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Aerospace Success Stories
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Andrew Tool & Machining combines expertise in 5-axis machining, jig grinding and EDM to help "Curiosity" rove the red planet. Read more >
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Justin Howell thinks that his job, CNC Operations Supervisor for Midcoast Aviation (Cahokia, IL), is like being a fighter pilot. That's because so many things are flying in at him at once. In his department two routers and a newly added waterjet cutting machine are in use without pause 24 hours a day, typically seven days a week, to support the material requirements of 123 of its own assemblers and several outsource manufacturing vendors. Read more >
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Northstar Aerospace (Duluth, MN) decided to upgrade its CAM capabilities with software that would allow the company to automate CNC programming generation to the greatest extent possible, establish a viable manufacturing strategy for parts in a virtual environment rather than on-machine, and resolve potential problems before the part was set up for manufacturing. Read more > |
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Costa Precision Manufacturing is a 32-man machine shop specializing in complex and often very large components -- parts that other machine shops are frequently unable or unwilling to touch. Several years ago the company realized that even though engineering aspects of the business were profitable, manufacturing with all of the equipment and shop overhead was generating no profit whatsoever. Something had to be done and Mastercam was part of the solution. Read more > |
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AFG needed to make an aluminum window frame for the Air Force’s C17 Globemaster III Transport (which required 5-axis toolpathing), with only a blueprint from Boeing. Read more > |
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Tooling & Assembly Solutions, a high-tech machine shop in Simi Valley, California was challenged by the need to create toolpaths for ultra-complex parts based on complex imported CAD models. Read more > |
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