components and can be used to create a wide variety of features, including:

• Outside diameters

• Internal bores

• Shoulders

• Steps

• Tapers

• Grooves

• Chamfers

• Threads

• Faces

• Undercuts

• Radiused profiles

Custom Turning

Pattern Fasteners can manufacture custom turned components with a wide range of dimensions and features.

Typical requirements can include:

• Non-standard diameters

• Precision bores

• Multiple stepped sections

• Shoulders

• Threaded sections

• Grooves and undercuts

• Tapered features

• Cross holes

• Special end forms

• Customer-specific tolerances

Turning can also be combined with milling, drilling, tapping, knurling and other machining operations where required.

Turned Components

Turning is used to manufacture a broad range of engineering parts, including:

• Pins

• Studs

• Bolts

• Bushes

• Spacers

• Collars

• Shafts

• Spindles

• Rollers

• Hosetails

• Threaded components

• Bespoke precision parts

Turning Materials

Pattern Fasteners can machine a wide range of engineering materials, including:

• Carbon steels

• Alloy steels

• Stainless steels

• Aluminium

• Brass

• Bronze

• Copper and copper alloys

• Nickel alloys

• Specialist engineering materials

The most appropriate machining approach will depend on the material, component geometry, tolerances and finish required.

Turning to Drawing

Where turning forms part of a bespoke component design, we can manufacture directly from your engineering drawing, dimensional specification or physical sample.

Requirements can include:

• Outside diameter

• Internal diameter

• Overall length

• Shoulder positions

• Thread details

• Groove dimensions

• Tolerances

• Surface finish

Secondary Turning Operations

Turning can also be used to modify existing or semi-finished components.

This can include:

• Reducing diameters

• Adding shoulders

• Facing components to length

• Creating grooves

• Adding chamfers

• Producing threaded sections

• Modifying end profiles

In suitable applications, secondary turning can be a practical alternative to manufacturing an entirely new component.

Precision & Tolerances

Where turned components interface with bearings, bores, shafts or other precision parts, dimensional accuracy can be critical.

Diameters, lengths, concentricity, thread features and surface finishes can all be produced to customer-defined tolerances.

UK Turning Services

Pattern Fasteners provides precision turning and component manufacturing services from our West Midlands facility.

Whether you require a simple turned part or a more complex precision component incorporating multiple diameters, threads and machined features, we can manufacture to your drawing or specification.

Need a Component Turned?

Send us your drawing, sample or specification and our team can review the material, dimensions, tolerances and machining requirements for your component.