Hi-Tek Manufacturing, Inc., leader in the production of aviation and power generation hot gas path turbine engine components, have just completed the purchase and installation of a new CNC 5-Axis Niigata Horizontal Trunnion horizontal milling machine.  The milling center, Model HN63E-5X, supplied by SNK America, Inc. of Mt. Prospect, IL., compliments existing Niigata HMC’s installed just three years ago.  This new advanced machine was on display at the 2016 International Manu

The average lay-person is not well informed as to the great strides made in the latest computerized milling capabilities. A case in point is CNC turning, which is a form of machining in which a sharply pointed cutting tool is placed parallel to the surface of a material that is simultaneously being rotated. The rotation (or “turning”) is executed by a lathe that securely spins the part being machined. This process allows for one single-point tool to cut, remove and shape the

Called a “value creator” by Mark Barry of Laserdyne, this fiber laser system expands our capabilities and allows us to add capacity for hole drilling at very low angles to the surface in uncoated and thermal barrier coated heat resistant materials, which is immensely valuable in the turbine engine industry. In addition to the advanced drilling it will provide, the system is designed to cut and weld medium to large 3D parts with its unique moving beam design—the first and only