by James Wright | Oct 2, 2026 | Aerospace Machining, CNC Machining, Manufacturing Technology
Heat treatment changes dimensions. Not by a lot — but enough to push a tight-tolerance feature out of spec if nobody planned for it. The part goes into the oven at ±0.0005” and comes out at ±0.002” because it grew, shrank, warped, or all three. The heat treater met...
by James Wright | Sep 25, 2026 | Aerospace Machining, CNC Machining, Manufacturing Technology
When you remove material from a billet, the stress that was locked in the raw stock redistributes. On a simple commercial bracket, nobody notices. On a thin-wall aerospace housing machined from a forging, the part can bow, twist, or spring open the moment it comes off...
