Vacu‐Blast ‘High‐Tech Hammer’ Shapes Ariane Body Panels

Abstract

THE Belgian aerospace company, SABCA, which manufactures a number of components under licence for Aerospatiale's ‘Ariane’ programme, is using a special peen‐forming technique for the accurate shaping of the external housings of the liquid fuel boosters (P.A.L.) fitted to Ariane IV.

Citation

(1989), "Vacu‐Blast ‘High‐Tech Hammer’ Shapes Ariane Body Panels", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 61 No. 1, pp. 22-22. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb036739