Aerospace
A Highly Complementary Combo
Wire EDM and abrasive waterjet go together well, especially for cutting aluminum.
Read More24-7 Coolant Monitoring And Internet Reporting
This coolant monitoring system automatically adds chemicals to maintain recommended composition. It also automatically stores coolant data and offers shops access to customized reports at a password-protected web portal.
Read MoreLights-Out With A Lighter Commitment
For this integrated flexible pallet cell, the machines and the pallet system came from different suppliers. The shop is not locked into any supplier for adding machining centers later.
Read MoreVirtual Machining In The Real World
Using software that models machining passes, a Cessna plant unlocks real capacity by finding better parameters for its existing NC programs.
Read MoreEverything Changes
Through a sweeping transition to high speed machining, a Maryland contract shop realizes its goal of same-day, "in by 9, out by 5" turnaround.
Read MoreCutting Tools For High Speed Milling Of Aluminum
Go with the flow—chip flow, that is. The uninterrupted flow of the soft aluminum chip determines the design of the end mills that Metlfab uses.
Read MoreTurning The Tide
When Briggs & Stratton decided to make the crankshaft machining lines in its Poplar Bluff plant globally competitive, it had to choose between CNC lathes and dedicated special machines for its main turning operations. The company chose the lathes.
Read MoreMove The Program Instead Of The Part
A complex five-axis part with hard-to-reach datums is machined in two setups instead of eight, thanks to a process that rewrites the tool paths to match the part's position.
Read MoreAerospace Hole Making Takes Shape
The demand for fast hole making will intensify as more fuel-efficient jet engines are introduced. Electrical discharge machining is emerging as the answer.
Read MoreThinking Big
This shop specifies large machine tools for the machining possibilities of the future. To prepare for the feed rates the shop expects to use one day, the latest large gantry mills apply linear motors on all three linear axes.
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