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HMC Efficiently Machines Titanium

Makino’s T4 five-axis HMC combines lean manufacturing methods with increased metal removal rates for aerospace applications. It is specifically designed for the production of large titanium and titanium alloy aerospace parts including edge frames, pylons and bulkheads.

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How Limiting Are Limited Five-Axis Travels?

Boeing experts recently responded to a question regarding a “nutating” head that was submitted through our Aerospace Machining Zone

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Job Shop-Developed Dovetail Fixture Takes Wing

 Two aerospace job shops in California collaborated to produce a workholding fixture that allows any shop to set up a fully fixtured pallet dedicated to a five-axis job and then store the fixtured pallets for immediate use whenever the job repeats. 

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Automated High-Speed Machining For Small-Part Manufacturing

 The M8 is a five-axis, high speed machining center designed for manufacturing small parts, especially those requiring tight tolerances. The center can access five sides of a part to complete it in a single set-up. According to the company, the center is ideal for producing medical, aerospace and electro-mechanical components.

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Shop Reduces Setup Time With Multi-Pallet Machines

Automated, lights-out production has enabled this manufacturer to take on a large number of low-volume jobs for various industries. With a wide variety of work, minimizing setup times is key to the shop’s success. Multi-pallet, four- and five-axis Matsuura machines supplied by Methods Machine Tools have enabled the shop to not only keep setup times low, but also meet customer demand for nearly error-free production runs.

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Simultaneous Five-Axis Machining

The Mikron HSM 400U is said to deliver powerful performance and precision on all five axes to produce high-quality surface finishes for demanding high-precision applications. Designed to accommodate workpieces ranging to 9. 05" × 13.

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Five-Axis CNC Center With Rotary Table

The five-axis, 5X-160 CNC machining center features a Tsudakoma trunnion five-axis rotary table. Standard features of the machine include box ways, high speed look-ahead, chip wash, spindle air blast and more. The company also offers the Cyclone-32 CS seven-axis, dual-spindle, CNC turn/mill center.

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Video: Five-Axis Milling On Linear-Motor Machining Center

Linear motors take the place of ballscrews on this machine performing high speed cutting of aluminum at a job shop near Atlanta.

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Video: Horizontal Profiler For Aerospace Machining

An alternative to the typical profiler design, this machine saves labor by allowing chips to fall out of the way.

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What Is The Right Way To Become An Aerospace Shop?

This Atlanta shop succeeded at becoming an aircraft-industry parts supplier. The lessons of its success have a lot to do with commitment and enthusiasm.

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