‘Aerospace Sector’

A Manufacturingtalk guide

Start with the news release Barden manufactures cylindrical roller bearings from Barden Corporation, which we summarised at the time by saying "The Barden Corporation has announced it is able to manufacture a range of cylindrical roller bearings up to 150mm outside diameter.". Several months prior to that, we featured the news release Clitheroe plans further FMS extension from Clitheroe Light Engineering: "Clitheroe Light Engineering, a Lancashire-based contract machinist, is planning to further extend its flexible manufacturing system (FMS) to increase capacity for general engineering contracts.".
 
In July 2009, we covered the news from ITC Tooling - take a look at ITC aluminium milling cutter quickly clears swarf which says: "ITC Tooling has extended the 3041 Cyber Series of three-fluted end mills to incorporate a radius on all diameter sizes. ".
 
Take a look also at the news release from GE Sensing and Inspection Technologies, GE expands digital radiography conversion options, as well as Wheelabrator achieves AS/EN9100 endorsement from Wheelabrator Group, and DP to display Esprit CAM software at DMTS 2009 from DP Technology.
 

Latest stories...
Business as usual at 2009 Subcon event (June 2009)

Organisers at Subcon have announced that visitor numbers were up 30 per cent at the 2009 event, held at the NEC in Birmingham on 9-11 June 2009.

NUM CNC platform controls Oxyser twin-head machine (June 2009)

Oxyser has increased the throughput of its oxy-acetylene steel cutting machinery and has automated the process by developing a twin-head machine controlled by NUM's Axium CNC platform.

Combined bending machines improve GKN operations (June 2009)

GKN Aerospace has improved the efficiency and speed of tube-bending operations at its wing component facility in Filton, UK, despite using demanding tubing materials and fabricating complex shapes.

ADS relies on PSL Datatrack software (June 2009)

Applied Drilling Systems (ADS) of Clevedon, a precision engineering company manufacturing multi-spindle drilling heads, is now using PSL Datatrack production and business administration software.

The Tooling Trust awards training grant to Waveney (June 2009)

Waveney Precision, a Suffolk-based CNC EDM wire erosion and CNC die sinking specialist, has used a training grant from The Tooling Trust to develop its in-house skills and enhance its services.

Laser scanner doubles data acquisition rate (June 2009)

Hexagon Metrology has announced the Leica T-Scan TS50-A hand-held laser scanner, which interfaces with the Leica Absolute Tracker.

Rodmatic develops automated production line (June 2009)

Rodmatic Multico has completed the first-stage investment to produce 20,000 mechanical components a week for assembly in energy efficiency monitoring equipment.

ES Technology exhibits at Subcon 2009 (June 2009)

ES Technology, a subcontract laser marking specialist, was a key exhibitor at the recent Subcon exhibition at the NEC in Birmingham.

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Further reading
  • Tight-tolerance cutting for aerospace sector

    Tight-tolerance cutting for the aerospace industry and beyond is provided by two Jet Edge High Rail Gantry waterjet systems, for Pegasus Northwest, a Boeing-certified abrasive waterjet cutting firm,
  • Composite materials testing for aerospace sector

    Brookhouse says it can better carry out comprehensive testing of both incoming raw material and manufactured composite components with the installation of two additional mechanical test rigs.
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