The five-axis difference: Sub-contractor gains AS9100 accreditation to target contracts in the aerospace sector

摘要

Some 20 years ago, the then specialist electric discharge machining (EDM) sub-contractor RST Engineering decided that a manual-tool-change Hurco Hawk with a twin-screen control system offering easy-to-use shop floor programming was probably the best CNC milling machine to take over from hand-operated mills for manufacturing copper electrodes, jigs and fixtures.