Machining/Drilling
Online access to machine tool knowledge
Machine tool manufacturers have developed a variety of online tools that give customers in the composites industry access to lessons learned, best practices and information about the latest machine tool technologies.
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Optimizing, customizing composites hole drilling
Matching the drill tool to the job can save thousands of man-hours and millions of dollars.
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Not your father’s machine tools
HPC's editor-in-chief Jeff Sloan comments on the crucial roll manufacturers of drill tools play, today, in the ongoing effort to streamline the assembly of composite and metal structures using mechanical fasteners.
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Dust mitigation on a massive scale
Dust containment systems manufacturers talk about the recent philosophical trend from source-point capture to dust-mitigation chambers and the practical effects of such a massive shift.
Read MoreMilling chuck
Machine tooling manufacturer Nikken Kosakusho Europe Ltd. has introduced the X-Treme line of milling chucks, designed specifically for aerospace applications.
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Primary structure repair: The quest for quality
Composite airframes on commercial craft drive development of automated repair technology and industry-wide repair technician certification.
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New cutting tools for drilling material stacks
Dormer Tools Ltd. (Sheffield, U.K.) has developed veined polycrystalline diamond (PCD) cutting tools for drilling applications that involve stacked materials in aircraft wingskin assemblies.
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Q&A: Manuel Torres Martinez
At the 2011 JEC Composites Show in Paris, CT had the opportunity to interview MTorres Group chairman Manuel Torres Martinez, excerpts from which appear here.
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Building a bigger Big Wheel
Machining specialist scales up the 1970s icon, producing plugs and tools for an exact fiberglass replica at a Disney resort.
Read MoreMarine machining pioneer
Mollicam (Merritt Island, Fla.) was one of the first companies to bring a practical method of automated pattern construction into the marine industry.
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