January 2016
Of all the advances taking place in the aerospace industry, none holds more promise than additive manufacturing, a disruptive mother lode of quicker throughput, more cost-effective components, and unimaginable freedom of design in lightweight construction and function integration.
Here are a few of the best practices that every welding operator should know when it comes to choosing and maintaining nozzles, contact tips, retaining heads and gas diffusers, and cable.
The investment in your new machine doesn’t stop with its installation. The better we treat the machine, the better the machine will treat us, hopefully for decades to come. Here are some considerations that can help prevent downtime and extend the life of your fabricating equipment.
Fiber laser cutting systems are sweeping through metal fabrication shops because they are faster, more consistent, more cost effective, and more competitive.
Take a look at how press brake automation continues to optimize the bending process and integrate with other downstream operations from a high speed laser cutting system to transform the “push” demands of the fabricating process into a competitive advantage for your shop.
Of all the advances taking place in the aerospace industry, none holds more promise than additive manufacturing, a disruptive mother lode of quicker throughput, more cost-effective components, and unimaginable freedom of design in lightweight construction and function integration.
The investment in your new machine doesn’t stop with its installation. The better we treat the machine, the better the machine will treat us, hopefully for decades to come. Here are some considerations that can help prevent downtime and extend the life of your fabricating equipment.
As an independent service, Ohio Laser can flatten sheet metal parts, even from high strength steel, for thicknesses from .05 mm through 12 mm.
Fabricators must recognize how metal additive manufacturing is rapidly changing the manufacturing landscape. Some have already been leapfrogged by their competition – and are completely unaware of what has happened.
Who wants to go through all of the stress, expense and hassle of documenting a business relationship in a clear, comprehensive contract? It is always easier and more expedient to have a verbal contract or an incomplete imprecise written contract. Until something goes wrong.
Heavy demand is creating massive and exciting opportunities for companies that compete in the aerospace manufacturing supply chain – and for the disruptive new technologies they advance forward to improve manufacturing productivity.
In the aircraft manufacturing supply chain, one thing is certain: process improvements – both large and small – can have a massive impact on the bottom line.
Component parts suppliers are convinced that PECM technology is almost indispensable for the many innovations taking place in aircraft construction. Here’s why.
Competition can be brutal in the aerospace supply chain. To help your shop stay competitive on job bidding, these new machines can hit your bottom line by saving more time and labor, processing ever more complex parts quicker and more accurately – and doing it all with less of that extremely expensive material.
Who wants to go through all of the stress, expense and hassle of documenting a business relationship in a clear, comprehensive contract? It is always easier and more expedient to have a verbal contract or an incomplete imprecise written contract. Until something goes wrong.
The search for a “one-size-fits-all” welding solution continues to uncover new equipment that increasingly offers more flexible welding solutions suited for both large and small shops, with better options to do better business.
Here are a few of the best practices that every welding operator should know when it comes to choosing and maintaining nozzles, contact tips, retaining heads and gas diffusers, and cable.
Pipe shops now use electronic dashboards to replace pieces of paper that once traveled with spool joints across the floor and through the weld testing process.
Filler metal selection is critical to maintain the integrity of the final weldment. Here is a review of their general properties that can help you determine which filler metal is ideal for the job.
Dashboards from 5ME allows users to create a one-screen view of machine tool performance data pertinent to their job function.
Poor concentration. High error rates. Absenteeism. Do your employees seem to have their heads in the clouds lately?
The VariMill III ER solid carbide end mill from Widia is ideal for higher metal removal, longer tool life and improved surface finishes on demanding parts for OEMs and tier suppliers in the aerospace and energy segments.
In the aircraft manufacturing supply chain, one thing is certain: process improvements – both large and small – can have a massive impact on the bottom line.
New grinding technology is being researched on this intermetallic to help lower the costs of manufacturing aerospace engine components, develop grinding expertise, and design custom-bonded abrasive and superabrasive grinding solutions that are ideal for efficient and damage-free grinding of components made of titanium aluminides.
Buyer Beware: This system has not been standardized by any governing body. If you purchase cheap dual contact tooling after being told by a supplier that it will work just as good as the original for half the price, you risk unsatisfactory performance and/or damage to very expensive spindles. Here’s why.
From a safety point of view, no industry is more concerned with the performance of its parts being produced than the aerospace supply chain, where parts suppliers use the most advanced quality assurance technology to verify part conformance to specifications.
