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Departments - From the Flight Deck |
| Clear Your Calendar for IMTS 2010 |
7/23/2010 |
| Believe it or not, the International Manufacturing and Technology Show (IMTS 2010) is just a few short months away. |
| By: Tom Grasson |
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Departments - Take Off |
| Takeoff |
7/23/2010 |
| Products from the cover of June/July AMD. |
| By: AMD |
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Departments - Aviation Appreciation |
| Aviation Appreciation |
7/23/2010 |
| Join in the fun and NAME THAT PLANE! |
| By: AMD |
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Departments - IMTS |
| IMTS Booth Preview |
7/23/2010 |
| Check out what we at TMD, AMD and TES will be featuring in our booth at this year's IMTS! |
| By: AMD |
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Departments - Weak Link |
| Watching for Weak Links When Integrating a New Machine |
7/23/2010 |
| Part 2 of 3: This series of columns is designed to help today’s aerospace manufacturer identify key areas that are often overlooked during a machine tool purchase. Last issue, attention was brought to the importance of volume and flow capacity when integrating a high pressure coolant system. This month’s entry addresses an area that applies not only when a new machine is purchased, but every time a new part is introduced into production. |
| By: Chris Mills, National Portfolio Manager, Aerospace Development, Sandvik Coromant |
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Departments - Featured Product |
| Five-Axis HMC is Targeted Toward Many Industries |
7/23/2010 |
| To be able to serve the smaller parts market in the future, Handtmann now offers the HBZ CompactCell, a 5-axis horizontal machining center. |
| By: AMD |
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Departments - Ensuring Excellence |
| Fast Inspection adds Dollars to the Bottom Line |
7/23/2010 |
| Putting out good product, and being profitable, is what it is all about in the machining business. |
| By: Edited by Matt Grasson |
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Departments - On the Radar |
| On the Radar |
7/23/2010 |
| New products |
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Departments - News You Can Use |
| News You Can Use |
7/23/2010 |
| Current happenings in Aerospace. |
| By: AMD |
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Departments - Reference Guide |
| Advanced Hole Finishing for Aerospace Applications |
7/23/2010 |
| Evolving from a simple compressor, combustor, and usually single-stage turbine, today’s aircraft engines continue to combine advances in many engineering disciplines including mechanical design, aerodynamic design, metallurgy, protective coatings, materials, and manufacturing processes. |
| By: Bill Walch, Manager, Application Engineering, Kennametal/Extrude Hone |
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Departments - Reference Guide |
| Complete Final Assembly Line with Airbus in Tianjin |
7/23/2010 |
| In building new production capacities, the aircraft industry is relying heavier on key suppliers that can realize large turnkey work packages. |
| By: Edited by Elizabeth Engler Modic |
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Departments - Reference Guide |
| Bringing Internet Use to Commercial Aircraft |
7/23/2010 |
| Holding to a satellite signal in a vehicle that moves hundreds of miles per hour and can change position in any direction is not easy, but technology from one company is making it work. |
| By: Edited by Elizabeth Engler Modic |
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Departments - Expert Opinion |
| Innovisioneering |
7/23/2010 |
| Innovation has become a buzzword, as our nation and the world undergo financial upheaval and re-alignment. It is said that innovation will be the means by which we are rescued from financial and economic crisis in the next few years. I believe innovation is indeed a necessary component of recovery, but is innovation alone enough? |
| By: Pete Bitar, President and CEO, Xtreme Alternative Defense Systems and Airbuoyant |
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Departments - FYI |
| Bio-Fuels and Aerospace - How They Fly Together |
7/23/2010 |
| Aerospace is all about converting energy into flight, and it takes a lot of energy to enable and maintain flight. |
| By: Mike Heil, President, Ohio Aerospace Institute |
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Departments - Features |
| Years of Innovation |
7/23/2010 |
| Aerospace Machining: Fresh Opportunities, Fresh Choices |
| By: Edited by Matt Grasson |