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Design Tips

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With meviy, you can order your specific turned parts quickly and easily online by uploading your 3D CAD file. Below you will find general tips on the design of your turned parts and how you can design them more efficiently and cost-effectively.

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Example of a turned part manufactured with meviy.

Design and Construction Tips for Turned Parts

There are a number of factors to consider when designing and constructing turned parts to ensure optimum performance, quality and cost efficiency. Here are some important design tips to consider:

1. Material selection: Choose the right material for your turned parts based on the requirements for strength, hardness, corrosion resistance and other properties. Also consider the machinability of the material to optimize manufacturing costs.

2. Geometric design: Design the geometry of your turned parts with manufacturability in mind. To reduce production costs as much as possible, avoid complex shapes and tight tolerances unless they are absolutely necessary.

3. Consideration of tolerances: Define clear tolerance specifications for your turned parts that meet the functional requirements.

4. Avoid material waste: Optimize the material layout to minimize offcuts and waste. This helps to reduce production costs and use resources sustainably.

5. Consider post-processing: Select any post-processing steps such as polishing or coating after uploading your part in the meviy 3D view to facilitate finishing and improve quality.

By taking these design tips into account, you can improve the efficiency, quality and cost-effectiveness of your turned parts and ensure smooth production.

Unsupported Shapes for Turned Parts

meviy offers high-precision manufacturing solutions for a variety of shapes, however there are certain shapes that cannot be realised with our current manufacturing methods. Please consider these below when making your design. If you have any questions, you can always contact our support team.

Picture of a gear shape.
Gear Shape
Picture of an eccentric shape.
Eccentric
Picture of a set collar.
Set Collar
Picture of an oblique hole.
Oblique Hole
Picture of a knurling.
Knurling
Picture of a hexagon socket.
Hexagon Socket
Picture of a blind internal keyway.
Blind Internal Keyway
Picture of a v-groove.
V-Groove
Picture of a v-groove.
V-Groove
Picture of curved shape of side pocket opening.
Curved Shape of Side Pocket Opening
Picture of a curved shape on bottom of end face groove.
Curved Shape on Bottom of End Face Groove
Picture of a conical tip.
Conical Tip
Picture of a pipe welding.
Pipe Welding
Picture of welding.
Welding