Case Studies & Articles

Case Studies

  Blade Tip Grinding
Jim Mokoski, a manufacturing engineer with Pratt & Whitney Aircraft in Middletown, CT was looking to replace an aging CNC on a seven-axis Butler Newall grinder.  The grinder, one of two in his department, is used to finish-grind blade tips on jet...

  Farrell Radome Grinding
General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products produces a broad array of radomes, including forward, aft, doppler and wing radomes for missiles and other specialized applications, as well as tactical, strategic cargo and commerical aircraft...

  Automated Process Benefits Aircraft Manufacturer
An aerospace manufacturer that builds and machines composite wing skins had developed a complex set of operator procedures to minimize the potential for machining errors.  The materials and labor invested in each wing skin prior to...

Articles

Retrofits Lift Venerable Machines to New Heights: Modern Machine Shop, February 2012
Retrofitting nine 20-year-old skin mills at Boeing's plant in Auburn, Washington reduced machine downtime and improved both safety and productivity.

 FANUC CNC Retrofit Solution for Cincinnati Gantry Mills: Manufacturing News, June 2011
Through a systematic retrofit process designed and implemented by CNC Engineering Inc. for a line of Cincinnati Dual Spindle Gantry Mills; an aerospace manufacturer realized substantial productivity gains without the huge capital investment of new machine tools.

  GE FANUC Retrofit Success Story
A manufacturer of butt-weld pipe fittings for the power, pipeline, petrochemical, refining & nuclear industries, Custom Alloy Corporation of High Bridge, NJ has seen it all when it comes to optimizing performance...

  CNC Engineering: Member Spotlight in AMTDA's ToolTALK Newsletter
CNC Engineering has provided CNC control solutions, specializing in FANUC controls for a wide variety of machine tool applications, worldwide since 1983, when CNC Engineering started as a service based company...

  Get a Grip on Machine Performance: Control Design Magazine, January 2009
Machine builders help their customers' dreams take flight.  Sometimes it's hard to keep overly inflated expectation under control...

  Certified Pre-assembled Retrofits for Turning Centers: Manufacturing News, June 2008
While machine tool prices continue to climb skyward and delivery times get extended, more and more companies are choosing a very cost effective alternative by retrofitting the machines they already have...

  CNC Engineering Retrofits Grinders with New FANUC Controls: Manufacturing News, June 2008
Enhance your old grinder currently equipped with an unsupported, proprietary control system by re-controlling it with the same state-of-the-art GE Fanuc control system that is available/offered on many new grinding machines...

 CNC Upgrades and Machine Tool Mechanics: F&M Magazine, August 2006
CNC upgrades won't push a spindle faster or solve the various mechanical problems of aging machine tools.  Yet improved electronics can sometimes improve some mechanical errors...

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