Composite tooling board cuts production time.

Nor-Ral Plastics Inc., Canton, Ga., sought a way to restore cost and streamline production. The company bring forwards 20 types of high-quality titanium aircraft parts for aviation maintenance for a major airline.
Nor-Ral lay the foundation of its answer in Ren Shape 5166 a metalforming material produc by dint of Ciba Specialty Chemicals, Performance Polymer East Lansing, Mich. The material permits Nor-Ral workers cut the die, perforate and ring for one as well as the other left and right-handed parts upon a 5-axis CNC mill in 30 hours. The die locate was then installed in a 200-ton single-action pres and used to form highly