A typical aerospace A-frame component is traditionally produced in two operations, one on either side of a two-sided fixture. Our customers have expressed a desire to produce the component in one operation.
The benefits would be reduced setup time, reduced fixture size and reduced tooling cost.
Another area of interest is applying cutter compensation to wall profiles that require 5 axis flank finishing known as swarf machining. This would offer additional cost savings and enable process control on component accuracy.
So that’s what we did; In this demo you will see the A-frame machined in one operation on a Heller HF3500 and the implementation of 5 axis cutter compensation to finish the outside profile walls and the pocket walls using Siemens 840D.
ITI 2024 | Aerospace A-Frame component machining demo
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