Low Volume Swiss Turning Services for Complex Assembly Components
At Reata Engineering, we provide advanced mechanical, electrical-mechanical, and turnkey assembly services as part of our commitment to “making the complex simple for you.” Today, we’re spotlighting one of the capabilities we use to support our assembly operations. Swiss turning, or Swiss screw machining, allows us to meet customer needs by providing low volumes (i.e. […]
How Reata Engineering Expertly Manufactures Titanium Medical Components
It’s no secret that we excel at manufacturing complex parts. But we do more than reliably machine the kinds of parts that keep our customers up at night. We also work with challenging materials that other contract manufacturing companies try their best to avoid: materials like hardened stainless steel, hardened steel, and—one of our personal […]
Creative Solutions to Sourcing Problems in Contract Manufacturing
The most important function of a job shop today is figuring out how to keep customers up and running. Material sourcing and supply chain problems are making life difficult for everyone in manufacturing right now, and yet the world must go on. Now more than ever, job shops must be willing to do whatever it […]
CNC Machining Case Study: TITAN CSR™ Retractor System for the Medical Industry
Occasionally, our team at Reata Engineering has the chance to collaborate on something so special that it really drives home why we do what we do. In a recent partnership with LINK Project Development (LINK), we had the opportunity to bring our collective abilities in solving complex design, manufacturing, and assembly challenges to the table. […]
How Machine Monitoring Technology Helps Productivity for Contract Manufacturing
“What gets measured gets managed.” – Peter Drucker At Reata Engineering, we firmly subscribe to this philosophy. As part of our ongoing mission to be a digital contract manufacturing company, we leverage a number of different technologies to improve efficiency and productivity on the shop floor. Not only do those improvements make our business operate […]
To Cast or Not to Cast? 4 Reasons to Convert from Casting to Contract Machining for Low-Volume Parts
Do you really need to cast your parts, or can you rely exclusively on contract machining instead? Casting, which consists of pouring a liquid material into a mold and allowing it to solidify, has been a go-to manufacturing solution for thousands of years. But thanks to advances in complex CNC machining tooling and technology, it’s […]
5 Ways Reata Engineering Solves Material Sourcing and Supply Chain Problems
If there’s one big manufacturing takeaway from this last year, it’s that the global supply chain is far more precarious than we like to imagine it to be. No matter what industry you’re in, you’ve probably been impacted by supply chain disruptions like price increases, shortages, and months-long lead times. The reasons for these disruptions […]
How Availability, Machinability, and Cost Factor Into Choosing a Stainless Steel Grade
We may be on the tail end of the COVID-19 pandemic here in the United States, but the repercussions are reverberating indefinitely in the manufacturing industry, especially when it comes to sourcing stainless steel via global supply chains. During the height of the pandemic, steel mills slowed operations to such an extreme degree that now […]
Top 3 Non-Machinable Features to Avoid Designing Into Your Part
Just because a part can be designed a certain way doesn’t mean it’s ideal for machining. When we talk about non-machinable features, we’re not implying that they can’t be done. As a solutions provider, Reata Engineering can figure out how to machine just about anything. We like to tell customers, “We can make anything you […]
Reata Engineering’s Customer-Focused Approach to Design Iterations
You need a digital machine shop that can make changes on the fly to get you the exact part you need. As a customer-focused contract manufacturing company, Reata Engineering is committed to filling that role for you. We understand that in the world of modern manufacturing, things don’t always occur serially. Everyone is working on […]