Our gimbal work is for UAV payloads: the 2-axis and 3-axis units that carry EO/IR, thermal, zoom, multispectral or LiDAR sensors on mapping, inspection and security aircraft.
Payload developers and UAV OEMs send us their drawings; we machine and inspect the parts as a set, from engineering prototypes and flight-test units to repeat production batches. Gimbal housings belong to our flight control and sensor components family; fixed camera brackets are covered by our drone camera mount frames.
The main body that carries the camera or sensor block. It typically combines thin pocketed walls, sealing grooves, connector openings and an optical window seat, all located from the same datums as the bearing bores.
Request a quoteRoll and pitch yokes and U-frames that link the axes. They must be stiff enough not to deflect under the payload and light enough not to load the motors, which is why they are usually pocketed symmetrically from solid 7075.
Request a quoteHousings for the brushless gimbal motor of each axis, with bearing bores, encoder seats and slip-ring bores for cables. We also machine standalone motor housings and bearing seats.
Bearing seatsThe interface between the gimbal and the airframe: gimbal mount plates with seats for vibration damping mounts, machined to your drawing with the rest of the gimbal set.
Gimbal mount plates
Every gimbal part is machined to your drawing, from prototype and flight-test units to repeat batches built with the same programs, fixtures and inspection plan.
The bearing bores of each axis must be coaxial, and the yaw, roll and pitch axes perpendicular to each other. That only holds if every part of the gimbal shares one datum structure, defined on the drawing and respected in every setup.
When the center of gravity of the moving assembly sits on the axes, the motors hold the camera with less current and less heat. Symmetric pocketing and controlled weight-sensitive features keep the balance from one batch to the next.
Housings are pocketed down to thin walls; toolpaths, clamping and staged cutting are chosen to limit deformation. See thin-wall machining.
O-ring and gasket grooves are machined to your drawing, with an IP rating to IEC 60529 when the design calls for one. Conductive mating faces help with shielding; background in EMI shielding enclosure design.
The sensor electronics need a heat path to the housing, and cables need hollow shafts or slip-ring bores to pass through rotating axes. For balance and motor sizing, see CNC camera gimbals for drones.
| Parameter | Specification |
| Part types | Gimbal housings, camera enclosures, yoke arms, motor housings, bearing seats, mount plates |
| Materials | 7075-T6 and 6061-T6 aluminum; Ti-6Al-4V (Grade 5); stainless steel; PEEK or acetal (Delrin) |
| Finishes | Black anodizing (MIL-A-8625 Type II), hard anodizing (Type III), chem film (MIL-DTL-5541) |
| Other finishes | Electroless nickel on precision wear parts; laser marking for payload IDs and revisions |
| Tolerances | Bearing bores to customer fits (H7-type callouts); ISO 2768 general tolerances on the rest |
| Inspection | CMM: bore coaxiality, perpendicularity between axes, sealing-face flatness (ASME Y14.5) |
| Traceability | Material traceability and revision control from approved prototype to each batch |
| Quantities | Prototype and flight-test units to repeat production batches |
| Files accepted | CAD model and 2D drawing, formats to be confirmed |
Answers on gimbal housing parts, materials, sealing and order quantities for stabilized industrial UAV payloads.
Upload your CAD and 2D drawing. An engineer reviews it before machining, we sign NDAs on request, and repeat batches are built to the same inspection plan.
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