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What is Chemical Etching?
The Process – Photochemical machining or etching is a manufacturing process to produce close tolerance precision metal parts. It combines computer aided design (CAD), photography, chemistry and metallurgy to provide customers with a precise and cost effective method of producing thin metal parts quickly while avoiding hard tooling costs.

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Dimensions & Tolerances

+/-10% of metal thickness

Metal thickness range 0.0003” to 0.064”

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About Us
Photo chemical etching specialists since 1969. One of the leading manufacturers of thin metal parts. United Western Enterprises strives to provide customers with thin metal parts and graphics film which meet the customer’s design expectations, delivery schedule and satisfaction. This is accomplished by people of high integrity through effective customer service and continual process improvement at a price that will ensure the customer the best value available.

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Value Added
  • • Anodizing
  • • Black Oxide
  • • In-house forming
  • • Heat treatment
  • • Laser welding
  • • Painting
  • • Plating

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Customer Testimonials
"I have found UWE to be customer oriented and proactive in the handling of our orders. This is one vendor I don't need to check up on."
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Latest News

What is photochemical etching?
- August 2017

Photochemical etching (PCE), also known as photochemical machining (PCM), is the use of photo-reactive resist to fabricate a metal part based on desired dimensions.
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UWE’s Recent College Internships
- June 2017

United Western Enterprises has recently added two college interns Sean Dyer and Corey Kerdman-Andrade to the UWE family. » Read More

UWE exhibiting at the Space Tech Expo
- May 2017

We will be exhibiting on Tuesday May 24 through to Wednesday May 25. Come by and meet the team who will be located at Booth #7035. » Read More

UWE Visits Moorpark College for Chemical Etching Presentation
- April 2017

On March 22nd 2017, United Western Enterprises' Vice President Mike Lynch visited the Lab for Material Engineering at Moorpark College. » Read More

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United Western Enterprises is a proud member of the Photo Chemical Machining Institute (PCMI) PCMI