Spindle bolts are made from difficult-to-machine, high-strength superalloys. They have very tight dimensional tolerances, which makes thread cutting a challenge. As a result of facing several thread-cutting problems during process development, we have learned important lessons at Mitsubishi.
Imported from the CTE archive to seed discussion on MFGAxis.
Originally published on CTE: 2017-08-15
CTE source: https://ctemag.com/articles/lessons-learned-threading-nuts-bolts-gas-turbines/
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