The modern aerospace machine shop

Today’s machine shops are facing myriad challenges – thin margins, fierce competition and demands for top quality on tight timelines. However, the right tools can help address the needs of the modern aerospace machine shop.

In this ebook, learn about the findings from Lifecycle Insights’ NC Machining Research Study and how a digital transformation can make running a machine shop easier and more profitable.

Timely delivery is top-of-mind for aerospace machine shops

It’s likely not surprising that time-to-delivery is the top goal for aerospace machine shops. It’s a tangible financial measure and can be a means to grow revenue – by reducing time-to-delivery, a company can complete more jobs in a given timeframe.

What makes it difficult for machine shops to reduce time-to-delivery? A few factors are often to blame including friction and inefficiency when going from a design to a machined part, difficulty in the digital development of toolpaths and unreliable virtual verification of G-code.

Integrated machining ecosystems for aerospace

It’s not all bad news, though. While there are challenges, there are also opportunities for machine shops. Technologies like robotic tending and machining; 3D printing; and the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) can offer a means to reduce time-to-delivery.

To address the challenges they face while also taking advantage of existing opportunities, machine shops need to utilize an integrated machining ecosystem of software solutions that work together in a single IT system.

Download the ebook now to learn more about creating an integrated machining ecosystem to address the challenges and opportunities facing machine shops in the aerospace and defense industries.