Airlines stand in the face of mounting environmental criticism – the introduction of emissions taxations, and ever-increasingly ‘green-conscious’ travellers – so are electric planes the future of air travel?
Rocket engine manufacturer Aerojet Rocketdyne, whose space shuttle main engine was a pillar of the NASA Shuttle program, reached out to Sandvik Coromant to help machine a particularly difficult metal.
You know from experience that while composite layers are strong, they also can wear down a tool’s geometry in a matter of minutes and splinter at the edge when machined. Such splintering causes weakness. You don’t want splintering on an aircraft hull or wing. Kennametal has created a tool with the right geometry, clearance, and coating to withstand composite wear and eliminate splintering.
Bye-bye, lap lines and stress risers. Smooth is the name of the game. Learn all about the tools and techniques needed to remove metal from aircraft wings.
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