Speedier HRSA and titanium end milling
Challenge: End milling of aerospace components from high-performance alloys suffers from excessive machining times.
Solution: Solid carbide end mills and dedicated techniques provide a strong solution.
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Titanium is king
As the use of titanium grows steadily worldwide, VSMPO-AVISMA, the world's largest titanium producer, remains the industry leader.
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A new dimension to deep hole machining
Challenge: To provide the largest possible scope for machining demanding deep holes in the most efficient way.
Solution: A new Global Application Center for Deep Hole Machining that offers leading cutting tool R&D and local specialist back-up.
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Get the hole picture
It's the modest superhero of drilling technologies. When companies try to make their businesses more efficient, materials and crafting techniques play a key role. For many, deep hole machining has become the answer.
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Running red hot
Challenge: To efficiently machine aerospace engine components from HRSA.
Solution: Develop a balanced overall process that encompasses the machine, tools, geometries and tool materials as well as the machining strategy.
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“The aero industry leads the way.”
Tom Erixon, new president of Sandvik Coromant, doesn’t think the global financial crisis is over yet. “You have to be prepared to change,” he says.
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Heated cooperation
NAGOYA, JAPAN. Combustion cases for aircraft turbofan engines are extremely complex to manufacture. But Japan’s Mitsubishi Heavy Industries has managed to improve the manufacturing process repeatedly. Its way to success: fruitful partnerships.
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The next step in composite machining
Challenge: To provide the tools and processes to improve the rapidly expanding area of composite machining.
Solution: A new approach to machining, including dedicated tools and the latest application strategies.
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Cost-efficiency through security
Challenge: To improve the productivity of titanium milling.
Solution: Make use of a proven overall solution to achieve superior security and reliability.
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Efficiency takes off
To manufacture the components of an aeroplane frame efficiently, you need both the right programming techniques and optimized tools that can handle the challenging demands. Here are eight examples of tools that give you the best results for structural components in an aeroplane body.
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Watch this space
A firm pillar of India’s public sector empire, HAL executes orders for global giants as well as aerospace specialists – a business that has taken off in a big way. Its engines are powered by Sandvik Coromant solutions.
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Keeping the pressure up
Challenge: Improve turning of demanding materials to raise productivity and security.
Solution: Introduce improved chip formation by use of high pressure coolant through cutting tool.
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Payback time
In most cases, a new machine means a major investment. By figuring out the optimum production criteria, including the tooling cost, you could lower the investment payback time by 25 percent. It’s easier than you think.
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Awesome
Challenge: How can you handle demanding or heavy-duty machining applications efficiently?
Solution: Take advantage of the C10 coupling of Coromant Capto – the largest in the range.
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High-flying investments
When IHI Corporation was forced to make costly machine investments at two of its Japanese plants, the management turned to Sandvik Coromant for help. The investments quickly became a project to reach the highest return per invested yen. MWW took a trip to the two plants to take a closer look at the investments that are already paying off – big time.
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Partnership for profit
The Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre at the University of Sheffield and the manufacturing industry are working together in a mutually beneficial collaboration.
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Fine-tuned force!
Hägglunds Drives’ hydraulic motors have already reached 96 percent efficiency. In order to get even better, they needed to establish long-term development collaborations.
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Precision under pressure
Challenge: How productivity can be raised when machining increasingly exotic materials.
Solution: Take the route of high pressure with high precision.
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Up and away
Challenge: How to raise the productivity of aero engine manufacture under the pressures of demanding specifications and challenging materials.
Solution: Look to holistic solutions that encompass all aspects of component
production.
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The hard task
Airbus A380 is the largest passenger plane around. But behind that massive glory lies some really demanding crafting. Just ask the guys at Hartwell. It was their job to make the engine latches, which contain a new spring shaft component that had to be made of out the super-hard Inconel 718.
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Green light for light turning
Challange: How do you minimize stoppages when turning sharp cutting edges?
Solution: Make use of developments that have resulted in unique new coated insert grades.
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Facemilling the clever way
Challange: To develop reliable facemilling with smaller, highprecision tools and wiper technology for precition surface finishes .
Solution: New geometries, grades and new approaches to facemilling applications.
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Part with grooving problems
Challenge: Improve chip control and eliminate access problems in parting and grooving operations.
Solution: Team up with a reliable partner for optimal tools and advanced application knowledge.
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Silence is golden
In 2005, American oil component giant Cameron took over an oil and gas components plant in Romania, upgrading equipment and retraining the workforce. One tool solution was so successful it has become standard throughout the group.
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A new edge to aluminium milling
Challenge: Reach new levels of performance and results in machining aluminium aerospace components with indexable insert tooling.
Solution: Develop a unique, sophisticated technology to design and manufacture a new cutting tool that improves surface finish and is more power-efficient.
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Happy landings with best practice
Challenge: How to meet the technical demands of manufacturing aircraft landing gears.
Solution: Take the best practice approach for each component feature.
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