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Airbus A380 - Media Coverage

  
   
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 A380 Creeps Closer
Aerospace Engineering - April 2004
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 Software Helps Super Jumbo Wing Production
Design Solutions - March 2004
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 Some of the biggest wings in the world...
Rand Newsletter
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 Winging It
Engineering Magazine - October 2003
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 Jumbo Processes
IEE Manfacturing Engineer - June/July 2003
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 Plane engineers earn their wings
The Star Business - Spet 3rd 2003
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 First fruits of Rotherham firm's input into Airbus super-jumbo
Business World - October 2003
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 First fruits of Rotherham firm's input into Airbus super-jumbo
Business Link - November 2003
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 Flying team with the golden touch
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 Win on a wing and a prayer
Barnsley Star - August 2004
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 South Yorkshire engineers win top award
Business Link - September 2004
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 Institute Awards Dinner
Materials World - July 2004
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Airbus wing skin production system
Machinery Market - 13th November 2003
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 CATIA on the wing for super jumbo take off
Engineering Technology - March 2004

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Airbus A380 in flight
Airbus A380 in flight

Wrapping a wing skin and tool before creep forming in the autoclave
Airbus A380 in flight
Delivering a panel to the creep forming tool
     
View of the internal face of a starboard wing skin panel before creep forming
CAD image of the creep forming tool for panel 1 of the Airbus A380 wing skins, showing the aluminium skin (dark grey) resting on the forming surface, which is supported by laser-cut steel ribs. The forming tool stands on a steel deck (pale grey), and the whole assembly is moved on bogie units (shown in green)
CAD image of the panel 1 creep forming tool with the top surface removed to show the laser-cut ribs that create the finished shape
     
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