Aerospace

Horizontal Machining Centers 3 Apr 2017

Complete Machining of Large Aerospace Parts

Machine Specialties Inc. needed to produce large parts with a constantly increasing degree of complexity. The M120 Millturn from WFL enables the shop to process large components in only one clamping.

Aerospace 30 Mar 2017

Bidirectional Material Handling Vehicle Accommodates Tight Spaces

A report from Creform indicates that space restrictions need not prevent manufacturers from automating material handling applications.

Aerospace 23 Feb 2017

Applications Advance for Solid Ceramic End Mills

All they need is speed! Tools for roughing nickel-based alloys can be used in the same processes as carbide tools, just with high rpm and no coolant.

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Horizontal Machining Centers 24 Jan 2017

What’s Behind Door Number Three?

While most shops are producing shorter aerospace parts on five-axis machines or larger parts on gantry-type equipment, this shop found its niche somewhere in the middle thanks to an advanced profiling machining system from Mazak.

Large Part Machining 1 Jan 2017

Precision Profiler Opens Chances for Larger Aerospace Parts

Fort Walton Machining could only process smaller aerospace parts without investing in large, expensive-to-operate equipment. Mazak's Vortex 160 horizontal profiler increased the shop's part size capabilities.

Medical 1 Dec 2016

More Than Metal

Modern Machine Shop magazine doesn’t cover only the machining of metals. Here are some interesting tidbits about machining non-metallic materials from a few of my past stories.

CAD/CAM 17 Nov 2016

Toyoda to Host Aerospace Machining Lunch & Learn with Iscar, Mastercam

The event will include educational seminars and machine demonstrations.

Workforce Development 14 Nov 2016

Manufacturing News of Note: November 2016

A Brazilian student wins an advanced materials contest, Local Motors launches an SaaS division, Airbus certifies an additive material from Stratasys and other industry news.

Data-Driven Manufacturing 18 Oct 2016

Large, Made to Order and Ready to Connect

The 30th edition of the Bi-Mu trade show in Milan, Italy, highlighted not only modular machine tools for work like machining aerospace structures, but also technology related to the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and more.