Quality on a hard-alloy order
We are the seller, so the inspection is ours. A shop in the network measures its own work. We measure it again, against your drawing, before anything is packed, and we sign the report that ships with the parts.
Where a part gets checked
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Drawing review
The engineer reads the drawing before it is placed: alloy and condition, datums, tolerances that stack, threads, finish call-outs, and whether the shop can measure what the drawing asks for. Questions go to you before the quote, not after the first article.
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Shop audit
Before a shop joins the network we visit the floor: machines, tooling and coolant practice for titanium and nickel alloys, measuring equipment and calibration, how a non-conforming part is handled. A shop that cuts hard alloys occasionally does not get hard-alloy orders. The checks are published on the shop audit standard page.
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In-process
First article measured on the machine that will run the batch. In-process checks at the points the engineer sets, usually after roughing, after heat treatment and before the finish pass on thin walls. Insert changes and stress relief are logged in your weekly update.
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Final inspection
Every order is measured against your drawing before packing. Critical features are reported with values, not ticks. A part out of tolerance is reworked or re-made before anything ships, and you are told either way.
The shop audit is published in full as the shop audit standard, so you can see what a shop in the network has shown us.
One person, from drawing review to packing
Every order has an engineer assigned to it. The same person reviews your drawing, sets the inspection plan, checks the material certificate, is at the shop for the first article and signs off the final inspection. When you have a question, that is who answers it.
We do not quote how many engineers or how many shops we have. The promise is about your order: one engineer follows it, and a managed network of professional CNC shops runs it.
Written, every week, while your parts run
What was done this week, what happens next week, and anything that moved: material arrival, first article result, insert changes, a heat treatment or stress-relief cycle, a date at risk. If a date is at risk you hear it in the update, not on the shipping day.
For a production order a photograph of the job on the machine is part of the update. For a prototype it is usually the first-article measurements.
What ships with the parts
The standard inspection level that ships with every order is confirmed on your quote. Anything beyond it is quoted as a line item so you can see what it costs.
- Inspection report
- Dimensional report against your drawing on the features you called out, plus the general tolerance check. The standard level is confirmed on your quote.
- Material certificate
- Mill certificate for the bar or plate used, matched to the heat number on the parts, when requested on the order. EN 10204 3.1 or the ASTM equivalent; ASTM F136 for Grade 23.
- Heat treatment and finish certificate
- Hardness certificate after heat treatment, processor certificate for anodising or passivation, when a specification is called on the drawing.
- Our paperwork
- Commercial invoice, packing list and the order acknowledgement reference, so your receiving team matches parts to one PO.
What each document proves, and what it does not: mill certificates, heat lots and FAI.
Out of tolerance does not leave
A part that fails final inspection is reworked where the drawing allows it or re-made from new material. Either way you are told, with the measured values, and the date is re-confirmed. If a non-conforming part reaches you despite that, the claim is with us and the remedy is set out on your quote and in our terms of sale.
Certifications we do not hold
We hold no AS9100, ISO 13485 or NADCAP, and we do not describe a shop's certificate as ours. If your order needs a certified supply chain, we say so at the quote and point you elsewhere. The inspection we do is described on this page and on your quote, and that is the whole claim.
Questions about a specific inspection need go to .