Aerospace
Technical Paper

High Speed Machining of Helicopter Gearcases

2004-01-2826

09/21/2004

Event
SAE 2004 Aerospace Manufacturing & Automated Fastening Conference & Exhibition
Authors
John K. Schueller University of Florida
Sharath A. Cugati University of Florida
Ahmed Yousuf University of Florida
John C. Ziegert University of Florida
Edmund P. Leigh Bell Helicopter TEXTRON
Abstract
Content
High speed machining of aluminum and magnesium helicopter gearcases was experimentally demonstrated to be five times more productive than contemporary conventional commercial practice for suitable operations. Appropriate techniques and performance characteristics are discussed for face milling, endmilling and planetary milling operations. Potential problem areas, such as surface characteristics and machine tool performance requirements are discussed.
Meta Tags
Topics
Helicopters
Milling
Aluminum
Magnesium
Tools and equipment
Affiliated or Co-Author
University of Florida
Bell Helicopter TEXTRON
Details
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-01-2826
Pages
9
Citation
Schueller, J., Cugati, S., Yousuf, A., Ziegert, J. et al., "High Speed Machining of Helicopter Gearcases," SAE Technical Paper 2004-01-2826, 2004, https://doi.org/10.4271/2004-01-2826.
Additional Details
Publisher
SAE International
Published
Sep 21, 2004
Product Code
2004-01-2826
Content Type
Technical Paper
Language
English