"Having the large-capacity DCX allows us the opportunity to pitch for a lot of new business up to 3.2 meters by 2.1 meters that we could not have previously undertaken." -Steve Holmes, Director, TGM, Preston, Lancashire, United Kingdom TGM, an aerospace subcontractor in Preston, England, doubled its Y- axis capacity on the shop oor when the company invested in the Hurco DCX32 machining center with a work envelope of 3.2 meters (126 inches) by 2.1 meters (82.7 inches) by 920 millimeters (36.2 inches). With the DCX32, TGM can machine larger airframe components or xture multiple parts for more ecient production. Nearly half of the components that TGM machines are made from titanium, including wing and fuselage parts, such as longerons for BAE Systems’ Euroghter Typhoon. The remainder o

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