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Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle (EFV) Titanium Suspension Component
 
Technology Source: National Center for Defense Manufacturing & Machining
 
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About the Technology:
Material: 6A14V Titanium Forging

Conventional Machining Method:
  • Single Point Threading Milling
  • Over 3 hours thread milling time per unit

    System Solution:
  • Multi Tooth Indexable Thread Mill
  • Tunable Dampening Package
  • Optimized Machining Parameters
  • Reducing machining time from < 3 hours to 32 minutes per component

    > $5.1M Savings in Machine Time on Thread Milling alone
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    Point of Contact:   Contact Location:
    Vickie Plesko
    phone: (724) 539-6125
    email: vickie.plesko@ncdmm.org
    		   NCDMM
    1600 Technology Drive
    Latrobe, PA, 15650
     
    Documents:    Links: 
      Technical Report.pdf
    		     NCDMM Website
     


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