CAD/CAM systems fulfil quality and reliability

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A wide range of technologies are offered

Once the development stage comes to an end and the component’s design has been agreed on with the order placed, ATP implements the production process. The company orders the raw materials that are required and determines how the entire production process should be divided into internal and external supply chains. The wide range of technologies available to ATP is helpful here. It includes CNC turning and milling, combined machining technologies, broaching, balancing, plasma jets, etching, cleaning, as well as labelling, high-precision measuring and the ability to detect cracks.

The engine supplier regularly invests in new machine technologies to guarantee a highly efficient production process. These are primarily used for manufacturing new products or when there is a demand for achieving significant gains in productivity. The reason for this is that once the customer gives their approval, the whole production process as well as the machines and tools to be used are “frozen”. Making any improvements would require another costly inspection and approval procedure, which in turn would take a long time and cost a lot of money. The inspection and approval procedures are a matter of course in the eyes of Bayraktar: “There is no other industry where the safety of the components is as important as it is in aviation, so it is perfectly clear that our customers require a process that is 100% transparent and why we as a company guarantee this.”

ATP has maintained a positive sales trend for many years, which indicates a high level of customer satisfaction. The company consistently receives positive feedback from its customers, especially regarding expertise, quality and reliability. Bayraktar says that the one disadvantage ATP has is the higher costs it needs to pay as a result of the company location. “The wages are significantly higher here than they are in the Far East. But the creative ideas that our employees and partner companies come up with and the expertise that they have more than make up for this and allow us to stay competitive.”

Optimised CAM programming increases manufacturing productivity

Bayraktar cites the many improvements made to CAM programming as an example. These improvements were the result of the successful collaboration between ATP programmers and the experts at Open Mind Technologies, Germany. The company first began to use hyper-CAD and hyper-Mill about ten years ago and has expanded its use of the solutions since then. It now uses the solutions for virtually all programming work for milling machines and will also gradually use them to carry out mill-turning and turning processes. What seems to be especially helpful is the compatibility between hyper-Mill and the software used for managing tools and planning company procedures.

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