Gas Turbine Housing

Create backspotfacings with maximum reliability.

BSF: Back spotfacing at the bottom of the hole in the section

Customer application

This turbine manufacturer was looking for a cost-efficient, yet reliable, solution for the application of back spotfacings without the need to turn the turbine housing in the machine.

Workpiece	Aviation component
Material	M-152
Parts per year	150 parts (9`600 bores)

The BSF Tool for back facing and back countersinking in bores

Solution

HEULE introduced the BSF back spotfacing tool which allowed the machining of large counter bores in one operation with a very high reliability and quality. Turning and re-clamping of the housing was eliminated.

Customer benefit

Complete finishing of the part on the machine
Machining from one side without the need to re-align & re-clamp the part
Higher process reliability
Estimated cost saving over USD 22’500 / year

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