Unmanned aircraft components
Machined UAV parts, cut in our own shop
Arm clamps, motor mounts, plates, gimbal brackets, housings and hardware for commercial and civilian unmanned aircraft. Milling, turning, wire EDM, grinding and inspection under one roof in Binh Duong, Vietnam.
Quote within 24 business hours, EXW. One piece for a prototype. Civilian end use only.
Parts we cut every week
A UAV bill of materials is mostly small aluminium parts that have to be light, repeatable and interchangeable across a fleet. That is the work this shop is set up for. Each family has its own page with the features that decide it.
Arm and boom clamps
The joint that holds the arm on. It has to grip a tube that is never the diameter the catalogue says, without crushing it, and come off again after a season in the weather.
OpenMotor mounts and bells
A plate with four holes that decides whether a motor runs cool and whether the replacement one sits the same way the first did.
OpenGimbal brackets and yokes
A small part with a hard job. The camera has to point where the controller says it is pointing, through vibration, while weighing as little as possible.
OpenEnclosures and housings
The parts that keep water, dust and spray away from electronics, and the place where most ingress ratings are lost before the gasket is even chosen.
OpenHeat sinks and cold plates
On a small aircraft there is no fan and every gram of heat sink is a gram not spent on battery, so thermal parts are a weight problem wearing a temperature problem as a disguise.
OpenLanding gear parts
The only structure on the aircraft designed around an event that should not happen. Normal landings are gentle. The design case is the arrival that was not.
OpenPlates and chassis
The parts that carry the stack, and the parts where aggressive weight saving turns into a plate that will not sit flat without being pulled flat by its own screws.
OpenHardware and quick release
The small turned and milled parts that make an aircraft serviceable, and the ones most likely to be bought off a shelf until the shelf stops carrying them.
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Composites, sheet metal, castings, plating and electronics are not done here. We place them with partners and say so on the quote.
What runs in the shop
Machining and inspection are ours. Finishing and heat treatment are placed with processors we have used since 2019 and checked by us before parts ship.
3, 4 and 5 axis milling
Prismatic and contoured parts up to a 600 mm envelope. 5 axis keeps a bracket in one setup so faces stay square to each other.
CNC turning
Bells, hubs, standoffs, shafts and adapters. Live tooling for cross holes and flats on the same spindle.
Wire EDM
Sharp internal corners, thin slots and keyways a cutter cannot reach, and separating hardened parts without heat.
Surface and cylindrical grinding
Flatness and bore finish on fixture plates and bearing seats.
Heat treatment
Placed with a heat treater we have used since 2019. Certificates come back with the lot.
Anodising and passivation
Clear, black and hard anodise on aluminium, passivation on stainless. Placed and inspected by us.
PVD coating
For wear faces and tooling. Specify the coating and the thickness on the drawing.
Laser marking
Part number, revision and serial or datamatrix, marked so it survives anodising.
Materials on the shelf
Aluminium and engineering plastic cover most of an airframe. Titanium and stainless come in when a joint carries load or sits in salt. Anything not on this list is bought to your drawing, which adds lead time but not drama.
| Material | Typical use |
|---|---|
| Aluminium 6061-T6 | Plates, mounts, housings, heat sinks |
| Aluminium 7075-T6 | Arm clamps, landing gear, hinge parts |
| Titanium Gr2 and Gr5 | Fasteners, high load brackets, hot zones |
| Stainless 304 and 316 | Shafts, pins, marine and agricultural airframes |
| POM and PA66 | Bushings, skids, non conductive standoffs |
From drawing to shipment
Send the drawing
STEP or a PDF with tolerances, plus quantity and the intended use of the aircraft. A 3D model alone is enough to start.
We reply within 24 business hours
Price, lead time and any question on the drawing that would cost you money if we guessed. Quote in USD, EXW.
First article
We cut one, measure every dimension on the drawing and send the report before the lot runs.
Lot and inspection
The lot runs against the approved article. Dimensional report, material certificate and process certificates travel with it.
Ship
EXW Binh Duong by default. We pack, label and hand over to your forwarder, or use ours if you prefer.
The numbers we use, published
Six calculators and tables, free and without a sign up. They are the ones we run when a drawing arrives, and a buyer who has already used them gets a sharper quote.
Anodise growth calculator
How much a bore, a shaft, a face or a thread moves when the part is anodised, and what to machine it at.
OpenThread engagement calculator
How deep a thread has to be in aluminium, titanium or plastic before it stops being a consumable.
OpenO-ring groove calculator
Groove depth, width and gland fill for a static face seal, from the cord diameter and the squeeze you want.
OpenUAV material properties
Strength, density, stiffness, thermal conductivity and expansion for the metals and polymers that end up on an airframe.
OpenTolerance and finish reference
What a machine shop actually holds, what each step costs, and which features deserve a call out.
OpenUAV machining glossary
Forty terms that appear on drawings, quotes and inspection reports, in plain language.
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Civilian aircraft only
This is the first question serious buyers ask and the first one we answer. We would rather lose a quote than take work we should not be near.
We take commercial and civilian UAV work only. Survey and mapping, agriculture, inspection, cinema, logistics, research, education and hobby aircraft. We do not quote parts for weapons, munitions, targeting, electronic warfare or any military end use, and we decline the enquiry rather than pass it on.
Every request for quotation asks for the aircraft and the intended use. We screen that answer before we price the part, and we ask again if a drawing looks like it belongs to a controlled programme.
Export classification and licensing stay with you. If your design, its drawings or its technical data are controlled under ITAR, the EAR or an equivalent national regime, do not send the files. Tell us first and we will tell you plainly whether we can be involved at all.
Become a partner
We machine metal and plastic. A finished airframe also needs carbon fibre, sheet metal, plating, harnesses and moulded parts. We work with a small number of shops on those and we keep the list short on purpose, because every partner sees real drawings.
If you run one of those processes and have done UAV work, write to partner at uavmfg.com or use the form.
What a partner gets
Named work, not a bidding pool. We send the drawing, the quantity and the date, we pay on our own terms and we do not ask you to carry our customer. Your name stays off this site unless you ask for it.
What we ask back: a straight answer on what you can and cannot do, and the same end use rule that binds us.
Send a drawing
A STEP file and a quantity are enough to start. We reply within 24 business hours with price, lead time and any question that would cost you money if we guessed the answer.
Need the full form with tolerances, finish and documents? Open the RFQ page.
Frequently asked questions
Are you a factory or a broker?
A factory. Milling, turning, wire EDM, grinding and inspection are in our own shop in Binh Duong, Vietnam. Anodising, passivation, heat treatment, coating and plating are placed with processors we have used since 2019, inspected by us before the parts ship.
Do you make parts for military drones?
No. We take commercial and civilian UAV work only: survey and mapping, agriculture, inspection, cinema, logistics, research and hobby. We do not quote work for weapons, munitions, targeting, electronic warfare or any military end use, and we screen the end use before we quote.
What certifications do you hold?
We hold a RoHS declaration for the materials and finishes we supply. We are not ISO 9001, AS9100 or ITAR registered and we do not claim to be. What we do supply on every lot is a first article report, CMM data, mill certificates and, when your programme needs it, PPAP level 3.
What is your minimum order?
One piece for a prototype. Most UAV work here runs between 5 and 500 pieces per revision, which is what the shop is set up for. High mix and low volume is normal, not an exception.
How tight can you hold a tolerance?
Down to ±0.005 mm on a ground or honed diameter. A milled feature is typically ±0.01 mm when it is called out and ±0.05 mm when it is not. Tell us which two or three features actually matter and we will price the rest sensibly.
Can you machine carbon fibre plate or lay up tubes?
No. Composites are not done here and we will not pretend otherwise. We machine the metal and plastic parts that clamp, mount and join your composite structure, and we hold the fits that make those joints work.
How do you handle my design files?
A mutual NDA is signed before a drawing moves if you ask for one. Files stay with the people quoting and programming the job. We do not publish customer names, drawings or photographs of customer parts, which is why this site shows none.
What does a quote include?
Unit price at the quantity you asked for, tooling or fixture cost if any, lead time for the first article and for the lot, and the finish and documents priced in. Quotes are EXW Binh Duong in USD and hold for 30 days.