Set your requirements
Mark each requirement as needed, critical, or not applicable. The tool weights candidates against what you selected.
Precision Polymer Machining
Advanced Polymer Components, Engineered for the Application They Have to Survive
AIP Precision Machining machines high-performance polymer and composite components for aerospace and defense, medical and life sciences, and unmanned aircraft systems.
Each industry has its own materials, operating conditions, quality expectations, and documentation requirements. Rather than one general page, we built a dedicated Material Selection Tool for each one, alongside the applications, polymers, and capabilities that apply to that work.
Discuss your drawing, material requirements, operating environment, inspection needs, and production goals with our team.
AS9100D Quality Management
ISO 13485:2016 Quality System
ITAR Registered
CMMC
FDA Registered Facility
40+
Precision polymer machining experience (years)
±0.002
mm
mm
Precision machining capability
100+
Polymers and composites machined
AS9100D
Aerospace quality management
ISO 13485
Medical device quality management (2016)
Polymer
Polymer-focused manufacturing environment
Polymer-specific manufacturing, consultative engineering, and controlled quality processes for demanding aerospace, defense, medical, life-sciences, and unmanned aircraft programs.
Material Selection Tools
Choose the Material Selection Tool that matches your program
Every Material Selection Tool sits inside a complete engineering resource, with the applications, polymers, machining capabilities, and quality approach that apply to that industry. Nothing is gated. When the result raises a question worth a conversation, each one connects you directly to our team.
Working across more than one of these? Many components sit between industries, for example an airborne medical payload or a defense sensor housing. Start with the Material Selection Tool closest to your operating environment, then bring the full requirement to an engineering review.
Dynamic Material Selection Tool by AIP
Start from what the component has to do, not from a material name
Each industry has its own version of the AIP Material Selection Tool, weighted for the requirements that matter in that industry. Tell it what the part has to survive and it ranks candidate polymers against your inputs, side by side, with published property data.
Add numeric targets
Optionally set target values, in US or metric units, for the properties your application has to meet. Targets re-rank candidates, they never hide them.
Compare side by side
Open a direct comparison of the grades you shortlisted. A property that a grade does not publish is shown as not listed, never filled in from another material.
Keep the result
Print, download, or email the evaluation summary with your requirements, targets, and shortlist attached, then bring it to an engineering review.
The tool supports material discussions, it does not replace them. Published property data is measured on test specimens under standard conditions and does not describe finished-component performance. Final material selection should be confirmed with AIP engineering against your drawing, operating environment, inspection requirements, and applicable regulatory requirements.
Why AIP
A polymer specialist, not a metal shop that also cuts plastic
Polymer-Focused Manufacturing
Advanced polymers move, absorb, creep, and respond to heat and stress differently than metals. Our manufacturing environment, tooling approach, and process controls are built around that behavior rather than adapted from metalworking.
Consultative Engineering
We treat each component as a complete system. Material and grade, geometry, tolerances, manufacturability, operating environment, inspection, and documentation are reviewed together, so decisions are made with the full application in view rather than a single property.
Controlled Quality Processes
AS9100D, ISO 9001:2015, ISO 13485:2016, ISO 14001:2015, and ISO 45001:2018 registrations, ITAR registration, CMMC, and FDA facility registration support work in regulated and controlled programs.
What You Get
The same depth behind every Material Selection Tool
Each site is structured the same way, so you can move between industries without relearning where anything is.
Applications
The component families and operating conditions that define the work in that industry, described in engineering terms.
Materials
The polymers and composites used in that sector, with published property data drawn from the AIP materials dataset.
Capabilities
Machining, prototyping, production, inspection, and documentation support relevant to that industry.
Quality and Certifications
The registrations and quality processes that apply, with the boundary between company registration and application-specific approval kept clear.
Material Selection Tool
An interactive advisor weighted for that industry, with numeric targets, side-by-side comparison, and a printable summary.
Direct Engineering Contact
A path to a review with your drawing, material question, operating environment, and production goals already attached.
How It Works
The engineering comes first
- 01
Pick your Material Selection Tool
Start with the industry closest to your operating environment. Nothing is gated, no account and no form stands in front of the content.
- 02
Work through the material tool
Set your requirements and optional numeric targets, then review the ranked candidates and published property data.
- 03
Keep or compare the result
Compare grades side by side, then print, download, or email the evaluation summary to yourself and your team.
- 04
Bring it to an engineering review
When the result raises a question worth a conversation, send it to AIP with your drawing, tolerances, environment, inspection needs, and quantities.
Quality and Compliance
Registrations that support regulated and controlled work
AS9100D
Aerospace quality management
ISO 9001:2015
Quality management systems
ISO 13485:2016
Medical device quality management
ISO 14001:2015
Environmental management
ISO 45001:2018
Occupational health and safety
ITAR Registered
Registered for applicable defense work
CMMC
Defense supply chain cybersecurity
FDA Registered
Registered manufacturing facility
Certifications and registrations apply to AIP’s applicable systems, facility, and operations. They are date-sensitive and are maintained under their respective schemes. A company registration is not an application-specific or product-specific approval. Component-level compliance is determined by the approved project requirements. Current certificates are available on request.
Bring the Requirement, Not Just the Part Number
Share your drawing or model, the material or grade you are considering, tolerance requirements, operating environment, cleaning or sterilization conditions where applicable, quality and documentation needs, quantity, and any current design or supply concern. Our polymer machining specialists will review it with you.