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Technical articles
Below you will find a couple of snapshot examples of some of our recent technical articles. These articles may be made available for editorial use. For the full version of the article please contact .
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Successful composite machining needs
tools and method to suit each application
Author: Christer Richt
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A growing number of modern products need new materials with combinations of properties that cannot be fulfilled by single materials or convential alloys. Ambitions are high as regards what can be attained and many can only be met by composite materials. But with the success of these as constructional materials comes new demands on machining capability and where variation in machinability adds to the challenge.
A new generation of cutting tools dedicated for composite machining, especially hole-making are making new in-roads to improve performance and results. |
A new technology chain for
improving aerospace turning
Author: Christer Richt
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Profile and groove turning in heat resistant super alloys (HRSA) and titanium components for aero engines are among the most difficult of machining operations. As such, they have also been some of the most demanding to raise performance in. The aerospace industry specifications, the nature of the materials and the component configurations have often meant that staying with the exisiting solution was a safe bet. It is also that a certain amount of tool, method, CAM development and certification would be needed before any major steps could be taken in machine shops.
The operations involved here, whether performed on vertical-turning machines or multi-task machines, depend for results on every link in the chain from machine-spindle to the cutting edge of the tool. In a lot of other machining operations, one can get away with or compensate for short-comings throughout this technology chain - but not when machining many of the aerospace components.
Today, the turning of aero engine components has moved on. One consequence is that acceptance of special tool solutions for standard component features should be challenged. |
Milling developments for titanium machining
Author: Christer Richt
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Titanium as a work piece material is finding its way into most machine shops with milling being the dominant machining method particularly in structural parts. Material removal rate is becoming an increasingly competitive factor for jobs but is not as easy to achieve in this material having challenging machinability. But new tool and process developments are providing this increasingly useful design material with new possibilities to improve machining costs. |
Milling developments for high speed machining
Author: Christer Richt
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High speed machining is not new; as a concept it has been around in some industries, like the die and mould, for several decades. As a process, it was seen to be small cutting tools running on high spindle speed machines. Today, however, high speed machining has a broader perspective with new milling cutter concepts.
High speed machining (HSM) has today taken off more widely thanks to developments by makers of machine tools, machine controls, software, cutting tools as well as research by institutions. Probably most important, the actual process of HSM has come together - not only in theory - but in practice throughout machine shops. Innovative milling tool developments have made HSM a more practical and profitable way of machining in the die and mould industry. |
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