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News Release from: Tinius Olsen | Subject: Hounsfield H50K-T 50kN hardness/impact tester
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 10 July 2002
Aerospace supplier upgrades impact
tester
A company that heat treats and tests components for suppliers in the aircraft industry has chosen a new test machine and software to replace its existing 10 year-old installation.
A Surrey-based company that heat treats and tests components for suppliers in the aircraft industry has chosen a Hounsfield test machine and software to replace its existing 10 year-old Hounsfield machine The older machine is not being pensioned off however, but is destined for further service with a sister company in the North East of England
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 21 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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Expert Heat Treatment or EHT, is a sister company of Hoyt Darchem the specialist white metal bearing manufacturer.
EHT's core business is to heat treat aircraft components to precise tensile, hardness and/or impact strengths and return them to customers accompanied by a test result certificate.
Components can form part of anything from landing gear to engines.
In addition to ISO 9000 status EHT has to meet customer approvals from companies such as Boeing, British Aerospace, Rolls Royce and Westlands, so it is vital to have precision and reliability both in its treatment and testing facilities.
The company has used a Hounsfield H50K-M 50kN machine for the past 10 years and has chosen to replace it with a Hounsfield H50K-T 50kN machine, complete with Hounsfield's brand new specialist software for the metals industry, Test Navigator. Request a free brochure from Tinius Olsen ...
EHT's technical manager David Rowe said, "We chose Hounsfield because we have had 10 years of good service from the existing machine and the company has always been very accessible for technical support." To ensure value-for-money EHT had asked other manufacturers to quote for supplying a new machine, yet found Hounsfield were also very competitive on price.".
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