# Custom Parts Manufacturing for Consumer Electronics

> Cosmetic-grade machining where the part surface is the brand surface.

- HTML page: https://fabvector.com/industries/consumer-electronics (Portuguese: https://fabvector.com/pt/industries/consumer-electronics)

## Sourcing pain points we solve

Consumer electronics machining is judged in the hand, not on the CMM: the blasted-and-anodized texture of a unibody enclosure, the chamfer catching light around a grille, a button with zero wobble. Dimensional conformance is assumed — the acceptance criterion is cosmetic, and "no visible defect at arm's length" is tighter than any tolerance band. Anodize color must hold within ΔE limits across batches against golden samples, or assembled products look mismatched. EVT/DVT gates demand 20–200 cosmetic-grade sets on consumer-launch timelines, a volume-and-finish combination most shops cannot deliver.

## Typical parts

- Unibody enclosures and housings
- Midframes and internal chassis
- Buttons, dials, switch caps and trim
- Speaker grilles and camera surrounds
- Heat spreaders and vapor-chamber lids

## Recommended materials

- [aluminum-6063](https://fabvector.com/md/materials/aluminum-6063)
- [aluminum-6061](https://fabvector.com/md/materials/aluminum-6061)
- [stainless-steel-304](https://fabvector.com/md/materials/stainless-steel-304)
- [abs](https://fabvector.com/md/materials/abs)
- [polycarbonate](https://fabvector.com/md/materials/polycarbonate)

## Recommended finishes

- [anodizing-type-ii-color](https://fabvector.com/md/finishes/anodizing-type-ii-color)
- [bead-blasting](https://fabvector.com/md/finishes/bead-blasting)
- [brushed-finish](https://fabvector.com/md/finishes/brushed-finish)
- [silk-screening](https://fabvector.com/md/finishes/silk-screening)

## Certifications & standards

- **ISO 9001**: We understand consumer brands audit suppliers to ISO 9001 discipline, including cosmetic inspection standards and golden-sample control.
- **RoHS / REACH**: We support RoHS/REACH compliance with substance declarations for parts and finishes entering consumer products.

_We understand and support these requirements; certification and documentation scope is confirmed per order — we do not claim to hold certifications on this page._

## Buyer questions, answered

### How are cosmetic anodized housings kept consistent across a batch?

Same alloy lot, same bead-blast media and pressure, same anodize bath window — cosmetic consistency is a process-control problem, so we fix all three per batch and approve against a signed limit sample. 6063 anodizes more evenly than 6061 when the part is a visible face.

### What is the minimum wall thickness for machined phone-scale enclosures?

0.5–0.8 mm is workable in 6063/6061 with vacuum or wax fixturing; below 0.5 mm distortion control dominates cost. Internal corner radii from tool diameter — plan for R0.4 minimum in pockets — matter more to your industrial designer than the wall number.

### Prototype in titanium for a wearable — realistic or overkill?

Realistic when the production intent is Ti: Grade 5 Swiss-machined hinges and frames at 1–50 pieces are routine work (AI-glasses hinges at ±0.005 mm are a live example). Prototyping in aluminum and switching alloy later hides mass, spring-back and finish surprises until it is expensive.