Robotics & Automation
Structural, actuator, and end-of-arm hardware that keeps your build on schedule.
Robotics teams use MASA FabWorks for machined structural links, actuator and gearbox housings, grippers, and control enclosures. We hold the tight tolerances that bearing seats and gear meshes demand, so your team can stay focused on controls and software.
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Processes
±0.01 mm / 0.0004 in
Bore tolerance to
Al / steel
Structural metals
1–2k+
Piece volumes
Engineering depth for robotics & automation programs
Stiffness-to-weight on moving axes
Links and arms in aluminum, and carbon-filled nylon for light structures, lower inertia on dynamic axes, which reduces servo load and settling time. Rib and wall design matter more than raw grade.
Precision at bearing and gear interfaces
Bearing seats, press fits, and gear-mesh centers are machined to IT7 or tighter, roughly ±0.01 to 0.02 mm. Cast housings are CNC-finished at their critical bores.
One partner for the mechanical stack
Structural links, housings, brackets, enclosures, and printed fixtures ship on a single purchase order, machined and cast in production-representative materials.
Robotics & Automation parts, by process
Representative parts we manufacture for this industry. Every part is quoted to your drawings and materials.
CNC Machining
Machining from solid gives the tight bores and flatness that grippers, gear housings, and structural links need, in aluminum and tool steel.
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Gripper end-effector
Machined black-anodized aluminum
Arm link
Machined aluminum, bearing bores
Gearbox housing
Machined aluminum, anodized
Die Casting
Die casting produces net-shape joint and servo housings at volume, with critical bores machined after casting.
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Joint housing
Die-cast aluminum
Servo housing
Die-cast aluminum, finned
Sheet Metal Fabrication
Fabrication delivers control-cabinet enclosures in powder-coated steel and aluminum.
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Control enclosure
Folded powder-coated steel
3D Printing
Additive turns around cable carriers, soft jaws, and custom tooling in engineering nylons with no tooling.
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Cable carrier
FDM nylon, articulated
Soft jaws
SLS nylon gripper fingers
Where we help most
Common material grades
Aluminum
- 6061-T6
- 7075-T6
- A380 cast
Steels
- Mild steel
- Tool steel
- Stainless 304
Engineering plastics
- Carbon-filled nylon
- POM
- ABS/PC
Additive
- SLS PA12
- FDM nylon
Standards & responsibility
ISO 9001 quality systems are held by the manufacturing facilities. FabWorks supplies custom mechanical components; system integration and safety validation remain owned by your engineering team.
Related technical guides
Design-for-manufacturability guides and references most relevant to robotics & automation parts.
Designing for CNC Machining: A DFM Guide
The design rules that matter most for CNC milling and turning, with the numbers we use and why: walls, radii, pockets, holes, tolerances, and finish.
Read the guideGD&T, Tolerances, and Fits: A Primer
General tolerances, the GD&T controls and feature control frame, material condition and bonus tolerance, and how to choose an ISO 286 fit, with achievable bands by process.
Read the guideThreads, Inserts, and Fastening
Cut threads vs thread-milling, minimum thread engagement, and when to use heat-set, press-fit, or self-clinching inserts so a joint holds and survives reassembly.
Read the guideTolerance Stack-Up and Assembly
How tolerances accumulate across mating parts, worst-case vs statistical stacking, and how to design the chain down so assemblies go together the first time.
Read the guideMaterials Selection Reference: Alloys and Resins
The metal and plastic families we work in, the properties that separate them, and how to narrow from a family to a grade that both performs and manufactures cleanly.
Read the guideStart a robotics & automation project
Upload your files. We measure your model against per-process, per-material rules and send a DFM review before you commit to a quote.