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Programmable fixture used in the aerospace industry to hold curved parts. Designed with 300 closely spaced actuators to hold customer’s thin aluminum skins. Design was literally from the ground up including pit, foundation, tables, actuators and end effectors.

The customer experienced reliability problems with the original design
that was caused by graphite cutting particles becoming embedded in the X-axis drive system. We eliminated the problem by re-designing the X-axis stage so that the axis drive system was isolated from the cutting chamber.

Designed to mill precision threads in pipe from 12″ OD to 60″ OD. Pipe is automatically centered to maintain uniform wall thickness. Threads are milled for high metal removal rates, and to avoid stringy cuttings that occur with single point turning.

Concept design for a machine to trim and drill halfway around 22′ diameter x 25′ long fuselage sections without re-positioning. Designed with surface detection to provide precise depth control for processes such as countersinks and beveled edges.

Concept design for a high speed contour profiler for the aerospace industry. Designed to mill monolithic structural components from solid aluminum billets. Dual tables enable a part to be machined continuously on one table while another part is loaded and unloaded on the other table.