Aerospace manufacturing
Productivity takes off ‘Push Your Productivity’ was the theme this year of Starrag’s Tech Days – a manufacturing extravaganza open house at the company’s headquarters in Switzerland. Numerous machines and complementary manufacturing technology demonstrations highlighted how customers can benefit with shorter lead times and lower piece part costs from Starrag’s world supremacy in the machining of aero components such as blades, blisks, impellers, casings and structural parts.
The 250 plus visitors from 17 countries witnessed a seemingly endless flow of
only on improved cutting of complex shapes in difficult materials but also on the challenges of producing higher volumes (using automation). There were presentations of how Starrag machines can improve productivity including how a Droop + Rein FOGS machining centre is meeting the challenges of machining and matching aluminium alloys and carbon fibre parts to an accuracy of 55 microns. Also, a TTL software animation showed how the software can effect a blade repair at 20%-30% the cost of a new blade, plus details of a new spindle drive unit, an 18,000 revs/ min HSK-100 for all-round metals machining –
manufacturing expertise to help them achieve bottom line savings in the production of such workpieces, and not least, he launch of the new ultra-rigid and robust titanium-cutting horizontal machining centre, the STC 1250 HD, the first machine in its class with hydrostatic guideways boasting zero friction/non-stick/slip in the X axis. They witnessed the Ecospeed F machining centre - the latest addition to the machines in the facility’s Aerospace Competence Centre. Simultaneous five-/six-axis machining of landing gear parts on large-capacity mills, focusing not
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