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Aerospace Production: Overcoming Challenges in Composite Machining
Composite materials play an important role in aerospace manufacturing. The light weight, durability and ability to create complex shapes from molds make these materials ideal for frames and structural components that enable lighter, more fuel-efficient aircraft.
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Overcoming Machining Productivity Challenges with Aerospace Components
The demand for air travel is back. And so is the demand for new aircraft. The volume of production demand has reached 2019 levels much sooner than many aerospace component manufacturers anticipated.
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SAE International Extends Call for Abstracts, Seeks Submissions for AeroTech Conference
Engineering Events staff at SAE International in Warrendale, Pennsylvania, have extended the call for abstracts through September 21 for the...
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CAD-CAM-CNC System
Siemens Industry, Inc.Munich, Germany1-800-743-6367www.siemens.com DMG MORI manufactures a wide variety of conventional chip-cutting and ultrasonic machining centers for OEMs and production job shops serving the aerospace...
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Machining Beryllium
Because beryllium is extremely expensive, the learning curve for potential competitors is costly.
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3DEO Launches New Metal 3D-Printing Platform
California-based 3DEO unveiled in February its new metal 3D printing platform and patented technology, Saffron. The proprietary platform has been in development for the past five years. “Until...
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Industry Invited to Participate in AeroTech Aerospace and Defense Technical Program
SAE International is inviting global participation in its AeroTech® aerospace and defense technology conference and exhibition, which is for the first time...
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5-Axis Machining Center
Honeycutt Manufacturing made a major investment in a 5-axis universal machining center.
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Optical adhesives, radar test equipment, welding positioners, and more.
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Tesla Casts a New Strategy for Lightweight Structures
Aluminum is synonymous with “weight-saving” in most contemporary automotive-engineering reference points. But apart from a few applications – most notably Ford’s F-Series...
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New Ampere EV Motor Aims for Power, Torque Benchmarks
Consider an EV traction motor rated at 220 kW and weighing 10 kg (22 lb). Is it too good to be true? “We’ll find out within nine months when we build it,” said Ian Foley, managing...
Articles Aerospace
Machining Titanium Aero-Frames
The rise of titanium for aerospace applications has been well documented in recent years. Equally, the challenges associated with the efficient, productive and high-quality machining of this popular material, have...
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Aerospace Manufacturers Turn to Non-Hazardous PVD Coatings as Regulations Tighten on Toxic Hard Chrome Plating
The search for a suitable replacement to hard chrome plating on aerospace components has been a key supply chain priority for...
Technology Report Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Ford Investing $45 Million in New Advanced Manufacturing Center to Speed Production Innovations
Ford Motor Company is investing $45 million in its new Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) in Redford Township, Michigan, to help quickly...
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SAE International Debuts AS13006, Process Control Methods Aerospace Standard
SAE International in Warrendale, Pa., has published AS13006: Process Control Methods, a new standard with guidance material to support specific aerospace engine...
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Raytheon Invests in Advanced, Autonomous Manufacturing Technologies for Radar Development, Testing
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN) in Waltham, Mass., has upped its investment in advanced manufacturing innovations, including automated and...
Articles Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Using the Full CAD-CAM-CNC Process Chain in Ultrasonic and Conventional 5-Axis Machining
DMG MORI manufactures a wide variety of conventional chip-cutting and ultrasonic machining centers for OEMs and production job shops serving the aerospace...
Articles Mechanical & Fluid Systems
CAM Software Technology Keeps Pace with Aerospace Manufacturing Challenges
Aerospace industry component manufacturing is in a large growth cycle. Advancements to materials and engine efficiency have created clear benefits for replacing a...
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BAAM Gets Bigger
At the end of 2017, Additive Engineering Solutions (AES) took delivery of a second “big area additive manufacturing” (BAAM) machine and two CNC machining centers: a large-format, Thermwood 5-axis router and a...
Product Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Electric Oil Pump
The Model OP40i brushless dc electric oil pump from Engineered Machined Products Inc. (EMP) features high-performance gerotor pumping technology, including a long-life, brushless, dc sensorless motor, which is sealed and...
Application Briefs Photonics/Optics
Aircraft Casting Alloy
IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. Wilmington, MA 855-237-2522 www.ibcadvancedalloys.com IBC Advanced Alloys Corp. will continue production of components for Lockheed Martin's F-35 Lightning II Electro-Optical Targeting System...
Articles Defense
Dry Drilling Composites Using Carbon Dioxide Cooling
The ground vehicle and aerospace industries use carbonfiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) because it is more durable and lighter than other materials. CFRP is used in components such as aircraft...
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Northrop Grumman Opens Innovation Lab
Northrop Grumman Corp. recently celebrated the grand opening of its Fabrication Laboratory (FabLab) at the company's Space Park facility in Redondo Beach, CA. The 5500-ft² laboratory was inspired and...
Technology Update Defense
Boeing Reveals Innovative Method of Building 777 Fuselages
Boeing announced on the opening day of the Farnborough Air Show that it is in the final phases of testing and production readiness of a new method for building 777 fuselages “as part...
Technology Update Aerospace
Boeing advances automation with smart and portable orbital drilling tools for 787
Since robotic work cells have proven to be highly effective in certain applications, and the technology is always improving, some might dream of a day when...
Technology Update Defense
Automated drilling machine takes the burr out of fuselage joint
More than 1200 large-diameter (up to ¾-in) holes must be drilled into titanium/ carbon stacks for the side-of-body joint on a particular Boeing commercial aircraft fuselage. This...
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Stencil Mask Methodology for Parallelized Production of Microscale Mechanical Test Samples
Over the past decade, there has been considerable progress in the development of new mechanical testing methods to characterize the properties of...
Articles Aerospace
New Honing Technology Improves Aerospace Accuracy
Invented more than 70 years ago to de-glaze cylinder bores in early automobile engines, conventional honing today is meeting the most advanced aerospace requirements for ultra-precise machined...
Briefs Mechanical & Fluid Systems
Nozzles for Focusing Aerosol Particles
Several nozzles have been designed to aerodynamically focus aerosol particles into a small-diameter jet, so that individual particles can be illuminated by a laser beam and their light scattering and/or laser-induced fluorescence (LIF) spectra can be measured. An additional nozzle can aerodynamically puff...
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