Case Study

Landing Gear Components Machining

Heavy-duty landing gear part machining for rigidity, boring and fatigue-critical surfaces.

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Case Overview

Core project data for this machining case.

Industry Aerospace

Application Landing gear component

Material Alloy steel / titanium

Machine Model HYR HMC1000

Controller Fanuc / Siemens / Mitsubishi

Spindle Speed 12000 rpm

ATC Capacity 24-60 tools

Travel X/Y/Z Project based

Tolerance +/-0.01 mm

Surface Finish Ra 1.6

Cycle Time 72 min

Production Volume 120 pcs/month

Country Germany

Problem

Machining problem to solve

High cutting forceLarge part weightLong cycle stability

Solution

HYR-CNC machining plan

Machine heavy-duty partsControl hole alignmentImprove repeatability

Machine Used

Recommended machine configuration

Machine: HYR HMC1000

Spindle: High-rigidity spindle for difficult materials

ATC: Automatic tool changer for multi-process machining

Controller: Fanuc / Siemens / Mitsubishi options

Coolant: High pressure coolant and chip evacuation

Process

Timeline from raw material to inspection.

01 Forging Inspection

02 Rough Milling

03 Boring

04 Semi-finishing

05 Finish Machining

06 CMM Report

Result

Before and after machining improvement.

Item	Before	After
Tolerance	+/-0.03 mm	+/-0.01 mm
Cycle Time	95 min	72 min
Tool Life	80 pcs	130 pcs

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