Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology: Volume 64 Issue 3
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An International JournalTable of contents
New Materials
Terry FordA development with a great deal of potential, at least in the military field, is the production of so‐called ‘intelligent skins’. The technology for these will form part of that…
Mechanical Surface Finishing in the Aerospace Industry
Roy TennantNO one will argue with the statement that surface finishing and edge treatment operations play an important role in the production of aerospace components.
ComScan — X‐Ray System for Non‐Destructive Testing
PHILIPS Industrial Automation is strengthening its position in the UK in non‐destructive testing with its innovative new industrial reflective X‐ray system called ComScan, which…
Meeting the Measurement Needs
FOLLOWING installation of the longest co‐ordinate measuring machine (CMM) in the world and the largest measuring machine in Europe for aircraft and aircraft component production…
Improve Performance in Multi‐Million Pound Project
CASCADE, the performance management software from Mantix Systems, is being used in an £800 million joint UK and Italian project to develop and build a new multi‐purpose helicopter…
Safety Topics: Fatigue failures
MaydayFracture of a tail rotor counterweight bearing journal and a tail rotor spindle, on two different types of helicopter, but both exhibiting fatigue initiation, are described. The…
Equipment
Leading hose specialist Icore International has developed two new PTFE convoluted hoses which meet the requirements of AS620 and AS1227.
Contracts
Dunlop's Precision Rubber Division in Leicestershire has won contracts to supply seals and other elastomeric components for the new Dornier 328 regional transport aircraft.
Contracts
Helicopter orders worth more than £50 million for six RAF search and rescue (SAR) Sea Kings and £20 million for the upgrade of the Royal Navy's multi‐role Lynx have been won by…
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0002-2667Online date, start – end:
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Emerald Publishing LimitedOpen Access:
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- Prof Phil Webb