Prototype Machining Services
Taking Care at Every Stage
Choosing Penta for your prototype manufacture will allow you to:
✔ Trust in a great quality finished product
✔ Reliably meet project timelines
✔ Secure your project needs with a reliable manufacturing partner
✔ Access expert guidance for sourcing optimal components
✔ Experience streamlined communication - saving you valuable time
The CNC machining company you can forget about
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Penta Precision offers prototype machining services across the UK.
Our mission is to be your trusted partner, exceeding expectations with clear communication, meticulous attention to detail, and consistent quality.
As a result, we've gained a reputation for being the CNC machining company you can forget about.
What does that mean? Our customers can rely on us to do what we do best, so they can do what they do best.
We have implemented rigorous processes to ensure that Communication, Care, and Consistency at every stage; from our quoting process through to production and delivery.
Read more about our “3 Cs” on our Proven Process page
Our prototype CNC machining services
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Here at Penta, we have extensive CNC machining experience, including manufacturing high-quality precision milled and turned prototypes and pre-production components.
We get great satisfaction in seeing a product come to life. We are happy to work with completed designs or initial design sketches - and to advise with design functionality and tolerancing where required.
Our customers particularly value our expert machining design advice, helping them to keep prototype costs to a minimum.
The dedication of our team and commitment to quality ensures performance that consistently exceeds customer expectations.
We are delighted to offer the following prototype manufacturing services across the UK:
- CNC milling
- CNC turning
- Insert installation
- Assembly
- Manual milling
- Manual turning
- Design for manufacture service
- Finishing processes
- Part marking
Prototypes - CNC Milling
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Our modern CNC machining centres and quick set tooling mean we can offer the best value, even for prototype and pre-production quantities.
We use both 3D and 2D CAD/CAM software to respond quickly to tight deadlines.
We work with 3D models (.igs, .stp, parasolid, sat, sldprt, stl, and vda formats) and 2D drawings (.pdfs, .tif, DXF or DWG files). We can also work from basic customer sketches or samples.
Prototypes - CNC Turning
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Our fully integrated CAD/CAM system, modern CNC multi axis/spindle turning centres coupled with more traditional equipment means we can offer best value in all projects.
We have the capability to produce high-quality prototypes using our manual and CNC lathes.
Why choose Penta Precision?
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ISO 9001 Accredited
Our communication is first-rate
We take great care to deliver quality parts
Consistent parts, consistent service
Don't just take our word for it
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"I will always be grateful for Penta's help and advice during our prototype stages and the quality of the end product is always impressive."
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Phil – Director
"Penta is a precision engineering company that is genuinely customer-focused. Their outstanding reliability...is essential in supporting a company operating in the competitive, quality driven health care industry."
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Matthew – Product and Process Development
"To be confident that an accurately manufactured part will arive on the agreed deadline is invaluable and increasingly rare. Penta give us this confidence."
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Paul - R&D Manager
Our work: machined prototype component examples
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View some examples of the CNC machined prototypes we have manufactured from different materials.
Click on an image to find out more about the component.
Product
Machined PEEK Prototype
Machining Process
CNC Milling
Material/Finish
Black PEEK
Tolerance
+/- 0.025mm
Product
Machined Prototype Nozzle
Machining Process
CNC Turning
Material/Finish
Stainless Steel
Tolerance
+/- 0.025mm
Product
Machined Nylon Prototype
Machining Process
CNC Milling
Material/Finish
Nylon
Tolerance
+/- 0.025mm
Product
Machined Acrylic Bracket Prototype
Machining Process
CNC Milling
Material/Finish
Acrylic
Tolerance
+/- 0.025mm
Product
Machined Acrylic Bracket Prototype
Machining Process
CNC Milling
Material/Finish
Nylon
Product
Aerospace interior prototype
Machining Process
CNC Milling
Material/Finish
Aluminium with natural sulphuric anodising
Visit our case studies page for an example of how Penta delivered on a product development project with a tight deadline for a UK domestic appliance company.
What components can we machine?
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Whether it's made from engineering plastics, aluminium, stainless steel, or another metal, we can machine it. Here are some examples of the prototype components we machine on a regular basis.
- Tooling
- Base plates
- Guides
- Guide pullers
- Plates
- Enclosures
- Flanges
- Brackets
- Pressure vessels
- Connectors
- Pivots
- Heatsinks
- Arms
- Scraper blades
- Surgical instruments
- Medical implants
- Blocks
- Bushes
- Beams
- Bearings
- Casings
- Collars
- Collars
- Guards
- Housings
- Handles
- Pins
- Latches
- Hooks
- Buttons
- Sleeves
- Spacers
- Manifolds
If you are interested in a component type not listed, please contact us to discuss your requirements.
- Process & packaging equipment
- Military & defence
- Marine
- Petrochemical
- Nuclear
- Automative
About Penta Precision
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On a mission to become the engineering company where everyone wants to work and who everyone wants to buy from
Established in 1998, Penta is based in Portchester near Portsmouth, Hampshire. When it comes to reliable service and exceptional machined parts, UK-based customers choose Penta Precision time and again.
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