Interview with Volker Wiens, Atlas Copco Tools
“The initiative came from Boeing”
14.09.2011
Atlas Copco Tools is moving into automated drilling – and setting its sights on the aviation industry. The PFD drill feed unit will be the first product. Managing Director Volker Wiens talk to aerotec about the technical background and market goals of this world premiere. [more...]
How DutchAero optimises production
14.09.2011
Major aero engine manufacturers such as GE, Rolls-Royce and Snecma rely on DutchAero’s support for both civil and defence projects. And, for over a decade, the company has relied on a special NC code verification software. [more...]
How to make a business fly
14.09.2011
Over the last 15 years, UK based SA Group has carved a niche in the aviation maintenance field. Its success depends on specialist knowledge, diversification, and a willingness to invest in people and technology, including Haas CNC machines, as founder and managing director Duncan Hammond, explains. [more...]
Productive and secure titanium milling
14.09.2011
Two new insert grades to tackle the extreme demands of titanium milling have been launched by cutting tool and tooling systems specialist Sandvik Coromant. Grades S30T and S40T make use of the latest substrate and coating developments in order to cope with the challenges of titanium milling. [more...]
No more costly test sessions
14.09.2011
To design a complex hydraulic system like its integrated SLK (Steering-Landing-Kneeling) system, the team at Messier-Bugatti counted on the LMS Imagine.Lab Ground Loads solution to develop system models that met Airbus’ strict technical requirements. [more...]
Tools for take off
14.09.2011
Aerospace technology demands high standards, even when it comes down to tools for machining. Materials with an extremely wide variety of properties, some of which are difficult to machine, must be machined with absolute reliability. For tool manufacturers like Walter, this industry is an important catalyst for new developments. [more...]
Don’t be afraid of new materials
14.09.2011
Two issues are currently causing a stir in the aircraft building world: lightweight construction and energy efficiency. In an exclusive survey, well-known aviation industry suppliers revealed to aerotec what they have to offer their demanding customers in terms of aluminum, titanium, CFRP and kilowatt-hours. [more...]
Man 1, Machine 0
14.09.2011
If popular cinema is any indication, man is still smarter than machine. Sure, he is also smaller, weaker and less predictable, but man still takes the trophy in the brains department — especially when it boils down to making the most of those bigger, stronger, mass-producing chunks of metal. And especially when that man is Machinist Keith Woodhouse of Aero Components. [more...]
EMO 2011: Who can crack the titanium nut?
14.09.2011
The aviation construction industry is looking for some concrete answers to probing manufacturing issues at the EMO Hannover 2011, the world’s leading trade fair for metalworking (September 19 – 24, 2011). After all, a conspicuously wide range of machine tool manufacturers are bringing selector solutions along to the fair and there will also be a seminar focusing on the efficient handling of challenging materials such as CFRP and titanium. [more...]
Exclusive interview with Martin Winterstein, CMO MAG
Aerospace sales are to increase to 25%
13.09.2011
The takeover of the French Forest Liné Industries Group by the American MAG Group provides another important opening to composite technology for Göppingen-based MAG IAS GmbH which runs most of the MAG Group’s operative business in Europe. Martin Winterstein, Chief Marketing Officer of MAG talked exclusively to aerotec to explain what this would mean in terms of aircraft construction. [more...]
