Aerospace

Five-Axis

Adapting to Aerospace Change

The changing demands of aerospace companies have prompted machine shops such as this one to evolve their processes and equipment to become more competitive.

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Aerospace

Replacing Broaching with Milling

Trochoidal milling is a toolpath technique generally applied to increase tool life or material removal rate in hard metals. Manufacturing solutions provider Iruba also relies on this approach to make a shaped milling tool effective.

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Aerospace

Video: Blisk Milling

The process seen here uses trochoidal tool paths and cryogenic cooling

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The Big Step Up

A small shop added two new machines, each of which is more advanced than any of the previous machine tools the company has used. One of the co-owners committed to the work of bringing both of these machines fully into service. Here is the shop’s experience so far.

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Milling Tools

Savings from Sustainability

A project aimed at energy-efficient machining delivered production efficiencies, too.

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Workholding

Consistency Is Key to Titanium

An important part of this shop’s successful approach to titanium machining is a toolpath strategy that keeps the load on the cutter constant. Another important element is the way this shop captures and reapplies what it learns about how effective it can be in this metal.

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90 Cubic Inches Per Minute in Titanium

Mag says its XTi super profiler is designed to remove metal at impressive rates. Its first two machines are are being used for aerospace applications.

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Five-Axis

Lean from the Beginning

How would you design a new plant if you could begin today? Rolls-Royce Crosspointe is a major manufacturing site that was planned from the outset with the expectation that continuous improvement would always be part of its culture.

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Setup Time Savings from a Long X Axis

Bertsche Engineering developed the X-Flex Center to replace three standard-size machining centers.

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Aerospace

A New Business Model for Contract Manufacturing

In this new book, Brad Hart, CEO of Roberts Tool Company, describes how a manufacturer of aerospace components can meet the customer’s price and achieve healthy profits by building effective processes for the right kind of work. Read my review of this book here.

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