On-demand Webinar

From Parts to Production: Finding the Right Secondary Operations for CNC Machining

Here’s a breakdown of the webinar, so you can get right to the parts most useful to you:

4:59 What are Secondary Operations?
6:30 Heat Treating
13:05 Finishing
22:40 Hardware Installation
34:17 Key Takeaways
35:10 Audience Q&A

Machining gets much of the attention when making CNC parts. But once you’ve properly carved your components, it’s secondary operations that provide the fit and finish of a final product. 

In this webinar, our experts discuss some of the most common secondary processes after machining, including heat treating, finishing and assembly.

Watch and learn how: 

  • Metal properties change with heat 
  • Anyone can master press fits & threaded inserts
  • To beautify and protect your parts by anodizing and plating them

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Kinsey Mead

Kinsey is a mechanical engineer with experience in product design and DfX for the consumer electronics industry, at companies including Microsoft and Apple. At Fictiv, she creates technical content to help other engineers uplevel their understanding of key DfM (design for manufacturability) and mechanical design principles. Kinsey earned her B.S. in mechanical engineering from University of California, Davis and her M.S. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University.

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Swetha Sriram

Swetha is a Senior Manufacturing Engineer with experience in the mechanical and industrial engineering industry. At Fictiv, she analyzes customer parts and provides DfM as well as creating automated costing models. Swetha earned her B.S. in Industrial Engineering from Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.

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