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GHM edia B usiness |press release| customers can choose between the established solutions in the market from Siemens, Fanuc, or Heidenhain - all of which support the best possible machining quality and performance. Highly dynamic machining center for large and complex workpieces The types of materials to be processed to 120 individual blade components on a disk and has a diameter of around 800 millimeters. Workpieces of this kind can only be produced on a fast, very precise, and highly dynamic machining center, such as the CHIRON FZ 16 S five axis. Along with meeting strict requirements in terms of precision and dynamics, the machine is capable of machining The manufacturing operations for complex precision parts in the aerospace sector require a particularly fast, very precise, and extremely dynamic machining center. are the main factors that make the requirements in the aviation industry so special. After all, vanes, blisks, and impellers are typically produced from high temperature resistant materials such as titanium, corrosion resistant Inconel nickel-based alloys, or stainless steel. However, the complex 5-axis geometries of the materials also need to be produced with precise surface form. For example, a blisk (short for “blade integrated disk”) consists of up 37 | may-june 2019 particularly large, yet also demanding and complex workpieces. “Blisks have already been machined from Inconel within the scope of a current project on the premises of one of our major customers in the sector,” reports Markus Löhe, Aerospace Sales Engineer at CHIRON. “The new FZ 16 S five axis actually delivered excellent results right from the first workpieces,” summarizes Löhe.  Global MDA Journal About the CHIRON Group The CHIRON Group, headquartered in Tuttlingen, is a global company specializing in CNC vertical milling and turning machining centers, as well as turnkey manufacturing solutions. The Group has a global presence, with production and development sites, sales and service subsidiaries, and sales agencies worldwide. With a workforce of 2100 employees, the Group generated €466 million in revenue in 2017. Around two thirds of machines and solutions that are sold are exported. Key customer sectors are the automotive, mechanical engineering, medicine and precision engineering, and aerospace industries. The CHIRON Group is proprietor of the three brands CHIRON, STAMA and SCHERER, associated with new machines, as well as the retrofit brand CMS. The key feature of all the brands is precise, productive and flexible machining. CHIRON has a reputation for optimum dynamics. STAMA focuses on stability. SCHERER is based on multi-functional vertical turning machining. CMS provides completely overhauled machines from the Group, including related services. www.chiron.de Global MDA Journal