Solutions for cost-effective and high-quality machining of aerospace landing gears/main fittings
Typical landing-gear components are main/nose/center fitting, piston/slider, truck/bogey beam, drag brace and links. The main materials are high-alloy steels such as 300M. But there is a trend that these will be produced in titanium alloys such as Ti-5553. The main challenges in the main fitting are deep hole drilling, internal turning and profile milling.
Tooling solutions for aerospace in landing gears/main fittings
Profile milling
CoroMill® 216 is a robust ball nose end mill perfect for semi-finish profile milling. The cutter has inserts with two edges for effective and general contouring and copy milling.
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Internal turning using Silent Tools™
Silent Tools™ is the trademark for a family of tool adapters for turning, milling and boring. The tool adapters are designed to minimize vibrations through a damper inside the tool.
A standard Silent Tool™ boring bar program up to 250 mm (9.843 in) diameter and 14 x dia to length capability is available. This range of tools can produce component features that meet extraordinarily high standards.
The serration lock coupling (SL) is now equipped with a full range of cutting heads with high-pressure coolant (HPC) capability.
Silent Tools™ for tool holding
CoroTurn® SL70 – Specifically designed for profiling and pocketing
Specifically designed for profiling and pocketing complex aerospace components, the CoroTurn® SL70 modular system reduces the need for special tools and excessive inventory. Adapters offer improved accessibility for axial and internal machining so that cutting blades or heads can be used in any configuration.
CoroTurn® SL Modular tooling system of adapters with exchangeable cutting heads
Rough milling around a boss
For productive, secure machining, use CoroMill® 300 with a roll-in program combined with round inserts to reduce notch wear and allow high feed rates.
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CoroMill® 690 – Developed specifically for high-productivity 2D profile milling of titanium components
Inserts are securely fastened by iLock™ technology. By equipping every insert pocket with threaded coolant holes with nozzles for high-pressure coolant delivery, you can apply maximum coolant where required.
CoroMill® 690 – The cutting edge for titanium milling
Main fitting
Typical landing gear components are main/nose/center fitting, piston/slider, truck/bogey... chevron_right
Thrust fittings
The thrust fitting is normally produced in titanium and is located between the wing... chevron_right
Landing gear beams
On the fuselage, there are several structural components produced from titanium.... chevron_right
CoroMill® 690
CoroMill 690 is developed specifically for high productivity 2D profile milling... chevron_right
