GAUGING the diameter, position, and depth of 50 holes in a light alloy rotor head plate for Westland Helicopters now takes just 15 minutes at the Brockenhurst works of aerospace subcontractor Redmayne Engineering Ltd, with their new Validator microprocessor-controlled co-ordinate measuring machine from Brown & Sharpe Ltd, Plymouth. Previously this job took 4 hours using height gauges and other manual techniques.
Helicopter Rotor Head Plate Gauged Sixteen Times Faster
Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology ; 56 , 10 ; 4-5
1984-10-01
2 pages
Article (Journal)
Electronic Resource
English
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