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Plastic CNC Routing Service

Produce accurate, high volume, plastic components using our CNC router service

Why use a CNC router for volume plastic components?

Computer numerically controlled (CNC) routing is for cutting CNC tool paths to your desired geometrical shape and size. This is supplied in a STEP or CAD file and uses using a subtractive machining process.

IPFL have a large capacity of the latest high-speed CNC Routing machines, built for larger format industrial machining. These allow us to provide you with precise CNC routing and makes us experts in plastic routing. We produce highly accurate quality components, in a variety of plastics including: Acrylic, Polycarbonate, Acetal, PTFE, SRBP.

Our dedicated team are on hand for design optimisation of your CAD file. We will help guide you on the most efficient process and material for your plastic components if you require it.

Simply supply your design in a STEP or CAD file for the subtractive machining process to do its work.

  • Develop more offerings for sectors including aerospace, automotive, broadcasting/audio, defence, and medical
  • With larger format industrial machining, let IPFL provide you with the extensive capacity from our latest high-speed CNC routing technology
  • Combine our expertise and cutting-edge CNC router capabilities to produce plastic components from materials including Acrylic, Polycarbonate, Acetal, PTFE, SRBP, Ultem, PEEK, Acetyl, and COC

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CNC Routing: The IPFL Edge

Detailed and Complex Cuts: Our CNC routers are adept at executing complex cuts and detailed patterns with high accuracy.
Material Flexibility: Capable of handling a diverse range of plastics, our CNC routing services are adaptable to your specific material requirements.
Custom Tailoring: We provide personalised CNC plastic routing services, ensuring each project is approached with a unique perspective and tailored execution.

What is CNC Routing?

CNC routing is a computer-controlled cutting process that sculpts flat or three-dimensional parts from sheet or block material with extreme accuracy. A digital file—your CAD model or even a quick prototype sketch—drives a high-speed spindle along X, Y and Z axes, carving complex profiles, pockets, slots and engraved features in a single setup. Because the router follows the exact tool-path every time, you get repeatable tolerances, clean edges and smooth surface finishes without manual trimming.

At IPFL we use CNC routing as part of our wider plastic CNC machining service to turn concept ideas into production-ready parts fast. Whether you need one-off prototype projects for proof-of-concept or a short production run of precision panels, gaskets, housings or microfluidic manifolds, our routers handle everything from lightweight foams and acrylics to tough engineering plastics such as PEEK, Ultem and polycarbonate. Coupled with our five-axis milling, turning and laser-cutting cells, CNC routing lets us deliver tight deadlines, competitive pricing and the consistent quality our customers in aerospace, med-tech and electronics demand.

By choosing IPFL for CNC routing you unlock:

  • Speed to market – rapid turnaround from digital file to finished part.
  • Versatility – single workshop for routing, milling, forming and bonded assemblies.
  • Precision plastics expertise – 55 years machining high-performance polymers.

Send us your design today for a fast, no-obligation quote and discover how our CNC routing service can streamline your next prototype or production build.

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Acrylic Machining & Fabrication

Acrylic's properties include high machinability, good thermal properties for a broad range of temperatures, and distortion-free light transmission.
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Transparent
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Temperature Resistant
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Acetal

Acetal is a high-strength, high-rigidity homopolymer with excellent surface coefficient making it ideal for demanding industrial and medical applications.
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Tough smooth finish
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Temperature Resistant
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COC Plastic Machined & Fabrication

This very new material is now being leveraged for applications where other materials, such as acrylic, could not perform.
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Transparent
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Temperature Resistant
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Ultem – PEI Plastic

ULTEM is a high-performance thermoplastic, also known as PEI, or polyetherimide, and is usually transparent amber in colour.
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Tan transparent
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Temperature Resistant
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PEEK CNC Machining & Plastic Fabrication

PEEK (polyetheretherketone) is a high-performance plastic utilised for applications requiring chemical and water resistance as well as high temperature applications.
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Temperature Resistant
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PVC CNC Machining & Fabrication

Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) is a well-known and widely used plastic polymer which comes in two basic forms with slightly varying properties.
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Various
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Temperature Resistant
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ABS CNC Machining – Strength & Adaptability

Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene (ABS) is a high-impact, tough material available with a range of options and properties.
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Toughness
Flexibility
Temperature Resistant
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Corian CNC Machining Material

This material looks beautiful and is composed of acrylic with mineral additives, giving it a stone-like appearance.
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Temperature Resistant
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Corian material

HDPE CNC Machining Plastic Material

High-Density Polyethylene (HDPE) is a high-strength-to-density ratio polymer which is generally considered a low-cost solution to many applications.
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Tough smooth finish
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Temperature Resistant
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Mylar

Mylar is the branded group of Polyethylene Terephthalate films and plastic sheets from Dupont. Supplied in a variety of different styles and finishes there are many applications which this material can be applied.
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Clear sheet
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Temperature Resistant
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PET-G CNC Machining Material

Polyethylene Terephthalate Glycol (PET-G), is a light, semi-rigid material with good impact resistance. With its low water absorption, it is commonly used in aqueous environments and can be utilised through both machining and 3D printing processes.
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Various
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Temperature Resistant
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PTFE

PTFE (polytetrafluoroethylene), often known as Teflon, is well known for its low surface coefficient which makes it ideal for many industrial and medical applications.
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Tough smooth finish
Toughness
Flexibility
Temperature Resistant
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PTFE Boxes, Cases and Enclosures

Why choose IPFL for our CNC Routing in the UK?

Expertise in Intricate Designs: Our team specialises in translating complex designs into reality, offering unmatched precision.
Efficient and Scalable Production: From one-off custom pieces to large-scale production runs, our CNC routing is efficient, reliable, and scalable.
Quality Commitment: Each routed component undergoes stringent quality checks, ensuring it meets our high standards and your exact specifications to give you bespoke plastic parts.
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Applications

IPFL supplies mission-critical plastic components to a wide cross-section of industries—including medical devices, pharmaceutical processing, aerospace systems, automotive assemblies, security hardware, and high-fidelity audio-broadcast equipment—by drawing on more than five decades of CNC routing and precision plastics expertise. Our dedicated CNC routing service turns digital designs into high-quality parts quickly and repeatably, whether you need a single prototype or a full production batch. Because the entire process is computer-controlled, every cut, pocket, and chamfer is reproduced within tight tolerances, giving you the dimensional accuracy required for implantable medical fixtures, clean-room pharmaceutical manifolds, lightweight aerospace brackets, and ruggedised automotive sensor housings.

From the moment you submit a CAD file, our applications engineers collaborate with you to refine geometries, choose the right engineering plastics—PEEK, Ultem, acrylic, polycarbonate, and more—and optimise tool paths that shorten cycle times and reduce overall CNC routing service cost. The result is a streamlined workflow that keeps development on schedule for universities engaged in advanced research, defence and security contractors who cannot compromise on quality, and product-development teams racing to launch new technologies. By integrating CNC routing with our in-house five-axis milling, turning, laser cutting, and bonding capabilities, we can deliver everything from micro-fluidic channels for scientific instrumentation to large, high-volume enclosure panels without the delays of multi-supplier logistics.

If you’re searching for “CNC routing services UK,” “plastic CNC machining service,” or “rapid prototype CNC routing,” IPFL delivers a one-stop solution: fast quotations, transparent pricing, and production-ready parts that meet the exacting standards of medical research, special-purpose equipment manufacturing, and scientific innovation. Send us your design today and discover how our precise, scalable CNC routing process can move your project from concept to finished component—on budget and on time.

We provide essential parts for the medical, pharmaceutical, aerospace, automotive, security, audio and broadcasting equipment industries, to name but a few.
At IPFL, our CNC routing services are perfectly suited to a variety of applications, tailored to meet both the detail and scale of your projects. Whether it’s for high-volume production or unique, custom pieces, our precise CNC routing process ensures high-quality results. We make sure to work with you every step of the way for any project, while helping you to reduce your CNC routing service cost. We cater to:

  • Medical research & equipment
  • Special-purpose equipment
  • Scientific instrumentation
  • Product development
  • Universities
  • Defence & Security

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Plastic CNC routing production on-demand

At IPFL we can provide you a quote for any job you need from our CNC routing service online. Fill in the form below and get an instant online CNC routing service quote today.

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