Metal routing & CNC routing services · Dallas and Fort Worth · ISO 9001:2015
CNC routing & metal routing services in Dallas–Fort Worth.
Metal routing services for aluminum, copper, brass, composites, and plastics — panels up to 96″ × 192″, held to ±0.003″, with the controlled-depth grooves and steps that lasers can’t cut. Send a print and get a number back.
Max panel
96″ × 192″
Non-ferrous
Up to 1.0″ thick
Tolerances
±0.003″
Spindles
To 24,000 RPM
Why routing
The cuts lasers can’t make
Routing controls depth — grooves, steps, pockets, and profiles that laser cutting can’t produce. For non-ferrous metals and composites it is often not just the most capable process but the most cost-effective one, and AST has years of expertise in exactly that work. That is why the CNC routing services Dallas and Fort Worth manufacturers send us are usually the jobs a laser already turned down.
Routing, milling, and machining complete on the same equipment — 3-axis routing, 4-axis work with a rotary indexer, and gantry milling on the HAAS GM-2 — so complex panels come off finished, not half-done.
Capacity
Metal routing capacity
| Maximum panel size | 96″ × 192″ |
| Non-ferrous thickness | Up to 1.0″ |
| Tolerances | ±0.003″ |
| Spindles | High-RPM, to 24,000 RPM |
| Gantry mill (HAAS GM-2) | Bed X 145″ · Y 87.5″ · Z 22″, 30+1 tools |
| Axes | 3-axis table; 4-axis with rotary indexer |
Materials
Metals, composites & more
Metal routing services for aluminum, copper, and brass, plus steel and titanium work on the gantry mill — and composite, phenolic, wood, and plastic routing on the same tables.
Aluminum
Copper
Brass
Steel
Titanium
Phenolics
Plastics
Wood
Composites
Applications
What we rout
Most of the routing work in the shop falls into four buckets. If yours doesn’t, send the print anyway — the answer is usually yes.
CNC aluminum routing
Aluminum plate and sheet to 1.0″ — pockets, steps, and profiles with clean edges at 24,000 RPM.
Sheet metal & perforated panels
Sheet metal routing for perforated, slotted, and decorative panels with no heat-affected edge.
Architectural metal panels
Cladding, fins, and feature panels routed to print for architects and designers.
Composites, phenolics & plastics
The non-metallics a laser can’t cut — phenolic, plastic, wood, and composite panels on the same tables.
Routed parts, delivered — DFW, Waco, Austin, Mineral Wells & Houston
Ask about delivery when you request your quote and we will price it into the job.
Keep the job in one building
Related metal fabrication services
Routing covers what profile cutting can’t. The rest of the job runs under the same roof, on the same quote.
Precision laser cutting
Profile cutting for ferrous sheet and plate.
CNC machining & milling
Tight-tolerance machined features beyond the router.
Press brake forming
Routed and cut parts formed to final spec.
Band saw cutting
Bar, tube, and structural stock cut to length.
Custom metal assembly
Routed panels built into finished assemblies.
Architectural applications
Routed panels and features for architects and designers.
Common questions
Metal routing services FAQs
When is CNC routing better than laser cutting?
When the part needs controlled depth — grooves, steps, pockets, chamfers — or when the material (composites, phenolics, plastics, thick non-ferrous) doesn’t suit a laser. Routing cuts features in the Z axis that profile-cutting processes simply can’t.
How large a panel can you rout?
Panels up to 96″ × 192″, and the HAAS GM-2 gantry mill extends the envelope to a 145″ × 87.5″ bed with 22″ of Z travel.
What materials do your metal routing services cover?
Aluminum, copper, and brass routinely; steel and titanium on the gantry mill; plus phenolics, plastics, wood, and composites — up to 1.0″ thick in non-ferrous.
What tolerances does routing hold?
±0.003″ — with high-RPM spindles to 24,000 RPM keeping edge quality high in soft and non-ferrous materials.
Can you rout, mill, and machine the same part?
Yes. Routing and milling run on the same equipment, and tighter machined features move to CNC machining in the same building — one setup plan, one quote.
Where do you deliver routed parts?
Our CNC routing services Dallas customers use most run throughout Dallas–Fort Worth, plus Waco, Austin, Mineral Wells, and Houston. Mention delivery on your quote request.
Send us your panel drawings
DXF, STEP, or dimensioned PDF with material and quantity — price and lead time for metal routing services come back with the processes we plan to run.
1000 Avenue N, Grand Prairie TX 75050 · (972) 554-0383 · ast@astmfg.com