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Precision machined components
Precision machined components covers general subcontract CNC machining: turned and milled parts made to a customer's drawing or model.
This is the biggest fragmented pool in the research: a modelled £1.8bn UK market across a modelled 3,000 plus makers, first of 25 by maker diversity. Aerospace machined components sit adjacent at a modelled £3.0bn but concentrate in primes and tier ones, so they suit an enterprise motion rather than self-serve.
A custom machined part is too open-ended for a preset configurator, which is why none is planned. What works instead is a bespoke build around a machine shop's repeatable families: the parts you make again and again with different dimensions. If you quote the same shape weekly, that shape can be a configurator.
What it covers
Example configurable products
- Repeatable turned part families (bushes, pins, spacers, flanges)
- Milled plates and manifolds with parametric features
- Modified standard components
The market
Sized and graded, never overstated
Every figure carries its confidence label. Measured comes from a named source; modelled is our own estimate and says so.
| Subcontract machining UK revenue | £1.8bn | modelled |
|---|---|---|
| Maker count | 3,000+ | modelled |
| Diversity rank in the research | 1 of 25 | measured |
Questions
About this category
- Why is there no preset configurator for machined parts?
- Because a custom machined part has no fixed parameter set: every shop's work is different. The bespoke build service turns your repeatable part families into configurators instead.
- What makes a part family a good configurator?
- You quote it repeatedly, its variation is dimensional rather than structural and its price follows rules you can state. Bushes, spacers, flanges and modified standards are typical fits.
Bring us your product line
If it is dimensioned and quoted repeatedly, a bespoke build on the same runtime can serve it.