Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 59 Issue 10
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Satellites for Aeronautical Services
Terry Ford CEng MRAeSAIRCRAFT Communications, Navigation and Surveillance making use of satellite systems will be coming into widespread use during the next few years. The International Maritime…
Space and the Aircraft Engineer
Keith HammondEARTH is in space and it is no more extraordinary for man to use space to look down on Earth, as for centuries he has used Earth to scan the stars. Contrary to popular belief, man…
Complete Machining of Aerospace Components in One Set‐up
HIGH precision aerospace components are being machined up to 53 percent faster compared with conventional methods at Paterex Ltd's Orpington factory since the company installed a…
CAD/CAM Increasingly Effective in the Civil Aircraft Sector
AIRCRAFT design methods have changed drastically during the past few years. Not so long ago components were designed by use of pencils, curve templates and drawing boards; but…
BAe 146 Parts Produced up to 12 Times Faster
SMALL aluminium alloy parts for the Bae 146 passenger aircraft are now being produced on two new Bridgeport machining centres at the Filton works of British Aerospace near…
Sandvik Tools Cut Composite Machining Time at Westland Helicopters
THE time taken to drill critical holes in resin impregnated carbon and glass fibre composite materials at Westland Helicopters has been reduced from hours to minutes using long…
Even Bigger and Better Ultrasonic Profiling Machines: American aircraft company aims to achieve 20% saving in materials
THE June, 1986, issue of “Aircraft Engineering” contained a comprehensive description of a custombuilt ultrasonic knife cutting machine which Design Technologies Ltd of…
Success in Singapore for CNC Machining Centre From Kearns‐Richards
A sophisticated CNC machining centre supplied by Kearns‐Richards to a major manufacturer in Singapore has increased productivity substantially, while drastically reducing…
Up to Six Operations Down to One Give Fast Payback
BY transferring production of a range of highly precise and intricate precision components to three Traub TNS 30/‐42D CNC mill turning bar cells, the Precision Products Group…
Fassler Gear Honing Machines
THE Fassler gear honing process is applicable to internal as well as external gears, both spur and helical, including cluster gears, in a very wide range of sizes.
Computer Integrated Manufacture of Aircraft Components
APPROXIMATELY 1300 high‐precision, small‐ and medium‐sized aircraft components in aluminium and steel are being produced by Messerschmitt‐Bölkow‐Blohm at its Nabern plant in West…
Complete Machining in One Set‐Up
MACHINING on up to five faces of a workpiece in one set‐up fully automatically is provided with the new Maho MH 700S machining centre, now available from Maho Machine Tool Ltd…
Production of Rib 5 — A Complicated Airbus Component
THE high cost of producing modern aircraft is underlined by the installation at British Aerospace, Hatfield, of two computer‐controlled machines, costing £2 million, for producing…
High Speed AJV Range of Machining Centres Ideal for Aerospace Industry
A new series of double column vertical machining centres, the AJV range, have been launched by Yamazaki Mazak. The new units with high speed features and exceptional accuracy are…
Hertel — Meeting the Needs of the Aerospace Industry
Jeff TurnerSOLVING complex design problems used to take weeks, even months. Now Karl Hertel can produce a costed set of answers within hours.
CAD/CAM System Installed at Presto
PRESTO Tools, the UK's largest independent manufacturer of engineer's cutting tools, has a total commitment to technological advancement in the design and production of its…
Equipment, Materials and Services
Twyford Moors Aerospace have designed an advanced Helicopter Rotor Damper Test Rig, the first of which has been delivered to the Ministry of Defence for the Royal Navy Aircraft…
Contracts
A $20 million follow‐on contract for the completion of a further 100 Saab 340 commuter airliners has been won by Metair Aircraft Equipment Ltd, the sister company of Field…
News and Views
Hunting Composites, the Havant, Hampshire‐based reinforced plastics and composite engineers, recently completed the construction of a full‐size facsimile of the latest British…
People
Cranfield Institute of Technology has strengthened its senior management by appointing Professor Philip Norman to head up the Cranfield campus. Cranfield's recent growth has been…
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- Prof Phil Webb