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News Release from: Brookhouse Aerospace | Subject: Aerospace fabrication, machining and assembly
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 August 2004
Aerospace build and assembly work
increases
Brookhouse Aerospace has significantly stepped up its throughput of build and assembly work it is building for the T45 Goshawk to 14 aircraft sets per year.
Brookhouse Aerospace of Hyde, has significantly stepped up its throughput of components it is building for the T45 Goshawk to 14 aircraft sets per year The T45 Goshawk is manufactured by BAE Systems and supplied to the US Navy, via Boeing, for aircraft carrier pilot training
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 12 May 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Brookhouse has been carrying out build and assembly work for the T45 for some seven years as part of the re-engineering programme to allow the aircraft to withstand the rigours of service at sea.
Apart from being able to function effectively in the corrosive salty environment, the aircraft must also be extremely robust to withstand the repetitive shocks of carrier landings by student pilots.
Brookhouse involvement with the re-engineering programme has included assembly of the engine diaphragm, which is an interchangeable component used to secure the engine to the fuselage, and assembly of the upper diaphragm, which is riveted to the fuselage and provides a sub-structure for fixing the aircraft fin.
All aspects of the T45 project, from tooling design to assembly, have been carried out in-house within Brookhouse.
Information of the finished components was supplied in Catia form and this data was then used to design and manufacture the tooling necessary to produce both the sheet metal and solid components.
The sheet metal components were produced either on Brookhouse's 25MN rubber press or by means of purpose-designed forming tools and the solid components were produced in-house on precision CNC machine tools.
Brookhouse Aerospace is a company within Brookhouse Holdings, a group of companies which together provide the expertise, facilities and resources in design and manufacture to meet the extremely high demands of today's aerospace sector.
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