Precision CNC milling on 3- and 4-axis VMCs with rigid tapping and high-speed spindles for prismatic and sculpted parts. Representative equipment includes Fadal 4020/3016, Hyundai-Kia VX500/F500VM, and a Brother TC-S2C-0 drill/tap center. Capable of short-run prototypes through production with in-process QC, consistent tolerances, fine surface finishes, and efficient multi-face machining via 4th-axis rotary.

Precision CNC machined stainless steel components produced by Whale Precision Mfg, Inc., showcasing uniform surface finish and high dimensional accuracy.

Hyundai WIA L2100SY CNC turning center inside Whale Precision Mfg, Inc.’s machine shop, used for high-precision production machining and turning operations.

CNC Milling removes material with rotating cutters under precise multi-axis computer control, producing complex prismatic or sculpted parts with positional accuracy to ±0.005 mm and surface finishes ≤ Ra 0.4 µm. Machines span 3-axis vertical mills, 4-axis horizontals with pallet changers, and full 5-axis trunnion or gantry platforms, supporting everything from rapid prototypes to lights-out production in metals, plastics, and composites.

CNC Milling

Supports high volume production demands, ensuring scalability and competitive cost for large-scale orders.

Meets the needs of medium volume production, offering cost efficiency for expanding product lines.

Designed for prototyping and small batch runs, allowing for rapid iteration and testing.

Optimized for low volume production, ideal for market introduction and specialized products.

Employs pallet changers and queued job scheduling for lights-out milling of high-volume cast-part trimming operations.

Automated Pallet Machining

Uses Renishaw touch probes to verify datums in-cycle and streams dimensional data for CpK/SPC analysis during machining.

In-Process Probing & SPC Capture

Slot Milling is a process where a milling cutter is used to create slots or grooves in a workpiece. This operation is essential for creating keyways, slots for components, and other features that require precise grooves. Slot milling can be performed on various materials and is critical in manufacturing industries for component assembly and mechanical functions.

Slot Milling

Surface Milling, also known as face milling, involves removing material from the surface of a workpiece to produce a smooth, flat surface. This process is widely used for finishing operations and in creating large flat surfaces with high precision. Surface milling is vital in automotive, aerospace, and mold-making industries.

Surface Milling

Gear Milling is a specialized process used to create gear teeth profiles on a workpiece. Utilizing specialized cutters and precise calculations, this process is essential for manufacturing various types of gears used in automotive, machinery, and equipment industries. Gear Milling requires high precision to ensure the proper functioning of the gear mechanism.

Gear Milling

Drilling is a versatile machining process used across various manufacturing methods, including CNC milling and turning. It involves creating precise holes in a material using a drill bit. This operation is vital for achieving accurate hole placement with varying diameters and depths. Drilling is known for its ability to produce clean, straight cylindrical holes and is utilized across diverse materials like metals, plastics, and wood.

Drilling

Face Milling is a machining process where the cutting tools are perpendicular to the workpiece, removing material from its surface to create a flat face. This technique is ideal for achieving high-quality finishes and flat surfaces on the workpiece. Face Milling is widely used in various applications, including the production of flat surfaces on castings and forgings, as well as for preparing surfaces for further processes.

Face Milling

3- & 4-Axis CNC Milling

Precision CNC turning for round and prismatic-on-turn parts using a twin-spindle, Y-axis turn-mill with bar feed and live tooling, plus a compact OmniTurn and manual support lathe. Complete front/back machining, concentric bores, and fine as-turned finishes with fast cycle times. Suited for prototypes through production with controlled threading, grooving, and cross-drilling in one setup.

CNC Turning uses computer-controlled lathes to rotate bar, billet, or cast blanks while single-point cutting tools remove material. The process excels at producing concentric OD/ID features, tapers, threads, grooves, and complex contours with tight positional accuracy. Modern CNC lathes support live tooling, Y-axis interpolation, sub-spindle part transfer, and bar-feed automation—enabling complete, high-volume production of precision cylindrical components in metals or plastics.

CNC Turning

Bar-Fed CNC Turning automates production by feeding continuous bar stock (typically ≤ 50 mm / 2 in Ø) through the spindle. Coupled with sub-spindle or parts-catcher, it enables unattended, high-volume manufacture of precision turned components with minimal material waste and cycle time.

Bar-Fed CNC Turning

Large-Diameter CNC Turning focuses on parts whose swing exceeds standard lathe capacity—typically 330 mm (13 in) or more. Specialized heavy-duty spindles and wide-gap beds allow accurate rough- and finish-turning of large flanges, rings, and housings while maintaining concentricity and surface finish comparable to standard CNC turning.

Large-Diameter CNC Turning

Threading is a CNC turning operation used to produce internal or external threads on a workpiece. It involves rotating the workpiece and cutting tool in synchronization to create precise screw threads, essential for components requiring threaded connections.

Threading

Facing in CNC Turning is a machining process used to produce a flat surface at the end of the workpiece. This operation involves moving the cutting tool at right angles to the axis of the workpiece, providing a smooth and finished surface.

Facing

Hard Turning in CNC Turning refers to the process of cutting materials that are hard, typically above 45 HRC, using a single point cutting tool. It is an efficient and cost-effective alternative to grinding for achieving precision dimensions and surface finishes on hard materials.

Hard Turning

Cutoff, also known as Parting, in CNC Turning is the operation where a part is cut off from the main workpiece. This process involves a deep, straight cutting operation along the workpiece to separate the part.

Cutoff (Parting)

Knurling in CNC Turning is a process of producing a regular, cross-hatched pattern on the surface of a part. This is typically done to provide a better grip on the machined part. It involves pressing a tool with the desired pattern into the rotating workpiece.

Knurling

Precision CNC Turning

In-house value-add to deliver installation-ready parts: PEM hardware insertion, vibratory deburring/edge-break, aqueous parts washing, precision surface grinding (Okamoto 12 × 24), and light mechanical assembly/kitting. Integrated with machining to minimize touch points and lead time. Final parts ship clean, deburred, and within flatness/finish requirements, with packaging tailored to protect critical surfaces.

Assembly & Integration Services encompasses mechanical fastening, ultrasonic welding, heat staking, electronics and hardware integration, sub-assembly kitting, and packaging services to deliver complete assemblies or kits ready for immediate installation or shipment.

Assembly & Integration Services

Deburring is a critical post-processing operation that removes sharp edges and burrs from metal parts resulting from machining operations. It is essential for ensuring part functionality, safety during handling, and preparing surfaces for further finishing processes. Deburring can be performed using manual techniques, mechanical methods, or through thermal energy, and is applicable across a wide range of industries where smoothness of the part surface is required.

Deburring

Ultrasonic Cleaning uses ultrasound and a cleaning solvent to remove contaminants from delicate or complex parts. Common in healthcare, electronics, and automotive where high cleanliness standards are vital.

Ultrasonic Cleaning

Surface Grinding employs a rotating abrasive wheel to remove material from a workpiece surface, achieving excellent precision and finish. It is commonly performed on flat or contoured surfaces for final finishing and dimensional accuracy.

Surface Grinding

Precision Flat Surface Grinding uses abrasive wheels to create exceptionally flat and smooth surfaces on a workpiece, crucial for applications requiring tight tolerances and high surface quality.

Precision Flat Surface Grinding

Mechanical Assembly delivers torque-verified installation of fasteners, snap-fits, and press-fits to build robust sub-assemblies.

Mechanical Assembly

Installs brass or stainless self-clinching, heat-set, or ultrasonic threaded inserts into plastic components using temperature-controlled soldering tips or induction heads. Precise thermal profiles ensure full material re-flow around the knurl, achieving pull-out strengths comparable to over-molding without distorting surrounding features.

Thermal Threaded-Insert Installation

Laser Engraving uses a laser beam to etch or mark a surface, widely used for serial numbers, logos, or intricate designs. Favored for speed, precision, and non-contact marking in both industrial and creative fields.

Laser Engraving

Lapping is a precision technique producing extremely flat surfaces or tight tolerances by rubbing two surfaces with an abrasive in between. Common for optical-quality surfaces and precise mechanical parts.

Lapping

Assembly & Secondary Finishing

Incoming, in-process, and final inspection with calibrated bench metrology, optical comparator with DRO, pin/bore gauges, digital height gauges, surface roughness tester, and Rockwell hardness testing. ISO 9001:2015 traceability and documented acceptance. First-article and lot inspection available; certificates and data packs provided on request to verify parts meet drawing and GD&T requirements before shipment.

Inspection & Quality Control (IQC) comprises the metrology, verification, and documentation activities that ensure parts conform to drawing/CAD requirements, customer specifications, and regulatory standards. IQC spans incoming, in-process, and final inspection and leverages coordinate metrology (CMMs and portable arms), laser/structured-light scanning, optical comparators and vision systems, surface-form metrology (profilometers, roundness/contour testers), nondestructive testing (NDT), and statistical process control (SPC). Results are captured in traceable reports (e.g., AS9102 FAIR, PPAP) tied to calibrated gauges and controlled environmental conditions.

Inspection & Quality Control

Dimensional Inspection verifies that a part’s physical dimensions match design tolerances. Tools include calipers, micrometers, and CMMs, ensuring geometric accuracy of length, width, height, angles, and more.

Dimensional Inspection

Measurement encompasses various techniques and instruments for quantifying dimensions, angles, tolerances, or other parameters to ensure parts meet required specifications.

Measurement

Establishes and maintains a metrology program that calibrates dimensional gauges, torque wrenches, force and pressure transducers, and electronic inspection devices traceable to NIST or equivalent standards. Includes periodic gauge repeatability & reproducibility (Gage R&R) studies to verify measurement system capability and ensure Cp/Cpk compliance for AS9100, ISO 9001, and IATF 16949 quality systems.

Gauge Calibration & Gage R&R Management

Implementation and maintenance of a certified QMS that meets ISO 9001:2015 and AS9100D requirements, providing full lot-level traceability of materials, processes and inspection data across the manufacturing lifecycle.

Quality-Management Certification & Traceability

Produces automotive PPAP and aerospace FAI document packages—including control plans, ballooned prints, and dimensional results—specific to machined components.

PPAP/FAI Documentation (Machined Parts)

Quality & Inspection

A global standard for quality management systems focusing on continuous improvement and customer satisfaction.

ISO 9001:2015

The design, fabrication, and assembly of diverse products across multiple end‐use industries or specialized, project‐based needs. Emphasis is on versatility, custom solutions, and broad expertise to handle unique or varied manufacturing projects outside of more narrowly defined sectors.

General Manufacturing

Long- and short-run CNC machining and turning of aluminum, stainless steels, brass/bronze, plastics, and copper for OEM and MRO programs.

Whale Precision Mfg, Inc is an ISO 9001:2015-certified contract manufacturer based in Milford, CT with over 40 years of production-machining experience. The company provides both long-run and short-run CNC machining and turning services using equipment such as Fadal 4th-axis machining centers, Hyundai/Omni CNC lathes with bar feeders, precision surface grinders, tapping centers and automated finishing. Materials machined include aluminum, stainless and carbon steels, bronzes, brasses, plastics and copper. Whale emphasizes quality workmanship, timely delivery and skilled personnel; references available upon request.

Milford, CT headquarters supporting production CNC milling and turning with bar-feed capability, tapping centers, surface grinding, PEM insertion, vibratory deburring, and in-house inspection (optical comparator, gage blocks, pin sets). The shop runs long- and short-run parts across aluminum, stainless and carbon steels, brass/bronze, plastics, and copper, with convenient access to major corridors for straightforward carrier pickup.

Whale Precision Mfg, Inc Headquarters

ISO 9001:2015-certified contract manufacturer providing precision CNC machining and turning for long- and short-run production parts.

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