TITAL manufactures stiffening elements for Airbus A350XWB
19.04.2012
The titanium and aluminum investment casting specialist TITAL has supplied titanium components for the Keel Beam for the Airbus A350XWB. The Keel Beam is a large structural component located on the bottom side of the aircraft fuselage directly behind the landing gear compartment. This area of the aircraft has a particularly sturdy design and has to bear massive mechanical stress. The stiffening elements made from titanium castings were among the first titanium parts that TITAL has produced for Airbus’ new long-haul aircraft. [more...]
AELS starts aircraft disassembly at Business Park Aviolanda
12.12.2011
AELS (Aircraft End-of-Life Solutions (www.aels.nl)) has started the disassembly and dismantling of a Boeing 737-500 at Aviolanda. It’s the first aircraft that is being recycled by AELS at Woensdrecht Airport, Business Park Aviolanda (www.businessparkaviolanda.nl ). AELS and Aviolanda have signed a long term agreement to provide this new service at Woensdrecht airport as part of the “one-stop-shop” principle. AELS will work in cooperation with Fokker Services (www.fokkerservices.nl), Aviolanda Business Park and Rewin (www.rewin.nl) to develop this service further. [more...]
Boeing opens Interiors Fabrication Facility in South Carolina
08.12.2011
Boeing [NYSE: BA] celebrated the opening of its new Interiors Fabrication facility in North Charleston last week. The Interiors Responsibility Center South Carolina team will manufacture 787 interior parts including stowbins, closets, partitions, class dividers, floor-mounted stowbins used by flight attendants, overhead rests for flight-crews and flight attendants, video control stations and attendant modules for Boeing South Carolina. [more...]
AIRBUS Qualification of AkzoNobel base coat/clear coat system
01.12.2011
The Aerobase base coat and Aviox® clear coat UVR system of AkzoNobel Aerospace Coatings has been qualified successfully at Airbus, according to specification AIMS 04.04.033 and AIMS 04.04.037. In addition to the standard AIMS 04.04.033 base coat/clear coat system specification, AIMS 04.04.037 includes a selectively removable system (SRS). [more...]
Laser projection boosts production of composites
14.09.2011
When positioning and laying out large, flat materials during the production of composites, many companies still work with templates or measure manually. Both are enormously tedious and susceptible to mistakes. Laser projectors replace the time-consuming process by projection even complex contours with millimetre precision. [more...]
No more costly test sessions
14.09.2011
To design a complex hydraulic system like its integrated SLK (Steering-Landing-Kneeling) system, the team at Messier-Bugatti counted on the LMS Imagine.Lab Ground Loads solution to develop system models that met Airbus’ strict technical requirements. [more...]
Don’t be afraid of new materials
14.09.2011
Two issues are currently causing a stir in the aircraft building world: lightweight construction and energy efficiency. In an exclusive survey, well-known aviation industry suppliers revealed to aerotec what they have to offer their demanding customers in terms of aluminum, titanium, CFRP and kilowatt-hours. [more...]
Thermoplastic panels help aircraft construction “slim down”
30.06.2011
Climate protection goals and ever-rising fuel costs are forcing the aviation industry to develop and build more efficient aircraft. Alongside the optimization of engines and aerodynamics, the use of thermoplastic fiber-reinforced composites (FRC) is also showing high potential. The main problems arising to date are low automation levels, long process times and high costs. But developments are ongoing. [more...]
“We work with complete machining”
30.06.2011
If you are producing around 1.7 million aircraft parts with 23,000 different drawing numbers every year, high flexibility is essential. aerotec magazine spoke to Matthias Lange, Head of Technology and Stefan Mangels, Head of Investment and Plant Planning at the aircraft structure manufacturer Premium AEROTEC (PAG) in Varel. [more...]
Pushing the boundaries of technology
30.06.2011
“Suppliers to the aviation industry need to join forces and form alliances.” When the machining industry finally put this often raised demand for a strategic orientation into action, the result was the Machining Innovations Network (MIN). Its task is to initiate joint development projects and improve the competitive edge of its members through additional services. aerotec editor Christian Klein asked Uwe Fresenborg, President of MIN, how far the cooperation between
competing companies can actually go. [more...]
