This material is suitable for the production of extremely accurate lightweight void filling components for use, for example, within high integrity closed mould carbon fibre laminated moulding applications, requiring elevated temperature cure cycles.

The fragile nature of this and similar materials together with the profile accuracy requirements necessitates careful specialised manufacturing techniques to be employed.

Components are manufactured using pre-laminated and cured carbon fibre reinforced stock plate. Parts are primarily supplied to be used within a carbon fibre moulding process to provide localised strengthening and compatible expansion and adhesive properties for safety critical assemblies being used in harsh environments.

An appropriate tooling strategy is determined during programming using 3D model CAD data and using a pre-cut material blank, each component is dry cut to avoid any lubricant ingress along with the necessary dust evacuation. Efficient machining centre operation is aided by DNC operation enabling the running of large and complex 3D programs direct from an attached PC.

This material is suitable for the production of extremely accurate lightweight void filling components for use, for example, within high integrity closed mould carbon fibre laminated moulding applications, requiring elevated temperature cure cycles.

The fragile nature of this and similar materials together with the profile accuracy requirements necessitates careful specialised manufacturing techniques to be employed.

This material is suitable for the production of extremely accurate lightweight void filling components for use, for example, within high integrity closed mould carbon fibre laminated moulding applications, requiring elevated temperature cure cycles.

The fragile nature of this and similar materials together with the profile accuracy requirements necessitates careful specialised manufacturing techniques to be employed.

Titanium 6AL-4V stock is a popular grade being utilised for parts requiring light weight and high strength properties. Specific tooling and tool path strategies are required together with advanced coolant to cope with the demands of machining such a tough material.

Inflated prices for this high grade material, slow cutting and relatively long machining cycle times due to the material toughness results in a high finished component cost.Material use is controlled and supported with mill certification for traceability on all parts manufactured.