Article: AEROSPACE: Multi-axis propulsion.

The latest multi-tasking machines enable a long-established subcontractor to turn aerospace opportunities into firm orders.

Latest additions to advanced manufacturing capability at Stockport subcontractor CTL Engineering include two Mazak Integrex e-650H-II multi-tasking machine tools. These are working on landing gear components for a military aircraft project. Says managing director Ian Booth: 'While we already had a large capacity machining capability, it was based around horizontal machining centres and vertical turning lathes. The added flexibility of the Integrex machines is allowing us to quote for work that would previously have been uneconomical for us ...

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