Aerospace

One of the Look Ahead features in this month's Cutting Tool Engineering magazine covers a new CBN superabrasive for grinding wheels that extends wheel life and lowers grinding forces.

Manufacturing was a star in 2011 and looks to shine brightly in 2012.

Courtesy of Lockheed MartinThe Lockheed Martin Hercules transport, one of many aircraft to use actuator systems manufactured by Triumph Activation Systems.Making the systems that keep 'big birds' flying straight.Boeing's 787 Dreamliner generated positive news in October when its first commercial flight, by All Nippon Airlines, landed in Hong Kong.

CTE Editorial Director Alan Rooks laments the long and winding road to economic recovery in this Lead Angle editorial in the September 2011 issue of Cutting Tool Engineering magazine.

With a substantial portion of the U.S. manufacturing base in earthquake-prone California, we would be wise to study how Japan orchestrates this recovery, suggests CTE Editorial Director Alan Rooks in his April 2011 Lead Angle editorial.

When it comes to milling aerospace parts made from Ti5553, difficulty is in the eye of the beholder.

Posted with CTE's October cover story are a few video reports—one on parts for legacy military aircraft (above), and two others on the KC-135 Stratotanker.

Is your shop like a clean room? It could be.

Custom tools help aerospace part makers meet demanding specs.

When finishing parts, shops may want to hit them with their best shot. Shot peening can produce longer part life.

Shop Operations column for June 2009 issue.

Shops seeking to true and dress superabrasive grinding wheels need solutions that move beyond 'tried-and-true' methods.