The Twin Cities metro is a major hub for medical device manufacturing — home to Medtronic, Boston Scientific, and hundreds of contract machine shops serving the med-tech supply chain. Swiss turning, micro-machining, and precision grinding dominate the local shop landscape.
5-Axis Capabilities
6061-T6 and 7075-T6 aluminum. 304/316L stainless. 4140, 4340 alloy steel. Ti-6Al-4V. Inconel 718. S7, H13 tool steel. Plastics: Delrin, PEEK, Ultem.
±0.001" standard on prismatic features. ±0.0005" on critical dimensions. True position ±0.002" on compound-angle holes. Surface profile ±0.003" on contours.
Simultaneous 5-axis machining — all five axes moving at once. Complex contours, compound angles, undercuts, and thin-wall features in one setup.
Prototypes through short-run production. In-house CAM programming. First article inspection with CMM reporting.
Industries in Minneapolis
Medical device OEMs and contract manufacturers, aerospace component suppliers, agricultural equipment producers, and defense contractors.
How It Works
Submit your project through the Axhera Network — upload a drawing or describe the work. The network matches you with verified shops in the Minneapolis area that have the right machines, the right experience, and open capacity. You get quotes directly from the shop doing the work, not through a markup layer.