Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 60 Issue 3
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An International JournalTable of contents
High Technology in Service
Terry Ford CEng MRAeSIN March Air France becomes the first airline to take delivery of an Airbus A320. Two more will follow in April and a fourth in September with all of the 25 ordered gradually…
RAF Finds Civil Overhaul More Cost Effective
G.R. Wrixon AMRAeSIT is no idle claim that, outside of airframe and engines, the biggest supplier of equipment for the Tornado is Westland Technology of Yeovil, Somerset. The Normalair‐Garrett…
Hermes Spaceplane in MBB Wind Tunnel: Aerodynamics Engineers Determine Optimum Configuration for Safe Gliding After Re‐Entry into Atmosphere
FIRST flow measurements are being carried out on a model of the European spaceplane Hermes in the MBB Transport Aircraft Group's Bremen wind tunnel. As part of the Hermes…
Improved Accuracy and Productivity With 6‐Axis EDM
HIGH precision electrical discharge machines designed and manufactured by Amchem Company Ltd., are said to be giving improved accuracy and increased productivity in the…
Bosch LS 7200 DNC System
ON show for the first time at MACH 88 from the Industrial Automation Division of Robert Bosch Ltd., is their flexible Direct Numerical Control (DNC) system for machine tools.
Milling and EDM into the Next Century
THE theme of Bridgeport's stand at MACH 88 is satisfying the milling and electric discharge machining needs of industry up to the year 2000 and beyond. No fewer than twelve new or…
Warner & Swasey's High Speed Precision Lathe Does RHP Bearings A Good Turn
A 50 per cent improvement in machining cycle times is reported by RHP Aerospace as a result of installing the first of a new generation of Warner & Swasey precision CNC turning…
A Modular System for Milling and Boring Machines With Different Degrees of Automation
H.P. BrommerTODAY'S situation in the machine tool market combined with the ever changing variety of complex components to be machined, places high demands of flexibility on modern machine…
Knee Mill from Hurco
TWO new three axis vertical milling machines, the KM‐3 and KM‐3P, have recently been introduced by Hurco Europe Ltd. Designed as entry level systems to the company's K series…
Grinding Machines Increase Aircraft Engine Efficiency
TWO new sizes of computer‐controlled blade tip grinding machine, developed to allow manufacture of turbine rotors to improved tolerances, are produced by Butler Newall Machine…
Machine Centre Investment Gives Eight‐to‐One Operations
MAJOR reductions in the number of set‐ups per job combined with very high levels of accuracy and a reduction in non conformance these are the major benefits to accrue from the…
Deburring Airframe Components
WITH the advent of ever more exacting tolerances, both in terms of component size and fatigue resistance, quality emphasis has moved from production to finishing. In addition…
Equipment, Materials and Services
The new 3M “ScotchCode” WI‐116 Multiple‐Wire Identifier makes identifying, checking and labelling electrical circuits quick and easy.
Contracts
SAC Technology has won a major design contract from British Aerospace plc (BAe) for work on the wings of the new European A330–A340 series Airbus passenger aircraft.
News and Views
Lord King of Wartnaby, the chairman of British Airways, formally unveiled a commemorative plaque to open a new facility for L.A. Rumbold Ltd.
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- Prof Phil Webb