{"id":9702,"date":"2026-09-28T00:40:00","date_gmt":"2026-09-27T17:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/technic-enterprise.com\/?page_id=9702"},"modified":"2026-09-29T15:30:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T15:30:10","slug":"precision-parts-manufacturer-thailand-en","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/technic-enterprise.com\/en\/precision-parts-manufacturer-thailand-en\/","title":{"rendered":"Precision Parts Manufacturer in Thailand \u2014 High-Precision Small Parts Machining"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!-- ============================================================\n  ARTICLE (EN): Small Parts Machining \u2014 knowledge page (replaces landing 7 content)\n  Paste whole file into ONE \"Custom HTML\" block (Code editor).\n  Rank Math:\n    Title:   Small Parts Machining: Why \u00b10.005 mm on a 1.5 mm Pin Is a Different Job | Technic Enterprise\n    Desc:    An engineering guide to high-precision small parts machining \u2014 tool deflection, workholding, thermal growth, burrs, optical measurement vs CMM, process selection (Swiss-type, wire EDM, micro EDM), hard materials, coatings and DFM rules. 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This guide explains what changes when components drop below a few millimetres \u2014 and how a precision parts manufacturer in Thailand actually holds tolerance on them.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technic-enterprise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/0F21197C-863C-4A39-96DD-14204BA377B2.png\" alt=\"Small precision machined stainless steel finger parts beside calipers \u2014 small parts machining, Technic Enterprise, Samut Prakan Thailand\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\">\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"lp7-sec\">\n<div class=\"lp7-w\">\n<div class=\"lp7-art\">\n<p class=\"lp7-k\">What counts as small<\/p>\n<h2>Defining &#8220;small parts&#8221;, &#8220;miniature&#8221; and &#8220;micro components&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>There is no industry standard for where small begins. In practice a part is &#8220;small&#8221; when its critical features \u2014 not its overall size \u2014 are in the range where ordinary machining assumptions stop working: a \u00d80.3 mm hole, a 0.2 mm slot, a 0.1 mm wall, a 0.05 mm tip radius. Overall size runs from a few millimetres to around 100 mm. &#8220;Miniature parts&#8221; and &#8220;micro components&#8221; are the same idea with a marketing accent; engineers usually mean parts that fit a Swiss-type lathe or a wire EDM fixture and are dominated by sub-millimetre features.<\/p>\n<p>The examples in this article are product families we run in production: machine fingers and pins for HDD assembly lines, lead-cut punches and dies for IC packaging, reflow and solder tips for SMT, bushes and guides in PEEK, couplings in copper alloy.<\/p>\n<div class=\"lp7-callout\"><b>Rule of thumb.<\/b> A \u00b10.005 mm tolerance on a \u00d850 mm boss is routine. The same \u00b10.005 mm on a \u00d81.5 mm pin is a different job, because tool deflection, clamping distortion, thermal growth, burr height and measurement uncertainty are all absolute numbers \u2014 they do not scale down with the part.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"lp7-sec lp7-tint lp7-full\">\n<div class=\"lp7-w\">\n<p class=\"lp7-k\">Engineering<\/p>\n<h2>Six things that dominate small parts machining<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"lp7-list lp7-num\" style=\"margin-top:28px\">\n<li><i>01<\/i>\n<div>\n<h3>Tool deflection<\/h3>\n<p>A \u00d80.5 mm end mill bends under loads a \u00d810 mm cutter ignores, and a bent cutter machines a taper. Feeds, depth of cut and tool overhang are set per feature, not per part; coated carbide micro-tooling with short flute lengths is standard. When cutting force is still the problem, the feature moves to wire EDM or micro-EDM, which apply no mechanical load at all.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><i>02<\/i>\n<div>\n<h3>Workholding<\/h3>\n<p>A small part cannot be clamped hard without distorting it, and a distorted part springs back after release. Swiss-type turning solves this at the source: the guide bushing supports the bar millimetres from the cut, so a long, slender pin is machined at its stiffest point. Prismatic parts use custom fixtures, and critical faces are finished on the grinder after bulk material is removed.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><i>03<\/i>\n<div>\n<h3>Thermal growth<\/h3>\n<p>Steel grows about 12 \u00b5m per metre per \u00b0C. On a 20 mm part a 2 \u00b0C swing is 0.5 \u00b5m \u2014 negligible \u2014 but a long thin pin heats unevenly and bends, and a part measured warm reads oversize. Critical parts are stabilised and measured at controlled temperature.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><i>04<\/i>\n<div>\n<h3>Burrs and edge condition<\/h3>\n<p>A 20 \u00b5m burr on a large casting is cosmetic; on a 0.3 mm slot it closes the slot. Edge condition on small parts is specified, inspected under the microscope, and deburred by a method chosen per material \u2014 hardened stainless and tungsten carbide do not tolerate the same treatment.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><i>05<\/i>\n<div>\n<h3>Measurement<\/h3>\n<p>You cannot hold \u00b10.005 mm if you cannot see it. A CMM probe pushes a thin part and deflects it. Small parts are measured optically \u2014 on an OGP SmartScope at 0.5 \u00b5m resolution \u2014 with gauge blocks, micrometers and indicators calibrated under an ISO 9001 system.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><i>06<\/i>\n<div>\n<h3>Material<\/h3>\n<p>Small parts fail by wear, not by strength, so they are made of hard materials \u2014 and each hard material removes options. Tungsten carbide cannot be cut with conventional tools. 58\u201360 HRC stainless must be machined soft and finished hard. Haynes 230 work-hardens under the tool. Material decides the process before the drawing does.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"lp7-sec\">\n<div class=\"lp7-w\">\n<p class=\"lp7-k\">Process selection<\/p>\n<h2>Which process for which small part<\/h2>\n<div class=\"lp7-art\">\n<p>Small parts rarely come off one machine. A typical HDD machine finger is turned, wire cut, hardened, ground and then measured \u2014 four processes, one part. The sequence is where most of the tolerance is won or lost: hardened and carbide parts are cut on wire EDM <em>after<\/em> heat treatment, because wire EDM removes material electrically with zero cutting force, so distortion from quenching is eliminated instead of compensated.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lp7-tbl\">\n<table>\n<tr>\n<th>Part type<\/th>\n<th>Primary process<\/th>\n<th>Finishing<\/th>\n<th>Typical material<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pins, shafts, dental implant components<\/td>\n<td>Multi-axis Swiss-type CNC turning (6-axis, \u00b10.002 mm)<\/td>\n<td>Cylindrical \/ surface grinding<\/td>\n<td>Hardened stainless (440C class), titanium, BeCu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Punches, lead-cut dies, frame-cut punches<\/td>\n<td>Wire cut EDM, wire down to \u00d80.1 mm<\/td>\n<td>Surface grinding, polishing, specialized coatings<\/td>\n<td>Tungsten carbide, SKD11, SKH-51<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Machine fingers, gripper jaws, EOAT parts<\/td>\n<td>CNC machining center + wire EDM<\/td>\n<td>Hardening, grinding<\/td>\n<td>Hardened stainless, HOLDAX<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Reflow \/ solder tips<\/td>\n<td> Wire Cut + Micro spot welding <\/td>\n<td>Hand finishing under microscope<\/td>\n<td>Haynes 230, copper<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bushes, guides, insulators<\/td>\n<td>Turning \/ milling<\/td>\n<td>Grinding (metal) \u00b7 sharp tooling (PEEK)<\/td>\n<td>PEEK, SUS303<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Fine holes, vent holes<\/td>\n<td>Micro EDM drilling \u00d80.13\u20132.0 mm<\/td>\n<td>\u2014<\/td>\n<td>Any conductive material incl. carbide<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"lp7-pics lp7-four\">\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technic-enterprise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/FINGER-LOAD-LIMITER-54-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Machine finger parts in hardened stainless steel 58\u201360 HRC for HDD production lines\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption>Machine finger \u00b7 hardened stainless 58\u201360 HRC \u00b7 turned, wire cut, ground<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technic-enterprise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/DIE-27-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Lead cut die in tungsten carbide and hardened tool steel for IC packaging\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption>Lead cut die \u00b7 tungsten carbide, tool steel \u00b7 wire EDM after hardening<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technic-enterprise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/REFLOQW-SOLDER-TIP-44-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"Reflow solder tips machined from Haynes 230 nickel superalloy and copper for SMT lines\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption>Reflow tip \u00b7 Haynes 230, copper \u00b7 milled, EDM, hand finished<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technic-enterprise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/17AB2047-C80A-471C-811C-E7673DA04938-edited-1024x768.png\" alt=\"Precision machined copper alloy coupling hardened to 30\u201332 HRC\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption>Coupling \u00b7 copper alloy 30\u201332 HRC \u00b7 turned and ground<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"lp7-art\">\n<p><strong>Heat treatment, high surface finish and coatings.<\/strong> Hardening and tempering come before final grinding; grinding and polishing bring locating faces to Ra 0.4 before any coating is applied. Specialized coatings \u2014 wear-resistant or low-friction layers on punches, pins and wear parts \u2014 are the last step, and they add thickness, so the drawing must state whether dimensions are before or after coating.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"lp7-sec lp7-tint lp7-full\">\n<div class=\"lp7-w\">\n<div class=\"lp7-side\">\n<div>\n<p class=\"lp7-k\">Turning small parts<\/p>\n<h2>Why Swiss-type turning owns the small-diameter world<\/h2>\n<p>On a conventional lathe the workpiece sticks out from the chuck and the tool pushes it away; on a \u00d82 mm part that deflection is most of the tolerance. A Swiss-type lathe feeds the bar through a guide bushing and cuts right at the bushing face, so the unsupported length is always a few millimetres regardless of part length. That is what lets a 6-axis Swiss-type machine hold \u00b10.002 mm on long, slender pins and dental implant components, with back-working and milling done in the same setup \u2014 no re-clamping, no stacking error. Bar capacity is the ceiling: \u00d816 mm on our Hardinge Conquest ST216. Read more on <a href=\"\/en\/swiss-type-cnc-lathe-en\/\">Swiss-type CNC turning<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<figure class=\"lp7-fig\" style=\"margin:0\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/technic-enterprise.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/6684D7CE-6817-461E-BC59-79E847818FFD.png\" alt=\"Hardinge Conquest ST216 6-axis Swiss-type CNC lathe for small precision turned parts, Technic Enterprise Thailand\" loading=\"lazy\"><figcaption>Hardinge Conquest ST216, 6-axis Swiss-type \u2014 bar stock to \u00d816 mm<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"lp7-sec\">\n<div class=\"lp7-w\">\n<div class=\"lp7-art\">\n<p class=\"lp7-k\">Metrology<\/p>\n<h2>Measuring what you cannot touch<\/h2>\n<p>Contact metrology assumes the part does not move when probed. Below a few millimetres that assumption fails: a CMM stylus with 0.1\u20130.2 N of force deflects a thin pin by more than the tolerance being checked. Small parts are therefore measured optically. A vision measuring system such as the OGP SmartScope ZIP Lite 250 resolves 0.5 \u00b5m in X, Y and Z without contact, and a profile projector checks form against the drawing overlay. What the customer receives is a dimensional report on critical dimensions with every lot; a full per-part report is available when the application needs it.<\/p>\n<p>Quality systems at multinational plants \u2014 ISO 9001, and IATF 16949 or ISO 13485 environments in automotive and medical \u2014 expect exactly this: measured data per lot, calibrated instruments, traceability. A supplier&#8217;s ISO 9001 certification is the floor; the measurement report is what the incoming-inspection engineer actually reads.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"lp7-sec lp7-tint lp7-full\">\n<div class=\"lp7-w\">\n<p class=\"lp7-k\">Design for manufacturing<\/p>\n<h2>Five design modifications that lower the cost of a small part<\/h2>\n<div class=\"lp7-art\">\n<p>Engineers send us drawings every day. These are the changes we most often suggest \u2014 each keeps the function and cuts price or lead time, and each is easiest to make before rapid prototyping starts.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<ul class=\"lp7-list lp7-num\" style=\"margin-top:28px\">\n<li><i>01<\/i>\n<div>\n<h3>Tolerance only what the function needs<\/h3>\n<p>\u00b10.005 mm on every dimension doubles inspection time. Put it on the two dimensions that matter and \u00b10.02 mm on the rest.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><i>02<\/i>\n<div>\n<h3>Allow an internal radius on wire-cut corners<\/h3>\n<p>A \u00d80.1 mm wire leaves a 0.05 mm minimum radius. Specifying &#8220;sharp&#8221; forces a second process.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><i>03<\/i>\n<div>\n<h3>Keep hole depth under 10\u00d7 diameter<\/h3>\n<p>For micro-EDM drilling. Deeper holes are possible but slow, and straightness degrades.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><i>04<\/i>\n<div>\n<h3>Specify surface finish per face<\/h3>\n<p>Ra 0.4 on a ground locating face is normal; Ra 0.4 on every face of a turned pin is not.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li><i>05<\/i>\n<div>\n<h3>State pre- or post-coating dimensions, and send the mating part<\/h3>\n<p>Coatings add thickness. And half of the questions we ask are about how the part is used \u2014 the assembly drawing answers them up front.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"lp7-sec\">\n<div class=\"lp7-w\">\n<div class=\"lp7-art\">\n<p class=\"lp7-k\">Sourcing<\/p>\n<h2>Where small parts get made \u2014 and why that is shifting<\/h2>\n<p>Small precision parts used to be imported by default: the volumes are low, the boxes are light, and the specialist shops were elsewhere. That logic is reversing. Multinational (MNC) plants in Thailand&#8217;s HDD, semiconductor, automotive and medical clusters are near-shoring these parts to a local supplier for supply chain resilience \u2014 not because the part is cheaper, but because a two-week lead time beats a two-month import cycle, and a blanket PO with buffer stock turns the supplier into a JIT shelf: parts ship within 1\u20132 days on call-off, and inventory holding cost moves off the customer&#8217;s books. The engineering conversation gets shorter too, because design modifications and DFM questions are answered by the people running the machines, in the same time zone.<\/p>\n<p>The catch is that &#8220;local&#8221; only helps if the supplier can actually hold the tolerance. Everything above is what to ask about.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"lp7-sec lp7-tint lp7-full\">\n<div class=\"lp7-w\">\n<div class=\"lp7-n\">\n<p class=\"lp7-k\">FAQ<\/p>\n<h2>Small parts machining \u2014 common questions<\/h2>\n<div class=\"lp7-faq\">\n<details>\n<summary>How small a part can be machined to \u00b10.005 mm?<\/summary>\n<p>Feature size matters more than part size. Routine limits are \u00d80.1 mm wire-cut slots, \u00d80.13 mm EDM-drilled holes and Swiss-turned parts from bar up to \u00d816 mm. Each dimension is assessed individually based on material, geometry and how it can be measured.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Why not machine small parts on a 5-axis machining center?<\/summary>\n<p>Multi-axis machining centers excel at complex prismatic parts. For long, slender turned parts the Swiss-type lathe wins on workholding \u2014 the guide bushing supports the bar at the cut \u2014 and for hardened or carbide features wire EDM wins because it applies no cutting force at all.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>Can hardened stainless and tungsten carbide be held to size?<\/summary>\n<p>Yes. 440C-class stainless is machined soft, hardened to 58\u201360 HRC, then ground and wire cut to final size. Carbide is shaped by wire EDM and diamond grinding.<\/p>\n<\/details>\n<details>\n<summary>How is a part measured if it is too small for a CMM probe?<\/summary>\n<p>Optically, on a vision measuring system at 0.5 \u00b5m resolution, without touching the part. A dimensional report on critical dimensions accompanies every lot.<\/p>\n<\/details><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section class=\"lp7-sec\">\n<div class=\"lp7-w\">\n<div class=\"lp7-art lp7-end\">\n<p><strong>About the author.<\/strong> Technic Enterprise &amp; Technology is a precision parts manufacturer in Samut Prakan, Thailand, machining small, hard-to-cut parts for HDD, semiconductor, automotive, aerospace, medical and automation lines since 1986 \u2014 ISO 9001 certified since 2000. If you have a drawing like the ones above, <a href=\"\/en\/contact-en\/\">send it for a quotation<\/a> (3 business days), or see <a href=\"\/en\/\">what we machine<\/a>, our <a href=\"\/en\/wire-cut-edm\/\">wire cut EDM<\/a> and <a href=\"\/en\/haynes-230\/\">Haynes 230<\/a> pages.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"application\/ld+json\">\n{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[\n{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"headline\":\"Small Parts Machining: Why \u00b10.005 mm on a 1.5 mm Pin Is a Different Job\",\"description\":\"An engineering guide to high-precision small parts machining \u2014 tool deflection, workholding, thermal growth, burrs, optical measurement vs CMM, process selection, hard materials, coatings and DFM rules.\",\"author\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Technic Enterprise & Technology\"},\"publisher\":{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"name\":\"Technic Enterprise & Technology\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en\",\"about\":[\"small parts machining\",\"micro components\",\"precision machining\"]},\n{\"@type\":\"FAQPage\",\"mainEntity\":[\n{\"@type\":\"Question\",\"name\":\"How small a part can be machined to \u00b10.005 mm?\",\"acceptedAnswer\":{\"@type\":\"Answer\",\"text\":\"Feature size matters more than part size. 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