A stake in the future of UK aerospace A conference on the future the UK aerospace industry is being held in central London on Wednesday 3rd July. The event, staged by the Westminster Business Forum, will be an…
5-axis machine powers aero engine component production Silcoms, a niche UK supplier to the aerospace industry of nickel alloy, titanium, stainless steel and aluminium aero engine ring components and assemblies including seals, shrouds, segments and casings, was…
Web Industries purchases Seattle-area land for composites processing plant Prompted by increasing demand for precision formatted composite materials for the Boeing 777X and by the aerospace industry’s growth in the Pacific Northwest, Web Industries has signed a letter of…
Compact machining centre offers higher productivity and accuracy A new machining centre has been introduced by DMG Mori that, despite having travels of 700mm, 420mm and 380mm in the X, Y and Z axes respectively, has a footprint…
A combined success for grinding innovation More than 1,500 international visitors experienced new technologies from precision machining and current trends in the manufacturing industry at the Grinding Symposium held by the United Grinding Group in Thun,…
Physical Digital achieves Nadcap accreditation for 3DSL scanning service Physical Digital is the first company in the world to to be awarded a Nadcap accreditation for measurement and inspection using 3D Structured Light (3DSL). Nadcap has recognised Physical Digital…
RAR adds McGill speciality bearings to its range A. Rodriguez (RAR) has added McGill specialisty bearings from Regal to its extensive range. RAR has been a respected supplier of aerospace engineering components for more than 50 years. Its…
Boom Supersonic and Dassault Systèmes form fastest airliner partnership Dassault Systèmes has announced that Boom Supersonic is deploying the 3DEXPERIENCE platform to accelerate the design and development of Overture, its Mach-2.2 commercial airliner, with an aim to make supersonic…
Airbus opens up new routes for A220 with extended range Airbus has announced that the A220 single-aisle aircraft will offer increased range starting in 2020, opening up new routes between continents. The added range could tap into new routes that…
Connect 2 Cleanrooms and Elis Cleanroom announce partnership Connect 2 Cleanrooms (C2C) and Elis Cleanroom have signed a partnership agreement on 18th May to further strengthen the contamination control solution packages offered to their customers. C2C will now…
Rotary Precision Instruments has best year ever Control 2019 Rotary Precision Instruments (RPI UK), a specialist in precision positioning devices for high accuracy rotary and angular inspection systems, has had the best year yet at the quality Control show…
Mitsubishi appoints new national sales manager MMC Hardmetal, the UK sales company of Mitsubishi Materials tools has recently appointed a new UK sales manager from within the company. Alex Saboulis was previously the organisations northern region…
BAE Systems marks 500th delivery for F-35 programme The US Ambassador to the UK has visited BAE Systems’ advanced manufacturing hub to mark a major delivery milestone for the F-35 fighter jet programme. Robert “Woody” Johnson toured the…
Kaman UK invest £1m in new chemical treatment line Kaman UK says it has invested over £1 million in a new chemical treatment line which will deliver surface treatment techniques to the aerospace industry. On Tuesday 21 May 2019,…
Solvay and Safran sign long term supply agreement Solvay has signed a long term agreement with Safran for the supply of high temperature composites and adhesives. Safran will use these advanced materials on several of its critical engine…
It’s all in the fine print Protolabs’ Christoph Erhardt explores why 3D printing has many of the answers to aerospace’s current manufacturing challenges. Validation and trust, two critical components that every supplier into the aerospace sector…
Riding the CAD/CAM wave An engineering subcontractor moves all its CAM programming across to EDGECAM after Seco Tooling provides them with support solutions to specific issues on complex components. Aerospace Manufacturing reports. I &…
When innovation meets rationalisation Global aircraft component supplier, Elasto Proxy’s sales manager, Roberto Naccarato explains why aerospace manufacturers now need fewer component suppliers. Aerospace manufacturers are facing increasing pressure to extract greater value from…
How best to bust the dust Paul Riddick, co-founder and technical director at fume and dust extraction specialists, Vodex looks at how best to remove dust to protect workers and aircraft. Statistics released by the International…
