Aerospace
How To Machine Composites, Part 2: The Cutting Tool, Workholding and Machine Tool
In carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP), the material removal mechanism is shattering instead of shearing. This makes it different from other machining applications.
Read MoreEnd Mill Comparisons in CFRP, Part 2 - Diamond-Coated Tool
Video shows the performance of coated carbide, diamond-coated, PCD and veined PCD tools in carbon fiber reinforced plastic. Part two in a four-part series.
Read MoreEnd Mill Comparisons in CFRP, Part 3 - Conventional PCD Tool
Video shows the performance of coated carbide, diamond-coated, PCD and veined PCD tools in carbon fiber reinforced plastic. Part three in a four-part series.
Read MoreThe New Rules of Cutting Tools — Rule #3: Diamond Shouldn't Be Rare
Consider PCD or CBN wherever capacity is tight.
Read MoreHow To Machine Composites, Part 3 -- Milling Composites
Diamond shines for this shop when it mills composites.
Read MoreHow To Machine Composites, Part 4 -- Drilling Composites
Achieving acceptable tool life and hole quality in a material such as CFRP demands a drill designed with composites in mind.
Read MoreEnd Mill Comparisons in CFRP, Part 4 - Veined PCD Tool
Video shows the performance of coated carbide, diamond-coated, PCD and veined PCD tools in carbon fiber reinforced plastic. Part four in a four-part series.
Read MoreTurning The Tough Stuff
One of this aerospace shop’s many specialties is producing ring-shaped parts that are thin-walled, complex, tightly toleranced and made of difficult-to-machine materials such as Inconel, titanium or high-temperature alloys. Turning jet engine parts doesn’t get much tougher than this.
Read MoreHow To Machine Composites, Part 5 -- Waterjet Cutting
For trimming composite parts, this shop describes where it uses machining centers and where it uses waterjet.
Read MoreComposites Keep A Big Machine Busy
On-machine inspection is part of the way this shop machines large composite structures efficiently.
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