Aerospace

Titanium structural part — 5-axis machining cycle cut by 42%.

North America · Tier-1 Aerostructure Supplier

42%
Cycle Time Reduction
1 setup
From 4 to 1
100%
First-Pass Inspection
18 months
Payback Period
The Challenge

What the customer needed.

Legacy 3+2 positional machining of titanium structural parts required four separate setups, complex fixturing and lengthy CMM inspection cycles. Each setup introduced tolerance stack-up risk and consumed shop floor capacity.

The Manford Solution

How we engineered the answer.

Manford supplied an MF-5XH head-type 5-axis machining center with HSK-A100 spindle and through-spindle high-pressure coolant — engineered for the rigidity and accuracy demands of titanium aerospace work.

The Outcome

What changed for the customer.

The customer collapsed their 4-setup workflow to a single 5-axis cycle, achieved 100% first-pass CMM inspection results and recovered their machine investment in under 18 months through reclaimed shop floor capacity.

Machines Deployed

The Manford machines behind this case.

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