Titanium Takes Off
Machine and cutting tool requirements for titanium alloys. The art and science of milling titanium to make aerospace parts.
Industry
Aerospace
Flight-Critical Grinding
Grinding turbine blades challenges manufacturers.
Floor Planning
A flexible and reconfigurable machine tool is used during assembly of aerospace parts.
D.I.Y. for the Sky
Airlines are manufacturing more of their own replacement parts.
High-Stake Machining
Producing "high risk" aerospace parts requires unique strategies and tactics.
Manufacturing at Mach 2+
Making of the F-22 Raptor fighter jet.
Intermetallic Wonder
Titanium aluminides hold potential as a parts material for the aerospace industry.
Holding Pattern
Because of their size and shape, aerospace parts require special workholding considerations.
Composite Dreaming
making aerospace parts, composites, composite materials, graphite-epoxy composites, Boeing 7E7, Dreamliner, aerospace materials
Preferred Advantages
A look inside an aerospace parts supplier that specializes in military parts.
Efficient Machining of Low-Volume Aerospace Parts
Versatile machine tools and creative strategies help shops handle high-variety, low-volume aerospace machining.
The Wright Stuff
To commemorate the 100th anniversary of flight, a company has replicated the Wright brothers' 1903 airplane engine--and their machning techniques.