Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 62 Issue 4
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An International JournalTable of contents
AMPEP Third‐Generation Self‐Lubricating Plain Bearings
M.B. HarrisonIN order to meet aircraft constructor requirements for higher performance/ longer life airframe and flying control bearings, AMPEP has developed and established their new ‘XL’…
British Aerospace Cut Cost of Producing Airbus Wing Skins
BY linking machine tools on the shop floor directly with a cell computer, British Aerospace at Chester is saving over £100,000 every year in the cost of producing wing skins for…
The Hyde Group in Aerospace
DURING 1990 the Hyde Group of Companies will be making a substantial investment in enlarging resources and capabilities that will add factory and office space as well as acquiring…
3D Surface Measurement by Co‐ordinate Measuring Machine
David A. MA Wright, CEng, MIMechEANY Co‐ordinate Measuring Machine (CMM) can probe points on a 3D surface, but not all can probe the relevant points and output useful data. Therefore consider first the objectives…
Water‐Jet: The Cutting Answer to Aerospace Machining Requirements
L PullmaxAS ever‐more sophisticated plastics and composite materials have been developed for the aircraft and aerospace industries, so the need has grown apace for equally sophisticated…
Traffic Alert and Collision Avoidance System
Terry Ford CEng MRAeSHIGHLY topical in its subject and affording a venue for the exchange of information and experience on both sides of the Atlantic, the Royal Aeronautical Society conference on the…
Accurate High Speed Contouring — the Dream to the Reality — Part 3
Jeremy GoughIn Part 1 the problems of achieving the many potential benefits of high speed machining of aluminium alloy were discussed. The greatly increased cutting feedrates, for example…
Classical Shock Option for Schlumberger 1215 Vibration Control System
FOLLOWING the successful launch of Schlumberger Instruments multi‐band‐width SI1215 Vibration Control System, the first in a series of control systems options, the 12155 …
High Speed Envair Project for the RAF
ENVAIR has constructed, equipped and commissioned a £½‐million clean room at RAF Sealand, on Deeside, Clwyd, in only 12 weeks from receipt of order. The room and its equipment are…
British Aerospace is First With ESAB TIG Welding Robot for Titanium
ESAB Automation's first UK application of robotic TIG welding for titanium is now established at British Aerospace (Commercial Aircraft) Ltd, at Filton. Since February 1989, a…
Kearns‐Richards (1990) Takes off With £1.5m Orders
The new company Kearns‐Richards (1990) Ltd, now part of the FMT Group, has received orders for four machines in the first month of business.
Abrasive Systems A High Flyer in Aerospace Industry
SURFACE treatment specialists Abrasive Developments reports that more and more companies in the aerospace industry are turning to its dry and wet blasting processes.
Stansted Jet Hangar First to use Macphersons' New Heavy Duty Floor Coating
THE first major application of Macpherson Paints' new Temaflor range of heavy duty floor coatings has been completed in a large maintenance hangar at Stansted Airport.
Safety Topics
MaydayA particular problem which has caused a number of accidents and incidents over a long period to Piper PA 28 series aircraft was the cause of an accident last year when one of…
Equipment
Du Pont Imaging Systems Department of Stevenage announces the UK availability of CalData's Multisonic/PC flaw detection system, and data acquisition and colour imaging package…
Contracts
Vacuum forming specialists, AGVF, Bristol, have secured another international order for the design and supply of aircraft interior, sidewall, and dado panelling for the fleet of…
News and Views
Leading aerospace equipment manufacturer Dowty Rotol has received orders from British Aerospace for a further batch of A320 main landing gears which will result in further…
People
Ronald L. Wood has been named general manager of Howmet Corporation's Wichita Falls (Texas) Casting Division. In this position, he succeeds Thomas A. Natale, who recently was…
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