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Aircraft Component

Automated drilling and chamfering in a single operation.
VEX combination tool drills and grips the front and back of a bore in one pass

Customer application

The customer previously had to drill and chamfer the bores in three steps. He was looking for a solution to produce bores in one operation without a tool-change to minimize machine-time and eliminate manual deburring.

WorkpieceAircraft workpiece
MaterialThin Aluminium Profile
HEULE VEX combination tool for drilling with front and back chamfer in one pass

Solution

The solution from HEULE is a VEX-S tool which is designed for combined drilling and deburring in one operation.

Customer Benefit

  • Significant time savings by combining three process steps in a single pass
  • One tool-change eliminated
  • Manual deburring eliminated
  • Higher process reliability
  • Process time decreased by 50%
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