Industries · Machinery & facilities
Machined plastic parts for industrial machinery
Replacement gears, bushings, wear pads and guards for plant machinery, and conduit spacers for factories and warehouses. Machined from your drawing or the worn part.
- Tolerances
- ±0.002"–±0.005" on critical dimensions
- Depending on the plastic
- Machining
- CNC milling and turning, including complex geometry
- From sheet, plate, rod and tube
- Quantities
- One replacement or spares in quantity
- And repeat orders by part number
Parts by machine system
Inside the machine
The plastic parts we machine for each system of a machine, and the plastics most often used for them.
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Drives and power transmission
Gearboxes, chain and belt drives, hoists and the shafts that carry them.
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Slides and wear surfaces
Presses, machine tools, and lift and transfer equipment: anywhere a part slides or takes wear.
- Wear and slide padsPHOTO NEEDED: CDS-machined UHMW or nylon wear pads with countersunk mounting holes
- Wear stripsPHOTO NEEDED: CDS-machined UHMW wear strips with countersunk mounting holes
- Rollers and idlers
- Bumpers and stopsPHOTO NEEDED: CDS-machined plastic machine bumpers and travel stops
- SpacersPHOTO NEEDED: CDS-machined plastic spacers for machine assemblies
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Hydraulic and pneumatic cylinders
Cylinders, actuators and the fluid-power parts that wear with every stroke.
- PistonsPHOTO NEEDED: CDS-machined plastic cylinder piston with ring grooves
- Wear and rider ringsPHOTO NEEDED: CDS-machined PTFE or nylon wear rings, split and solid
- Cylinder sleevesPHOTO NEEDED: CDS-machined plastic cylinder sleeve
- Seals and gasketsPHOTO NEEDED: CDS-machined PTFE gaskets and seals
- Actuator componentsPHOTO NEEDED: CDS-machined plastic actuator parts: rod guides, end caps, glands
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Guards, covers and housings
Clear machine guards, access covers and component housings.
Common plastics
- Clear guards and windowsPHOTO NEEDED: CDS-machined clear polycarbonate machine guard with mounting holes
- HousingsPHOTO NEEDED: CDS-machined plastic housing for a machine component
- Covers and capsPHOTO NEEDED: CDS-machined plastic end caps and covers
- Brackets and mountsPHOTO NEEDED: CDS-machined plastic machine brackets
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Factories and warehouses
Around the plant
Parts for the building itself: its conduit runs, its guarding and its power.
- PHOTO NEEDED: CDS-machined HDPE conduit spacers holding a conduit run on a factory or warehouse job
Underground and in-slab runs
Conduit spacers
For the underground feeds and conduit runs in factory and warehouse builds. Mostly HDPE, some PVC, machined to the conduit layout in the quantity the run needs.
Duct bank spacers - PHOTO NEEDED: clear polycarbonate guard or barrier around a machine or work cell
Machines, walkways and work cells
Clear guards and barriers
Polycarbonate and acrylic, cut and machined to size, with the holes and cutouts for mounting.
Clear plastic barriers - PHOTO NEEDED: CDS-machined G10 insulators or standoffs in a switchgear panel
Switchgear and panels
Plant power
Insulators, standoffs and phase barriers for the plant’s switchgear and distribution panels.
Energy
For plant maintenance
Replacement parts for older machines
When the machine’s maker no longer supplies the part, or never published a drawing, we machine a new one from the part you have.
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The worn part is enough
Send the part off the machine, even worn or broken. We measure it and machine a new one.
Reverse engineering -
Obsolete and imported machines
Parts for machines whose maker no longer supplies them, or only with a long wait.
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Spares in quantity
Machine a few extra so the next one is on the shelf, then reorder by part number.
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When it can’t wait
Our expedited service gets the replacement machined faster, so the machine is back running sooner.
Expedited service
FAQ
Questions from plant buyers
Yes. We machine the new part in the plastic you choose, and quote it that way.
Yes. We fit off-the-shelf threaded inserts, pins, screws, O-rings and retaining rings to the parts we machine, so they arrive ready to install.
Machined in Aurora
Why plants work with CDS
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Since 1986
Specialized in machining engineered plastics for four decades.
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In-house, with traceability
Machined and inspected in our Aurora shop, with traceability for the material.
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Family-owned
You work directly with the shop that machines your parts.
Evaluating a supplier? See the shop and how we check the work.
Getting a quote
Send the worn part or the drawing
The part off the machine, a few photos and measurements, or the drawing. Our experienced team takes it from there.