Machine for landing gear

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pirko

Aluminum

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Jan 1, 2010

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Czech Republic

• Jan 9, 2014

• #1

Dear Sirs,
Which turning machine is best for machining landing gear (Max Mueller is done 2002 year). Thank you very much. Regards libor

 

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Joe788

Titanium

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Apr 22, 2006

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Westside of America.

• Jan 9, 2014

• #2

WFL. Watch the whole video. (And bring your checkbook)

WFL MillTurn Technologies M120 making an Aerospace component with complex features - YouTube

 

Mtndew

Diamond

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Jun 7, 2012

Location

Michigan

• Jan 9, 2014

• #3

That WFL is amazing. And the best in it's class, so I've heard.

 

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Tank

Cast Iron

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Feb 8, 2009

Location

Wisconsin USA

• Jan 9, 2014

• #4

That WFl kicks butt. No doubt about it.

Did you guy catch the artical here about the waterjetting. Toward the bottom of the artical is a near net blank for a landing gear.
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/metalcutting-machining/why-not-start-waterjet-277978/

I would love to see real cash flow comparisons of the WFL vs a more conventional method using a near net shape and the latest "non-multi-tasking" machines over the life of a contract. I mean cash flows that capture everything, and not the internal type that cook the books to get a machine bought, but one that would include cutting tools, fixtures, programming time, floor space, you name it. You would still be looking at some high end 5th axis machines for the convetional method. I just think it would be interesting.

Sorry if this drifted off topic, I did stick to the landing gear.

 

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Wsurfer

Cast Iron

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Austin Texas

• Jan 9, 2014

• #5

WOW !

QUOTE=Joe788;2199522]WFL. Watch the whole video. (And bring your checkbook)

WFL MillTurn Technologies M120 making an Aerospace component with complex features - YouTube

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bullandbladder

Aluminum

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Aug 16, 2013

Location

UK

• Jan 10, 2014

• #6

HTF does that attachment that turns the tapered stub axle work? That's awasome.

 

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ipmmiller

Cast Iron

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Dec 23, 2008

Location

W V USA

• Jan 10, 2014

• #7

my eyes! my eyes! ....look away ....my eyes!....I cant believe what I just saw in that vid....un !@#$%ing believable!....(im soooo underfunded )

 

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Nick Mueller

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Munich / Germany

• Jan 10, 2014

• #8

WFL. Watch the whole video.

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That's what I wanted to suggest when I read the title.
That thing is just incredible, but have never seen one in real.
And if you need a crankshaft too ... Bost

Nick

 

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bukwerm

Cast Iron

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Nov 6, 2013

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Minneapolis MN

• Jan 10, 2014

• #9

Awesome video.:thumbup:

What's the reason for starting the thru coolant at about 1 dia deep? Seems like that could be hard on carbide.

 

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Tom3197

Hot Rolled

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Cincinnati

• Jan 10, 2014

• #10

I'm guessing just for video production purposes... in production I'm sure things look a bit different.

 

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bukwerm

Cast Iron

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Minneapolis MN

• Jan 10, 2014

• #11

Tom3197 said:

I'm guessing just for video production purposes... in production I'm sure things look a bit different.

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You're probably right. I just wondered if it was some sort of method used on aerospace alloys.

 

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Edster

Diamond

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Feb 8, 2003

Location

Illinois

• Jan 10, 2014

• #12

That machine is amazing! Is there anything it can't do.

 

david n

Diamond

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Apr 13, 2007

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Pillager, MN

• Jan 10, 2014

• #13

bukwerm said:

You're probably right. I just wondered if it was some sort of method used on aerospace alloys.

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This is just an OOOH and AAAH vid. Showin the capabilities of the machine.

 

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Bruce Griffing

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Temple, Texas

• Jan 10, 2014

• #14

Back to the original question. I don't know the answer, but I assume the OP is talking about this:

Grove Aircraft Company - Aluminum Landing Gear

If so, the WFL is not the answer.

 

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3t3d

Diamond

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Nov 1, 2004

Location

WI

• Jan 10, 2014

• #15

Bruce Griffing said:

Back to the original question. I don't know the answer, but I assume the OP is talking about this:

Grove Aircraft Company - Aluminum Landing Gear

If so, the WFL is not the answer.

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The OP was asking about a Turning Center, not a laser/brake combination...
And is from the Czech Republic..

Maybe a little more information about the requirements will help.

 

maxmartnl

Cast Iron

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Jul 14, 2011

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NL

• Jan 10, 2014

• #16

I agree with that! They only do the tiniest cranks they can find...

Nick Mueller said:

That's what I wanted to suggest when I read the title.
That thing is just incredible, but have never seen one in real.
And if you need a crankshaft too ... Bost

Nick

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Metal Head

Cast Iron

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Aug 3, 2006

Location

Jacksonville, FL

• Jan 10, 2014

• #17

I have no experience making parts of this magnitude but I always figured parts like that started off as a forging. However impressive the machine, this seems like an excessive waste of material & machining time unless this is a low production part no? What kind of quantity would you be looking at to consider forging profitable in a landing gear like that?

 

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MK Proto

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Bensalem, PA

• Jan 10, 2014

• #18

Metal Head said:

I have no experience making parts of this magnitude but I always figured parts like that started off as a forging. However impressive the machine, this seems like an excessive waste of material & machining time unless this is a low production part no? What kind of quantity would you be looking at to consider forging profitable in a landing gear like that?

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Like something like this landing gear component.

Has everything to do with what part of the landing gear your need to make.

 

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gregormarwick

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Aberdeen, UK

• Jan 10, 2014

• #19

bullandbladder said:

HTF does that attachment that turns the tapered stub axle work? That's awasome.

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U axis turning attachment, probably D'Andrea. Tool is mounted on a slide like on a boring head and is controlled by servo motor inside that arm that swings down over the spindle and engages it.

 

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Chris Attebery

Cast Iron

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Jun 14, 2002

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Gilroy, CA, USA

• Jan 10, 2014

• #20

The video was great, but did anyone catch that the raw and finished weights were swapped? All that production time and money and nobody from marketing caught that?