Innovative, high performance drilling systems for aerospace and defence is the clear focus on AMEC's exhibition area at this year's Farnborough Air show, where we are exhibiting as part of the North West Aerospace Alliance pavilion, alongside other 'member' companies.
MACH 2010 sees the European launch of a number of new product ranges from AMEC, with the new GEN3SYS® stainless steel cutting geometry inserts, the BT-A deep drilling system and the new polycrystalline diamond (PCD) range taking centre stage on our 90m2 stand.
A new range of high performance threaded shank drills has been launched by AMEC, specifically for the aerospace and defence industries, which use replacement insert technology and are fully compatible with both Quackenbush® and Lübbering® drilling systems.
Until one of AMEC's German distributors, stepped in at specialist hydraulic systems manufacturer, Bolenz & Schäfer GmbH, the company had subcontracted work where holes larger than 90mm diameter were required due to the additional demands placed on its machine tools.
By replacing its existing deep hole drills with the new BT-A drill from Allied Maxcut, engineers at Cummins' diesel manufacturing plant in Daventry have achieved a 40% productivity increase and doubled the tool life on its crankcase manufacturing line.
The latest innovation from AMEC is the new BT-A deep hole drilling system, which uses the latest T-A® and GEN2 T-A® replaceable insert technology to deliver significant gains in productivity, penetration rates and tool life improvements over other alterative deep drilling solutions.