The most successful shops take a strategic approach to diversification. This includes growth planning that encompasses consideration of current trends within various market segments and the correlated ...

Blisks — or integrally bladed rotors —are produced in very hard materials (titanium, heat-resistant superalloys) and consist of complex geometries that require high-efficiency, high-precision ...

Mears machines jet-engine blisks with Mastercam software. When Mears Machine Corp. in Avon, Ind., started manufacturing jet-engine blisks, the parts each took about a week to cut. Now, the shop ...