Even better standing next to one. Even better programming it.

They flip the leg around halfway through.

+Landrew0 Thanks Landrew! Yes, it gets the point across, keeps it lively and doesn't give you a chance to get bored. Great observation and much appreciated.

Thanks for no cheesy background music. If you're looking to bust open the bank account you want to hear the machine in heavy cuts first. Awesome machines. PS: Still sell a lot of the NEXTURN swiss cncs? Looking for options similar to Traub.

tell me about it not to mention the awful music in the background

If the book was printed every single chapter would have whole lineups of volumes...There are way too many trick to design a single part to employ them all but that was still an insane demo

This was pretty impressive. I haven't seen something like this before.

Yeah, live diameter changes on outside boring bar! Wow

And the finish is still looking like polished

If you can afford to spend US$3 million.

Una bellissima fusione di tecnica e tecnologia. Means... A beautiful blend of technique and technology. Thanks!

What do you mean?

Rich Handsome Recycling is important. Just that.

+Vyacheslav Marinovski It's a special tool that gives you additional turning capabilities. Typically every manufacturer have their own name of it for example: D'Andrea - TaCenter(they also offer different solutions) , Komet - KomTronic ( additional axis)

Actually, that switch is only detecting whether or not a tool is present. "Broken Tool Detection" When small or delicate tools are used in a long running automated cycle, the practice would be to check and make sure the tool is still present after it's cutting cycle. In this case, you wouldn't want to tap hole number 4 if the drill broke off in hole number 3

The CAM system is TOPSOLID. But few of features are programed with WFL machining cycles

They would be all cnc machined, depending on the application, but casting compromises the structure of the steel so would be unsuitable for an aerospace application. Quality control comes before cost in the aerospace industry. Though there's no reason that it couldn't be machined in sections and welded by the looks. This is more for a demonstration I would think XD. Would require finish machining either way haha.

Alex Smith This is a landing leg used on Aircraft, it is made this way for optimum strength, and lightness (weight)...there is no other way to make this part and gaurentee its strength everytime it hits the deck with that tonnage and the forces involved. Hence the reason Aeronautical parts are so expensive....Take a look at the manurfacture of turbine compressor blades and engine components....cost and wastage of material are not really a deciding factor in the manurfacturing process. Each and every part MUST be as near to perfect as possible EVERYTIME.upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dd/Oleo_torque_link_main_landing_gear.JPG/640px-Oleo_torque_link_main_landing_gear.JPG

Now here is the key with billet parts... billet parts have the capability of being of higher strength than a forged part. It depends on what kind of steel the part is made from. A billet part is cut from a solid chunk of steel, so the material does NOT have to be forgeable. You can make parts out of superior strength materials to forging, because you do not have to pick a material that is forgable

dave shand The thing is, this particular component would more than meet strength requirements as a forging. We've even made them welded from multiple parts. The cost of manufacturing from billet would be absurd. It'd be hours of cutting time and tool life wasted for no good reason. Yes a solid billet is stronger but it doesn't need to be.

dave shand what about grain orientation in the steel? i dont have much knowledge but i was led to believe drop forged then cnc machined has the highest strength to weight ratio if the direction of the forces are known.

This is a Servo Controlled U-Axis head. It has contouring capabilities so it can be used for OD or ID contouring work.

how big was this piece ? what was the cycle time?

lets say an average of Q=500cm³/min steel. 1000cm³ steel is 8kg ----) that equals 4kg/min. they removed 3400kg. 3400kg divided by 4kg/min = 850min. 850min divided by 60= 14 hours but I think a bit longer

Top Solid developed by Missler Software (french)

DEMONSTRATION is the word you missed from the video description. They are not showing the capabilities of their shop but the features of the machine. At least I hope so.

Maloy7800 jup its demo I saw that part in real at WFL Linz

Landing leg for an Aircraft. technically I think its called an Oleo tourque Link...?upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/d/dd/Oleo_torque_link_main_landing_gear.JPG/640px-Oleo_torque_link_main_landing_gear.JPG

European countries use decimals as commas. So seven thousand pound raw weight to one hundred and fifty finished weight.

50% CAM programming, 50% manually. The name of the CAM system is Top Solid.

It's easily capable of much tighter tolerances than that...but then that's inevitable.

you probably could not control the material accuratly enough... these alloys are specialized high strength things that are not exactlyeasy to manufacture. that "aircraft grade" aluminium that you see so often for example is actuallynot really used in aerospace applications. airbus makes most lare aluminiumparts out of 2024 or 7071 alloy both of which are non weldable high strength which are not exactly easy to manufacture and work with. the piece here looks like its part of the landing gear (whichmakes sence as that is made out of high strength steels) i do not know what exactly is used for that application,but i guess its not possible to cast it without loosing strengh. the other reason why it could be mnufacured like this is because they for example need only a very small number of these so making a mold would actually be more expensive

I agree. Also we must consider material removal produces parts with different mechanical properties, than stamping, metal forging or whatever the manufacturing process. I just got mi initial idea so fast that I didn't think deeper.

The working diameter of the off axis insert isn't fixed.

The machine is utilizing a "U-Axis" Head for that tapered cut. It is a CNC Controlled head that can move the cutter in-out to create any desired contour.

Nick Strandberg Note the colour of the chips during roughing operations. The purple hue indicates a steel. 7000 series alum would not display those chips.

Nick Strandberg It is a plastic and rubber compound, called Plubber. True story.

Täking Thë High Roäd Is not!!! >:-(

+Nick Strandberg Steel

aluminum cuts nothing like this, and the color of the chips, and the sound tells you this is a high grade steel alloy.

Hello: In Europe the comma and the decimal point are used in the opposite of the USA. So Raw Material is 7,716 lbs (written 7.716)

mark peachy i thing this is just a demo do show the machine capacity to mill complex shapes and do different apps on the same milling center from a single solid billet

what,

+ThunderWork Studio the finished spaceship part I mean.

lets say an average of Q=500cm³/min steel. 1000cm³ steel is 8kg ----) that equals 4kg/min. they removed 3400kg. 3400kg divided by 4kg/min = 850min. 850min divided by 60= 14 hours probably...

guessing that broaching and spline after cost more...

assuming that is a Sandvik 570-3C-80-1400-CR ..... . It costs 49282 EUR without any tool heads , 1 of it is also about 500 euro . Including the toolholder assembly , i guess it's about 55000€ ish . I just hope that boring bar has a long life , and no 'snap action' machining.

a cool tool :)

At 4:38 this is a D'Andrea U-Axis head. It is servo controlled by the machines' controller and has the ability to change diameter and contour (U-Axis) as it rotates.