On track for production solutions In a Q&A session, Martin Bailey, JETCAM International’s general manager explains how companies can reduce reliance on paper, maintain social distancing on the shopfloor and achieve greater accuracy when entering…
Landing safely As aircraft get larger, the landing gear required to get them back safely on the ground grows with them. In a Q&A session, Poeton Industries outlines how it overcomes the…
It’s a material whirl! Aerospace Manufacturing hears how pulse plasma nitriding can improve aerospace surface treatment, wear resistance, fatigue and material performance. When aerospace manufacturers seek to improve the reliability and durability of…
Final approach: Focusing on the big picture Fluency Marketing’s managing director, Gemma Smith takes a peek over the years, looking at the way we market our products and services and maintain much-needed customer contact. When I look…
Coating with experience In a Q&A session, Oerlikon Balzers’ global market segment manager – aerospace, Toby Middlemiss assesses the trends and demands on his company in working within the challenging and ever-evolving aviation…
Knowledge is power Valuechain’s group CEO, Tom Dawes discusses the company’s smart manufacturing software and how it helps companies to improve productivity, streamline collaboration and generate market intelligence. The most important thing is…
Complete machining solutions In a Q&A session, Aerospace Manufacturing hears from Linz-based machining specialist, WFL Millturn Technologies and its compelling insight into the topic of ‘done in one’ machining. WFL has developed its…
Getting into gear with coatings Whether you are promoting the coating or innovating with plating, advanced surface coating company, Hardide Coatings’ vice-president of global aerospace, Stewart Gibson has all the answers. Aerospace Manufacturing reports. Hardide…
Editor's comment: We’ll meet again? It has come to a pretty pass when two major UK trade exhibitions - Advanced Engineering and the MACH show, both held at the NEC Birmingham - are postponed within…
Adept at adaptation There may be challenges ahead for the industry, but UK-based AS9100 Rev D accredited precision engineering specialists, Bright Engineering says it is holding its nerve. Being situated at the heart…
Lightning quick machining Aerospace Manufacturing hears how Starrag’s quality and precision components are helping to take the F-35 military aircraft to incredible heights. Stealth and supersonic. These are two attributes of the most…
There's a tech storm on the horizon Ian Parker talks to BAE Systems’ director of technology programmes in the air sector, Professor Andy Schofield about the Factory of the Future and its application to Tempest. For…
Hit the reset button In a virtual roundtable Q&A session, Aerospace Manufacturing’s Mike Richardson hears the views of four leading UK companies as they discuss the effects of the ongoing Covid-19 pandemic on the…
Metal AM for high temperature applications The results of the work between Alloyed and Honeywell show that Alloyed’s new high temperature alloy ABD900AM demonstrates great potential for high temperature applications. Alloyed’s process technology team, Will Dick-Cleland…
Productivity through process control and QA Simon Gibbs, technical sales executive at adhesives specialist, Intertronics, discusses how manufacturers can improve productivity throughout the quality assurance process. In a successful adhesives process, the adhesive hardens into…
Arming against the asteroids In this Q&A session Professor Francesco Topputo from the Politecnico di Milano, discusses the Italian university’s department of aerospace science and technology involvement, in developing a CubeSat for the European…
Keeping aerospace flying with low cost Industry 4.0 In this article Nick McGrane, managing director at production control software specialist K3 SYSPRO discusses how integrating ERP systems with Industry 4.0 can strengthen the hard-hit aerospace industry. The aerospace…
All change for heat exchange production In this article Will Hasting, director of power turbine and aviation solutions at metal additive manufacturing specialist VELO3D, discusses the advantages of using additive manufacturing processes for heat exchangers widely…
Peace of mind machining Niles-Simmons ‘closed-door-machining’ concept offers the complete manufacturing of complex components without operator intervention. Aerospace Manufacturing hears how the company’s novel approach has successfully established itself in the market. Niles-Simmons has…
Respond, recover and thrive Simon Weston, managing director of Aero Service Global Group, explores how the aerospace sector can thrive in the ‘new normal’. There has never been a year like the one we’re…
Design optioneering Guy Johns, from the Centre of Modelling and Simulation (CFMS) explains how market forces are driving the adoption of new design processes, and their possible impacts on manufacturing. Today’s environmental…
Bringing out the best in testing In a Q&A session, Ian McEnteggart, Instron’s composites marketing manager, tells Aerospace Manufacturing about the trends and demands associated with the current testing methods for composite materials. Instron supplies a…
Reaping the optical measurement advantage Running three optical measure solutions to guarantee on-time delivery of accurate components to its customers, Benham Precision explains how it quickly captures data on a single Vicivision machine. A leading…
First impressions last With dramatic cycle time reductions when turn-milling tough aerospace materials, Martin Aerospace found a Traub sliding-head lathe demonstration so compelling that it ordered the machine on the same day. Aerospace…
