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Excellence in the performance marine industry propelled Five-Axis Industries into producing parts for other demanding applications, like aerospace and spacecraft in particular.
parts for other demanding applications, like aerospace. We now produce large structure parts as well as high- performance components, including propellers, blowers, gas turbine engine parts, thrust cones for rockets, air turbine assemblies and more,” said Ellstrom.
Five-Axis Industries has grown from its albeit humble but high-performance beginnings to a full-size manufacturing facility. “We are not always the first choice, but we are the best choice. Difficult parts can be expensive to manufacture, and our high-performance mindset does not allow for cost-cutting shortcuts,” said Ellstrom.
CAD/CAM/CAI
The design, build, and quality verification processes at Five-Axis Industries are strategically linked to provide a consistent digital thread throughout. This allows the company to effectively comply with preferences, and in many instances requirements, of prime contractors they work with. But more importantly, it supports the company’s mantra of delivering high-performance, high- quality components.
Designers, manufacturing engineers and machinists at Five-Axis Industries have been using Mastercam exclusively to program parts for machining since 1982, well before Five-Axis emerged from Ellstrom Manufacturing. Most of their design work, especially high-performance engine components, is also done using Mastercam and its integration with SOLIDWORKS. They are also capable of working with other CAD formats such as CATIA, Siemens NX, PTC Creo and others.
Computer Aided Inspection (CAI) is provided by Verisurf Software. Being model-based and built on top of the Mastercam platform, Verisurf allows the team at Five-Axis Industries to open and work with any CAD file including, intelligent models with associative GD&T to support the development of automated inspection plans. The net result is efficient quality verification, regardless of CMM type, capable of producing first article inspections within minutes. The Verisurf Device Interface (VDI) lets operators choose from any of their portable arms or CNC CMMs (3-, 4-, or 5-axis) to conduct quality inspections, reverse engineering, tool-building, or assembly guidance using the Verisurf software.
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