Machining/Drilling
Searching for composites-friendly machine tools
This is IMTS week, where "composites" is a foreign word to much of the machine tool industry. It's not too hard, however, to find suppliers who know their way around composite structures.
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Hole quality defined
In the aerospace industry, drilled hole quality is defined by ISO 286: System of Limits and Fits, a coordinated system of hole and shaft tolerances that is used in both engineering and production.
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Machining update: One-shot dry drilling of stacked materials
Tool design innovations tighten tolerances and cut costs for those who drill composite-metal assemblies.
Read MoreSAMPE Tech Seattle 2014 at a glance
A short compilation of SAMPE Tech Seattle 2014 program highlights.
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SAMPE Tech Seattle 2014 Preview
The Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering’s annual fall Tech conference is now a spring event.
Read MoreBig machines, small tolerances
An examination of the lengths Janicki Industries (Sedro-Woolley, Wash.) goes to ensure dimensional precision in its massive CNC-machining operations.
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Janicki Industries: Breaking the mold
Once known only as a toolmaker, Janicki offers unique precision, production capability and problem solving as it pioneers leading-edge composites technology.
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Rail car doors: Waterjet cutter shapes panels with precision
When GFMI Aerospace & Defense (Fountain Valley, Calif.) was approached with the task of cutting hundreds of glass fiber/epoxy panels for use in the manufacture of rail car doors, it relied on a waterjet cutting system supplied by OMAX Corp. (Kent, Wash.).
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Cutting train doors with precision
GFMI Aerospace & Defense uses waterjet cutting technology to produce glass fiber/epoxy door panels for a major rail car manufacturer.
Read MoreShop practice impacts drilling success
When you're drilling holes in composites, there are many variables that must be considered. Some factors that have an impact on success are process and shop driven. The following are industry best practices that have been demonstrated to maximize hole quality and drilling efficiency with composites.
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