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Astro Machine Works, located in Ephrata, PA, is celebrating its 12th anniversary of Manufacturing Day, having participated since the first year in 2012. This year, we have plans to host approximately 150 students from three local high schools including Pequea Valley Middle School 7th graders, Warwick High School Welding Students & Elizabethtown High School Students. […]

Are you interested in learning more about the versatile and essential manufacturing technology of EDM machining? It has many uses across industries, including medical and aerospace, defense, automation, energy production, and beyond. It has the ability to produce highly precise parts with intricate shapes or details, even when working on hardened materials. Thus, creating essential […]

Astro Machine Works will soon be installing a new Parpas Diamond Linear 30 gantry style 5-axis machining center, again expanding our large machining capabilities. With a 118” X axis x 102” Y axis x 47” Z axis travel, this will be the perfect complement to our existing gantry and bridge mill. The Parpas Diamond Linear […]

To our valued customers: Happy New Year to all as we bring on 2023! Each year as the calendar turns, we like to utilize this season as a time of reflection and communication with our customer base. This is a moment for us to offer commentary on the events and accomplishments of the preceding year […]

Table of Contents What is Reverse Engineering? The Reverse Engineering Process What is the Purpose of Reverse Engineering? Over the past 120 years, manufacturers around the world have produced millions of machine products and parts. Due to continual advances in technology, few of these products have remained relevant for more than several years after their […]

Metals are among the most durable materials on the face of the planet. As such, it has taken noteworthy developments in engineering to mold and shape metal into the machine parts and fixtures you see and use daily. One of the steps employed in metal construction is welding, a process in which a worker melts one piece […]

Table of Contents Understanding The EDM Process Benefits And Applications of Wire EDM Unique Advantages of Working with Wire EDM Electrical discharge machining (EDM) is a manufacturing process that implements electrical sparks to form a metal shape. Because of these sparks, EDM is also sometimes referred to as spark machining. In this process, the desired […]

Table of Contents What is EDM? The Two Main Types of EDM Machines Capabilities and Applications Components of EDM Machines In the machining business, it’s often possible to use traditional cutting tools, like grinders and end mills, to create parts and other items with particular shapes. But what about when the usual cutting tools aren’t […]

A computer numerical control (CNC) milling machine is a mill that uses computer code to understand where to make cuts. Like all milling machines, a CNC mill produces a final piece by carving away from a block of material versus adding layers of material to a blank slate. However, unlike manual milling, CNC mills do […]