Kennametal Partners With Titans Of CNC To Launch Aerospace Academy

Online education program leverages Kennametal tooling, available at special pricing, to teach machining for complex aerospace applications

PITTSBURGH, September 10, 2020 —Kennametal Inc. (NYSE: KMT) announced today its partnership with TITANS of CNC on its Aerospace Academy, an online education platform designed to teach programmers and machinists next-generation aerospace machining and manufacturing.

Powered by Kennametal’s high-performance tooling solutions, the www.kennametal.com/titanpromo. To further support manufacturing workforce development, Kennametal will donate one dollar for each end mill sold through the promotion to Workshops for Warriors^®, a nonprofit organization that trains and certifies veterans and transitioning service members for careers in advanced manufacturing.

“From our King of Roughing, the KOR 5, to our award-winning HARVI I TE, Kennametal’s aerospace solutions are all about helping our customers cut faster, longer and more efficiently,” said Ron Port, Vice President and Chief Commercial Officer, Metal Cutting, Kennametal. “Through this special promotion and our partnership with TITANS of CNC on the Aerospace Academy, we’re making it easy for a broader range of customers than ever before to access the sophisticated tooling and training needed to position themselves to win in aerospace manufacturing over the long term.”

"We are proud to partner with Kennametal to create this revolutionary Aerospace Academy, teaching and demonstrating complex aerospace manufacturing techniques in an easy-to-use, online format,” said Titan Gilroy, CEO, TITANS of CNC, Inc. “We’ve relied on and trusted Kennametal tooling for the most challenging aerospace applications with tremendous success. Through this new Aerospace Academy, we are teaching students as well as professionals the skills they need to be successful in the aerospace industry.”

The Aerospace Academy includes modules on CAD/CAM/CNC machining, automation and business management processes and quoting. It offers a tailored, self-paced learning experience with aerospace projects that take the user from the design concept of an aerospace part through final machining and inspection—with each part of the process documented to ensure successful completion. An included Knowledge Base provides recommendations for feeds and speeds, tooling and approaches needed for success in multiple aerospace applications. The Aerospace Academy is the latest in the TITANS of CNC education series, all powered by Kennametal tooling.


About Kennametal
With over 80 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Every day approximately 9,000 employees are helping customers in more than 60 countries stay competitive. Kennametal generated nearly $1.9 billion in revenues in fiscal 2020. Learn more at www.kennametal.com. Follow @Kennametal: Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

About TITANS of CNC
TITANS of CNC, Inc. has developed "TITANS of CNC: Academy" and "TITANS of CNC Aerospace Academy" and is the world’s leader in FREE manufacturing education, teaching the latest breakthroughs in CAD, CAM, CNC, and Metrology. Their online video-based curriculum is open to anyone regardless of age, technical savvy, or prior schooling. By focusing on the fundamentals of advanced manufacturing, students learn via the power of repetition, through a model that flips traditional manufacturing on its head and gets students hands-on with part design FIRST. As each part increases in difficulty new methods are added so the foundation continues to build on itself. TITANS of CNC's latest platform, the Aerospace Academy (www.aerospaceacademy.com) is taking their education platform to the highest levels of manufacturing previously only accessible behind the closed doors of the world’s top aerospace companies.

About Workshops for Warriors
The mission of Workshops for Warriors is to provide quality hands-on training, STEM educational
programs and opportunities to earn third-party nationally recognized credentials to enable veterans, transitioning service members and other students to be successfully trained and placed in their chosen advanced manufacturing career field. To learn about enrollment or donating, visit: wfw.orgr

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