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TOOLING & W0RKINGHOLDING: Challenging times for tooling.

Publication: Metalworking Production
Publication Date: 16-JUL-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

Article Excerpt
Demand from the aerospace sector drives product development, quality and conformity for specialist cutting tool supplier.

As one of the founding partners of Tamworth-based Industrial Tooling Corporation (ITC) - and now sole owner - Peter Graves is in a strong position to comment on changes in the cutting tool requirements of the aerospace sector. Customers include Rolls-Royce, Airbus, GKN and JJ Churchill, and developments in both materials and tooling he says, have matched changes in the way engine and airframe components are produced. 'Over ten years ago, composite machining was a new technology; and aero engines and frames were produced from exotics such...

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