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Heat Treatment
Xometry offers heat treatment options for machined metals. Heat treatment modifies material hardness or ductility and can also relieve internal stresses. Select heat treatment under Finish in the Edit Configuration tool on your part. Types of Heat Treatment Finishes Xometry's drop-down Finish menu includes heat treatments…
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What is Material Traceability?
Material Traceability can be selected under Certificates and Supplier Qualifications when configuring your quote. This complements requests for Material Certification and consists of Material Certs/Test Reports from the manufacturer of the raw material and records showing each transfer of ownership/sale from the mill that…
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Aluminum 6061-T6x and other 6061 Alloys
What 6061 aluminum alloys autoquote? Xometry's CNC Machining process material selection defaults to Aluminum 6061-T6x (Best Available). This gives suppliers the most flexibility when any variation of 6061-T6-tempered alloys is acceptable. If a specific alloy is called out and is available, such as Aluminum 6061-T651, Plate…
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About DFARS Material Certs
You can select DFARS Material Certifications under many of Xometry’s manufacturing options. This should be explicitly requested if your product needs to apply to DFARS 252.225-7008 and DFARS 252.225-7009. Like all material certifications, DFARS Material Certs need to be requested during quoting to guarantee compliance.…
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Sheet Cutting De-Tabbing, Deburr, and Finishing Options
When you order parts made with Xometry's Sheet Cutting manufacturing service, we offer several part processing and finishing options to meet your needs. The sections and video below will cover some of these options in detail. As Cut, No Deburring At our discretion, the parts may be tabbed together on the source sheet, to…
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Electrostatic Dissipative (ESD) Materials
We offer ESD-safe materials directly within the Xometry Instant Quoting Engine®. These types of materials are ideal for applications involving sensitive electronic components or in hazardous environments where static discharges could pose a safety concern. We currently offer the following electrostatic dissipative material…
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Injection Molded Plastics and Elastomers
A variety of injection molding, liquid silicone molding, and compression molding options are available for an online quote. If you do not see the material stock you are looking for, please choose "Custom" under the material drop-down on your quote page and submit for an expert engineering review once you have specified…
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Cast Urethane Materials
A variety of urethane and silicone options are available for an instant online quote. If you do not see the material stock you are looking for, please choose "Custom" under the material drop-down on your quote page and submit for an expert engineering review once you have specified features, tolerances, inspection needs,…
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Stereolithography (SLA) 3D Printed Materials
Learn more about our stereolithography (SLA) printing services Stereolithography (SLA) Materials SLA materials are categorized by the engineered properties they are replicating. At Xometry, we compare these by similar thermoplastics like polypropylene, ABS, polycarbonate, etc. Polypropylene-like (more flexible) SLA Accura…
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Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) 3D Printed Materials
Learn more about our SLS 3D printing services Selective Laser Sintering (SLS) 3D Printed Materials SLS Nylon 12 (PA 2200): This material offers excellent strength and stiffness, good chemical resistance and excellent long-term consistency in material properties. Meets USP Class VI requirements. (View spec sheet).…