A new best-in-class titanium cutting machine tool installed at BAE Systems’ Salmesbury plant in Lancashire can machine to one third the thickness of a human hair.
BAE Samlesbury, which assembles the Typhoon aircraft and manufactures parts for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, has installed a new StarragHeckert BTP5000, one of the most accurate machine tools in its class in the world. The machine can mill, turn and cut titanium components over three metres long to tolerances that equate to a third…
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