Near-net forgings, ready for your finish line
MTS rough and pre-machines forgings before they ship — CNC turning and milling that strips excess stock, exposes sound metal, and hands you a part close to final shape. Less time on your machines, less wear on your tools.
The stage that saves you the most time
A raw forging carries scale, draft, and a generous machining envelope. Removing that bulk is slow, dirty work that eats cutting tools and ties up spindle time. When MTS rough machines the part first, you skip the heavy roughing passes and go straight to finishing.
Rough machining also opens the part up so it can be inspected — cutting back to clean metal reveals the sound forging underneath and confirms there is stock in every critical area before it reaches your floor. We forge close to contour, heat treat, then machine, so the component you receive is stable and near-net.
What rough machining delivers
Pre-machining at the source cuts cost and risk out of the parts you buy.
Saves your machine time
We take the heavy roughing cuts so your spindles spend their hours on finishing, not on hogging out forging stock.
Near-net shape
Parts arrive close to final geometry with a controlled finishing allowance left where you need it.
Less tooling wear
Scale and the toughest outer layer come off here, sparing your finish tooling the abrasive first cuts.
Sound metal exposed
Roughing back to clean surfaces reveals the forging underneath so issues are caught before finishing.
Turning & milling
CNC turning for shafts, rings, and cylinders; milling for prismatic and contoured forgings.
One-source delivery
Forged, heat treated, and rough machined in the same plant — one PO, one point of accountability.
Machined to a controlled envelope
Rough machining isn't finish machining — the goal is to leave a deliberate, consistent stock allowance for your final operations, not to chase tenths. We work to the pre-machining tolerances on your print so the finishing envelope is uniform and predictable across the lot.
- CNC turning and milling of forged components
- Consistent finishing stock left per your drawing
- Carbon, alloy, and stainless steel forgings
- Handled under our ISO 9001:2015 quality system
Want your forgings machined ready to finish?
Share your print and finishing requirements — we'll forge, treat, and rough machine the part to a clean, near-net envelope.