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'A critical success factor in the development of an affordable
creep age forming process and facility was the development and realisation of a
rapidly adjustable tooling concept, with known thermal characteristics that were
tuned to the capabilities of the process equipment', says the IoM's citation.
The four skin panels produced for each wing of the A380 are 23
metres to 33 metres long, up to 2.5 metres wide and from 5mm to 25 mm thick,
with complex curvatures and variations in thickness. The first full set was
successfully produced last year.
In addition to the Airbus project Bennetts have been involved in a
number of other major projects, including the
Channel Tunnel, the Gateshead Millennium
Bridge, the Falkirk Wheel
and a new lifting bridge near Canary Wharf, London. For more information, contact us on
01709-373782
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