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WELCOME TO MANCHESTER We are delighted to welcome all attendees to the inaugural Aero Engineering ‘09 Strategic Business & Skills Summit, here in Manchester. This ground breaking event brings together a 100% engineering audience drawn from all tiers of the UK aerospace supply chain around a uniquely focused Exhibition, with an integrated Open Technology Forum and a parallel Strategic Business & Skills Summit. The Exhibits Hall will be open on Day 1 of the show (Tuesday 10th November) until 6.30 pm, to allow maximum time to network with exhibitors. The main hall features exhibits from more than 100 of the industry’s leading suppliers of advanced engineering solutions and industry partners, meeting aerospace programme requirements. It includes the Open Technology Forum, featuring in depth presentations from more than 30 suppliers. From design engineering to test and evaluation, from manufacturing and assembly engineering to MRO, from engineering subcontractors to specialist industry recruitment and skills providers; attendees will find some of the very latest solutions and providers on the show floor. Attendees to the Exhibits hall should check the Open Technology Forum programme to pick & choose those presentations to attend. Delegates attending the parallel Strategic Business & Skills Summit will experience a highly topical two day programme, providing insight into many of the upstream aircraft programmes of fundamental importance to the UK supply chain – including A350XWB, ATR (90 seater), Bombardier CSeries and more. With the assistance of Aero & Defence KTN national technical committee members, discussion will focus on linked technology requirements and challenges. The final sessions of the Summit provide a dedicated ‘AeroSkills’ programme, focusing on meeting future skills requirements to service the UK aerospace engineering industry’s ambitions, culminating with a special ‘Aero Skills’ panel session at 4.00 pm of Wednesday 11th November. The schedule of events allows for ample interaction time for all the broad cross section of interest groups present, and we trust this will be a highly beneficial networking, intelligence and business development platform. We would like to thank all supporting organisations, industry bodies and media for their support to the programme as well as wishing all visitors, delegates, speakers and exhibitors a highly enjoyable and productive show. Ian Stone Managing Director Leading Edge Events & Media Ltd ARMISTICE DAY: Please note we will call a two minute silence at 11.00am on Wednesday 11th November, to commemorate Armistice Day and show our respect for those who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of their country, right up to the present day.
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PRESS AREA The Press Area is located in the upper foyer and will be available throughout the exhibition for members of the press. Exhibitors are encouraged to place their press material in this area during build-up before the show opens.
VISITOR & DELEGATE DINING / REFRESHMENTS The refreshment area is located on the centre of the exhibits hall. Refreshments will be available throughout the duration of the event.
EXHIBITION OPENING HOURS Day 1, Tuesday 10th November: 9.00 am – 6.30 pm (late opening). Day 2, Wednesday 11th November: 9.00 am – 5.30 pm.
STRATEGIC BUSINESS & SKILLS SUMMIT Day 1, Tuesday 10th November: Programme commences – 9.30am. Day 2, Wednesday 11th November: Programme commences – 9.00am. Entry to the Summit is by DELEGATE BADGE. You can sign up ON SITE for a delegate pass (chargeable) at the MAIN ENTRANCE / REGISTRATION COUNTER.
INTERNET FACILITIES Internet access can be acquired. Manchester has a paypal facilitiy whereby internet access can be paid for (will automatically prompt for payment when laptop is utilised).
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SPONSOR We would like to thank Sandvik Coromant as sponsor of the attendee badge & registration. Sandvik Coromant can be seen on stand 208.
OUTSIDE FEATURE EXHIBIT We would like to thank Seco Tools for providing its mobile technical centre display vehicle. This is situated outside the main entrance to the event.
EVENT ORGANISERS Leading Edge Events & Media Ltd, 100A High Street, Hampton, Middlesex,TW12 2ST, UK. Tel: +44 (0) 208 783 2399, Toll Free: USA & Canada (1–800 913 5022), Fax: +44 (0) 208 979 4597. E-mail: info@leadingedgeem.com Event Team: Ian Stone – Event Director; Jeremy Whittingham – Head of Marketing; Jini Stone – Operations Director; Ben Drew – Conference Director; Dr Neil Calder – Technical Consultant; John Hancock – Show Guide Editor; Paul Love / David John – Project Managers; Sarah Drake – Event Marketing Support Please note: Show times, events and agendas correct at time of going to print. SHOWGUIDE | AERO ENGINEERING ‘09
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FLOORPLAN 306 A&G Precision and Sons Ltd 613 Adept Scientific 601 Aerospace & Defence Knowledge Transfer Network 419 Aerospace Manufacturing/ MIT Publishing Ltd 504 Aerotech Ltd 519 AmFax Ltd 414 Applied Computing & Engineering Ltd 211 Applied (PLM) 207 ATI Stellram 411 AXIS Precision 202 Barcodes for Business Ltd 513 Breton S.p.A 205 Carbolite 614 Castle Precision Engineering 112 C Dugard.com 121 Censol Ltd 501 Ceramic Seals Ltd 201 Ceratizit UK 101 CGTech Ltd 309 CINCH 611 CMS Industries - UK Division 400 CDG (Concurrent Design Group) 511 Collier Research (Hypersizer) 119 Continental Data Graphics
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CTR Aerospace Engineering & Tooling Dantec Dynamics Delcam Dewar Brothers Dormer Tools Drallim Industries – Cargo Aids Dyadem Electron Beam Processes Ltd EMCC DR. RAŠEK Fibracon Machined Plastic Parts Finishing Techniques Limited Fuchs Lubricants (UK) Ltd GOM UK Ltd Guhring Ltd Heller Machine Tools Hone-All Precision Ltd Houghton Europe iGrafx ITC Insoll Interface Force Measurements Ltd Intertek Group JEB Precision Ltd Johnson & Allen
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Kyal Machine Tools Lake Image Systems Ltd LAP GmbH (Laser Applications) LGG Charlesworth Ltd Linear Motion Systems Ltd Lone Star LWD Precision Engineering Ltd LRQA Ltd Macinnes Tooling Ltd Marshall of Cambridge Aerospace Ltd Measurement Solutions Merc Engineering UK Ltd Metal Improvement Company Muffett Gears Mussett Aerospace National Composites Certification and Evaluation Facility New Metals & Chemicals Ltd NiCoForm Inc Nikken Europe Norbar Torque Tools Ltd Normec (Manchester) Ltd North West Aerospace Alliance Oakland Consulting Olympus Keymed Parametric Technology (UK) Ltd
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Torquemeters Ltd TRaC TranscenData Europe Ultra Electronics Manufacturing & Card Systems 503 Vibrant NDT Ltd 100 ViZaar Industrial Imaging AG 210 WFL Millturn Technologies GmbH & Co. KG 105 Whitespace Technology 507 Wynnwith Group Ltd 109 Yamazaki Mazak UK Ltd Onsite Contractor: Melville, near stand 301 SHOWGUIDE | AERO ENGINEERING ‘09
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Open Technology Forum Agenda Applied Computing & Engineering Limited Mr. Yash Kandhia – Technical Director
Intertek
Marshall Aerospace
Mr. Pete Aylott – Commercial Director Intertek CAPCIS
Mick Milne – Director of Marketing and Business Development
Tuesday 10th November 2.10pm
Maths and Simulation
Linking Manufacturing Simulation and Industrial Intertek’s technical service network of engineering Fuel Tank Inerting. Automation – Bridging the Virtual and Real Worlds. consultancy, certification, auditing and testing Wednesday 11th November 12.05pm expertise: How Intertek provides effective support Tuesday 10th November 10.00am Adept Scientific Plc to address aero engineering technical issues and Surak Perera – Applications Engineer, Sandvik Coromant legislative/compliance requirements.
Ian Lain – Aerospace Business Development Manager
Dantec
Efficient High-Fidelity Modelling of Multi-domain Systems.
Sandvik Coromant in Aerospace – Expertise for Wednesday 11th November 12.30pm Mr. Rob Wood – Product Specialist Challenging Aerospace Production. Optical measurement and NDE techniques for the DuPont Vespel Tuesday 10th November 10.25am Aerospace industry. Edward Paxton - Aerospace Segment
CG Tech Limited
Tuesday 10th November 2.35pm
Mr. John Reed – Managing Director
Leader - Europe
Innovative metal replacement solutions to save TRaC weight, reduce friction, and maximize aerospace Machine Independent Software for Programming component life. and Simulation of CNC Fibre Placement Machines. Mr. Steve Hayes – Managing Director Wednesday 11th November 12.55pm Meeting the requirements of CE mark in the Tuesday 10th November 10.50am military/aerospace environment.
Hone-All Precision Limited
Tuesday 10th November 3.00pm
WFL Millturn Technologies GmbH & KG.Co
Mrs. Andrea Rodney – Director
ATI Stellram
Hartwig Speigner & Simon Pollard
Applying OEM practices within an SME.
Tuesday 10th November 11.15am
Metal Improvement Company Mr. Graham Hammersley – Technical Service Manager
John Palmer – Global Aerospace Manager Titanium: thin wall machining.
Tuesday 10th November 3.25pm
LRQA Limited
Fatigue enhancement of Aero Engine and Aircraft structural components by the Application of Kevin Smith – Account Manager AS 9100 and SC21 Controlled Shot Peening and Laser Peening.
Tuesday 10th November 11.40am
Tuesday 10th November 3.50pm
WFL Millturn Technologies present ‘Advanced Manufacturing Processes for Aerospace Machining’
Wednesday 11th November 1.20pm
Continental Data Graphics Sean McBride, Boeing Program Manager The Latest Trends in Commercial & Military Aircraft Maintenance Documentation
Wednesday 11th November 1.45pm
National Composites Certification and Evaluation Facility
SimX Limited
NiCoForm, Inc
Mr. Robert Lloyd – CEO
Berl Stein – President
Niall Macfadyen – Operations Director
Tuesday 10th November 12.05pm
Collier Research HyperSizer
Roy Garlick – Sales and Country Manager – UK & Ireland
A new Composites Certification and Evaluation Facility Taking out the risk – Design and simulation of Electroforming of Light Weight Engineering Wednesday 11th November 2.10pm Components. Sustainable LEAN Integrated Manufacturing Wednesday 11th November 10.00am facilities. iGrafx
Siemens Plc
Craig Collier – President
The Quest for Process Excellence Collier Research’s HyperSizer Achieves Lightest Wednesday 11th November 2.35pm Weight in Preliminary Design of NASA’s Ares V Yamazaki Mazak UK Limited From Plan to Production: Connecting virtual & Launch Vehicle. Wednesday 11th November 10.25am physical manufacturing. Brian Robertson – General Sales Manager Modern Methods in Aerospace Manufacturing. Tuesday 10th November 12.30pm
Dirk Rabeneck – Head of Competence Center Aerospace
New Metals & Chemicals Limited Mr. John Lindsay – Director Technical Materials for aerospace applications.
Tuesday 10th November 12.55pm
Delcam
TISICS Limited
Stephen Kyle-Henney – Managing Director
Wednesday 11th November 3.00pm
LAP GmbH
Titanium Composites for Aerospace – SiC Axel Rieckmann – Sales Manager Composite production with LAP Laser Projectors. reinforcement moves titanium up a gear.
Wednesday 11th November 10.50am Wednesday 11th November, 11.00am Two minute silence, Armistice Day
Mr. Peter Dickin – Marketing Manager
Wednesday 11th November 3.25pm
Oakland Consulting Niall Cleary – Managing Consultant
What are the new skills and competencies that Developments in Machining and Inspection of Dyadem Aerospace employees need to adopt if they are to Ms. Maureen Robusto remain competitive in the 21st Century? Aerospace Components. Future of quality planning in the aerospace Wednesday 11th November 3.50pm Tuesday 10th November 1.20pm industry.
Parametric Technology (UK) Limited
Wednesday 11th November 11.15am
GOM UK Ltd
Houghton
Phil Law – Marketing Manager Fluidcare
Houghton-Trend Europe, a unique, on-line, hosted fluid management program from global speciality lubricants manufacturer Houghton, designed to Total lifecycle system management (TLCSM) an Optical metrology to handle the smallest to the improve metalworking lubricants performance opportunity for long-term value. largest of the aerospace manufacturing industry. and reduce lubricant related costs.
Mr. David Hughes – Business Development Director
Kevin Hawley – Sales Manager
Tuesday 10th November 1.45pm
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Open Technology Forum Agenda Moderator: Mr. John Hancock – Consulting Editor Day 1 — Tuesday 10th November 2009
CGTech LTD
Applied Computing & Engineering LTD
Mr. John Reed — Managing Director
Mr. Yash Kandhia — Technical Director
Machine Independent Software for Programming and Simulation of CNC Fibre Placement Machines.
Linking Manufacturing Simulation and Industrial Automation — Bridging Tuesday 10th November 10.50am The presentation will highlight examples of programming and simulation the Virtual and Real Worlds of Automated Fibre placement machines in the aerospace industry.
Tuesday 10th November 10.00am
Presentation Subject: Design /Modelling & Analytical software; Presentation Subject: Design /Modelling & Analytical software; Quality Engineering Materials; Machine Tools , Tooling & CIM control /Metrology; Machine Tools , Tooling & CIM; Robotics & Assembly Presentation Speaker: John Reed 28 years in the CAD.CAM industry focussing on softwater for CNC machines. Presentation Speaker: Mr Yash Khandhia
Sandvik Coromant Ian Lain — Aerospace Business Development Manager
Hone-All Precision LTD Mrs. Andrea Rodney — Director
Applying OEM practices within an SME Sandvik Coromant in Aerospace — Expertise for Challenging Aerospace Tuesday 10th November 11.15am Production How to maximise opportunities for growth & continuous improvement within an SME whilst maintaining excellent service focused entirely on the customer. Tuesday 10th November 10.25am Aerospace is one of the most technically demanding industries in the world. With difficult to machine materials, exacting specifications and constant time restraints, the manufacture of aerospace parts has many limitations — but at the same time, production rates are set to increase.
Presentation Subject: Engineering Services Sub-Contractor (machining, forming, finishing etc)
Components and their features: Our goal is to offer complete solutions to typical components, this is both the physical tool but also the processing knowledge. In reality, a solution encompassing: Spindle interface; Tool holder suited to access the component shape; Programming method; Insert grade and geometry; Surface integrity — correct parameters to leave the component in the best condition
Metal Improvement Company
The Focus 1: Reducing your non-cutting time — the only time the machine is making money is when the ‘green light’ is on. This is where the adoption of machines that are more flexible, modular tooling systems and high pressure coolant will make a big impact.
Presentation Speaker: Andrea Rodney Has been a Director of Hone-All Precision for 15 years.
Mr. Graham Hammersley — Technical Service Manager Fatigue enhancement of Aero Engine and Aircraft structural components by the Application of Controlled Shot Peening and Laser Peening
Tuesday 10th November 11.40am For many years Controlled shot peening has been employed to extend the lives of a wide variety of aerospace components. More recently the process has been extended to include Laser Peening. This paper provides a brief outline of the theory involved, the techniques employed, methods of quantifying the benefits and recent developments which are now finding regular applications.
2: Optimising the cutting process — when programming for the first time Presentation Subject: Engineering Materials; Mechanical Components; — even if this is a prototype — this is the best time to implement “best Engineering sub-contractor; Engineering Services Sub-Contractor (machining, practise” for each component feature. forming, finishing etc); Controlled shot peening and laser peening Our specialised Application Centres invest in the future of solutions and the subcontractor understanding of an industry that goes way beyond cutting tools.
SimX LTD
Sandvik Coromant in aerospace holds the expertise you need for challenging Mr. Robert Lloyd — CEO production, an expertise that puts your success in focus. Taking out the risk — Design and simulation of Sustainable LEAN Integrated Manufacturing facilities. Presentation Subject: Machine Tools, Tooling & CIM Presentation Speaker: I have worked in Manufacturing Engineering for almost thirty years, with the last 20 years working for Sandvik Coromant. Having served an appreticeship with a world leading aerospace manufacture, I worked at the cutting edge in manufacture of aero engine components for almost 10 years. In 1989 I joined Sandvik Coromant as a Technical Sales engineer. In this role I worked across all industries of mechanical engineering with continued focus in aerospace along with automotive. In later years I moved into Product Management, working as a Milling Specialist and later became a Senior Milling Specialist. In this role I provided technical support to the field sales organisation, whilst working with the parent company in the development of new products and application strategies. In 2006 I was appointed South East Regional Sales Manager, leading a team to deliver sales growth in this area. At the start of 2009 I was appointed Aerospace Business Development Manager for the southern half of the UK. In this role I manage a small team of engineers who operate specifically to develop sales within the aerospace sector. In this role I work within an international working group developing tools, strategies and competence to ensure that we are able to deliver to our customers the means to machine competetively and in turn generate profitable sales for Coromant.
Tuesday 10th November 12.05pm
The Aerospace supply chain is changing with lower Tier suppliers being called upon to take more of the technical and financial risk of production without access to the risk reduction tools typically used by the OEMs — until now that is. With the introduction of an affordable 3D Digital Factory software suite that incorporates the concepts of Sustainability, Agility and LEAN techniques, Tier suppliers can now reduce their exposure to these risks without spending a fortune on software or training. This paper will present practical examples of how this software suite has already been used to reduce the risks associated with designing new facilities and novel processes as well as improving existing systems.It will also point the way to the future development of such software and define how it will be of increasing benefit to the whole Aerospace supply chain. Presentation Subject: Design /Modelling & Analytical software; Machine Tools, Tooling & CIM; Robotics & Assembly Presentation Speaker: Robert Lloyd — CEO Time Served Engineering Apprentice with First Class Honours Degree. Chairman of the British Robotics Association (twice) and long time user and developer of simulation software. Now CEO of SimX, an innovative software company specialising in simulating LEAN facilities, automation projects and improving manufacturing performance for its customers and clients in many industries including Aerospace manufacturing.
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Siemens Plc
Intertek
Andy Worwood — Strategic Account Manager
Mr. Pete Aylott — Commercial Director Intertek CAPCIS
From Plan to Production: Connecting virtual & physical manufacturing
Tuesday 10th November 12.30pm Siemens will present the latest developments in aerospace design-tomanufacture techniques that can help companies gain a permanent competitive edge. Hear how your company can improve product quality, improve equipment utilisation and shorten the time from design to production.
Intertek’s technical service network of engineering consultancy, certification, auditing and testing expertise: How Intertek provides effective support to address aero engineering technical issues and legislative / compliance requirements
Tuesday 10th November 2.10pm
The aerospace industry is continually striving to develop new materials, design new systems and engineer or source quality components. Examples include advanced alloys for engine components, lighter weight, higher strength aircraft components and novel processes for air purification systems. All of these challenges need to be addressed in a climate of increasing Presentation Subject: Design /Modelling & Analytical software; Electrical legislation and compliance. Intertek’s network of engineering consultancy, certification, auditing and testing facilities work closely with aero engineering & Electro-Mechanical systems; Machine Tools , Tooling & CIM companies during design, production and procurement in both the civil and Presentation Speaker: Andy Worwood, Strategic Account Manager defence aerospace sectors, providing a wide range of capabilities: Materials consultancy, Metallurgy expertise and knowhow in Metal Processing and Fabrication, Structural Engineering, Inspection and NDT Services, EMC Testing, Physical / Chemical investigations (Material Treatments, Coatings, Mr. John Lindsay — Director Polymers, Composites, Fuels, Lubricants), Failure Investigations, Supply Chain Management and Systems Certification (major certification body for the Technical Materials for aerospace applications issue of ANAB accredited certificates to the AS9100 series of standards). Tuesday 10th November 12.55pm Using a selection of case studies, we will highlight how these challenges New Metals & Chemicals Limited is a leading supplier of technical materials need to be addressed and show some of the latest approaches to how expert technical service companies such as Intertek are providing effective for aerospace applications. support to the industry to: cut down R&D time / cost; enhance manufacturing Our materials include: silicone foams and composites, solid silicone sheet and efficency; accelerate time to market extrusions, other foams including polyethylene, polyurethane and polyimide; Presentation Subject: Testing & Evaluation technology/services carbon composites
New Metals & Chemicals LTD
Our applications include: seals and gaskets; fire barriers; acoustic insulation; Presentation Speaker: Pete Aylott is a Commercial Director within Intertek’s engineering consultancy business with over 20 years experience thermal insulation; friction components in delivery of materials engineering consultancy to a range of industry Presentation Subject: Interiors / Cabin Engineering sectors focusing on transportation and infrastructure. His current role bridges Intertek’s service lines to ensure an integrated support delivery to Presentation Speaker: John Lindsay its customers. (Stand 510 — www.intertek.com) Managing Director of New Metals & Chemicals Limited
Delcam
Dantec
Mr. Rob Wood — Product Specialist
Mr. Peter Dickin — Marketing Manager
Optical measurement and NDE techniques for the Aerospace industry
Developments in Machining and Inspection of Aerospace Components
Tuesday 10th November 2.35pm
Tuesday 10th November 1.20pm
An overview of optical measurement techniques such as Digital Image Correlation and Laser Shearography and their application in the aerospace industry
This presentation will show how modern machining and inspection software can help companies that manufacture aerospace components to maximize their profitability. Potential benefits include increased productivity, higher quality and shorter lead times. Particular attention will be given to methods for the high-accuracy machining of components that are being developed using a combination of machining and inspection software. These new methods can be used in machining for all types of aerospace applications, but are most helpful in the manufacture of larger, more complex components and tooling, and in the finish machining of near net shape parts, including castings and forgings.
Presentation Subject: Engineering Materials; Aero structures & Structural Components; Mechanical Components; Testing & Evaluation technology/ services; Quality control /Metrology; Robotics & Assembly; MRO / Maintenance Engineering Presentation Speaker: Rob Wood is the UK product specialist for Dantec’s DIC and shearography products
TRaC Mr. Steve Hayes — Managing Director Meeting the requirements of CE mark in the military/aerospace environment
Presentation Subject: Machine Tools, Tooling & CIM
Tuesday 10th November 3.00pm
Presentation Speaker: Peter Dickin has worked for CADCAM developer Delcam for over 16 years, initially as Public Relations Officer, then as Country Manager for India, Pakistan, Australasia and Southern Africa, and currently as Marketing Manager. Prior to joining Delcam, Peter worked at the plastics and rubber consultancy Rapra Technology for 16 years in a variety of marketing and management positions. Peter graduated from Manchester University more years ago than he likes to remember.
Designing products to meet the harsh environmental requirements for aircraft is a challenge in itself. However due to recent clarification of applicability to CE marking legislation, another hurdle presents itself during the qualification phase. CE marking applies to all electrical and electronic equipment used on board military aircraft and must be considered as part of the design phase. If due consideration is given at the start of a project, compliance with the CE marking requirements can quite often be incorporated within the normal qualification testing without being a burden. Leaving it to the end however can add cost, time and payment delays. This talk will describe the requirements for military aircraft CE compliance and how, using gap analysis and other methods, will reduce the burden at the end of the product design phase.
Parametric Technology (UK) LTD Mr. David Hughes — Business Development Director Total lifecycle system management (TLCSM) an opportunity for long-term value.
Presentation Subject: Testing & Evaluation technology/services
Presentation Speaker: Managing Director — EMC & Safety Division. Steve joined TRaC in 1991 as a test engineer. Having moved to Lancashire to establish This session will focus on what TLCSM means to the future of Aerospace & the northern regional lab, he returned to Midlands to lead all EMC and radio Defence companies as well as the challenges and opportunities that lay ahead. services and was instrumental in setting up the TRaC EMC Centre of Excellence in Malvern. A member of the IEC/CISPR committees, writing international EMC standards, Steve Hayes is to receive the IEC1906 award from the International Presentation Subject: Design /Modelling & Analytical software Electrotechnical commission (IEC) in recognition of his“exceptional contribution Presentation Speaker: Mr. David Hughes — Business development to work in the field of international EMC standardisation”.Steve will collect his award from the British Electrotechnical Comitee at a function in November 2009 Director
Tuesday 10th November 1.45pm
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ATI Stellram
The payload shroud is one of the most challenging composite structures on the Ares V. The shroud has an ogive (“oh-jive”) shape, similar to a bullet, John Palmer — Global Aerospace Manager which separates into four petals to release the lunar lander. The aerodynamic pressure on the shroud is resolved into internally distributed forces. FEA Titanium: thin wall machining software computes the internal load path and how much load is in the Tuesday 10th November 3.25pm stiffened panel and in the ringframes. HyperSizer then analyzes or “sizes” the panels’ cross-sectional dimensions and layups to support the computed load. Process and tooling for machining tall thin walls in Titanium HyperSizer performs the predictions of the stresses/strains in the composite Presentation Subject: Aero structures & Structural Components; Machine laminates and predicts the stresses/strains at each ply level. Tools, Tooling & CIM Presentation Subject: Design /Modelling & Analytical software; Presentation Speaker: John joined ATI Stellram in 1993 and he has Engineering Materials; Aero structures & Structural Components covered both sales and technical positions within the company. For the Presentation Speaker: Inventor and developer of structural analysis last three year he has specialised in the aerospace sector gaining a wealth theory and software code, HyperSizer®. Co-founder of Collier Research of knowledge in the machining of complex parts in difficult to machine Corporation. Led Collier Research to be the first company to license copyright materials. software from NASA Langley. Manager of engineering design, methods, and software development projects. 25 years experience analyzing aircraft and other advanced structures. 20+ technical publications on composite structural analysis and sizing optimization. Finite Element Analysis (FEA).
LRQA LTD
Kevin Smith — Account Manager AS 9100 and SC21
TISICS LTD
Tuesday 10th November 3.50pm
Stephen Kyle-Henney — Managing Director
A brief overview of the AS 9100 aerospace quality standard and the Titanium Composites for Aerospace- SiC reinforcement moves titanium up identification of links and relevance between AS 9100 and SBAC’s SC21 a gear. Supply Chain initiative Wednesday 11th November 10.50am Presentation Subject: Aerospace Quality Management Standard — Titanium composites have been in development for military aircraft since the 1980s, they are now being assessed for use in civil aircraft. The weight AS 9100 reductions of 30% to 70% over conventional metal parts will help reduce Presentation Speaker: Kevin Smith is an LRQA Account Manager fuel burn and hence help meet ACARE CO2 reduction targets. responsible for managing and developing LRQA’s profile in the UK Aerospace Titanium composites offer mechanical performance to match or exceed and Defence markets. A registered assessor, Kevin has been with LRQA for steel whilst retaining the density and corrosion resistance of titanium. Tensile 18 years having previously worked in the aerospace industry. He has worked strengths up to 1850MPa and stiffness of 200GPa are possible whilst retaining in both small businesses and multi-national enterprises in a variety of roles a density of just over 4g/cm3. This performance coupled with the reduced including Quality Manager and Procurement Quality Manager. Kevin’s current need for corrosion protection means titanium composites can replace aluminium steel and titanium parts and still offer a through life operating position as Account Manager involves the provision of advice to existing and cost benefit. potential LRQA clients regarding LRQA’s services and appropriate solutions. In compression titanium composites exceed landing gear steels such as 300M and offer a significant opportunity to take weight out of many landing gear components. DAY 2 — Wednesday 11th November 2009 The silicon carbide fibre reinforcement not only boosts mechanical performance and fatigue life at room temperature, it can push the operating regime higher, opening up new potential for titanium components, in engines and brakes. Berl Stein — President This presentation will cover the mechanical properties, basic fabrication Electroforming of Light Weight Engineering Components routes and current status of the industry through examples of work underway Wednesday 11th November 10.00am in aerospace. Examples of parts will be available at the presentation and Electroforming basics will be briefly reviewed, followed by advanced within the exhibition hall. net shape electroforming concepts. Benefits of electroforming — quick Presentation Subject: Engineering Materials; Aero structures & Structural turnaround, light weight, high performance components, will be illustrated Components; Mechanical Components; Engine / Powerplant & Component with actual projects from electroforming practice. Engineering
NiCoForm, Inc
Presentation Subject: Engineering Materials; Mechanical Components Presentation Speaker: Stephen Kyle-Henney is the Managing Director of TISICS limited. Stephen has worked with the titanium composite technology Presentation Speaker: A Chemical Engineer with 20+ years of since the late 1980s. Initially Stephen worked on the silicon carbide fibre electroforming experience, Mr. Stein’s professional interests center on high development and manufacture and then titanium composite component performance Nickel alloys for dynamic applications — bellows, membranes, design and manufacture. diaphragms, etc. In 2005 Stephen led a management buy-out of QinetiQ’s titanium composite business through the formation of TISICS. The management buy-out has enabled TISICS to transition titanium composites from its R&D status in QinetiQ towards a future aerospace product supply chain. Craig Collier — President Stephen has a degree in materials technology and is a co-inventor on a Collier Research’s HyperSizer Achieves Lightest Weight in Preliminary Design number of patents and applications relating to the titanium composite of NASA’s Ares V Launch Vehicle technology.
Collier Research — HyperSizer
Wednesday 11th November 10.25am Collier Research Corporation’s HyperSizer® Composite Structural Sizing Software is being used to design NASA’s newest and largest-ever space launch vehicle, the Ares V Heavy Lifter. Three major composite structures onboard the Ares V—the payload shroud, the interstage, and the core intertank—are being designed using HyperSizer to streamline the process of composite design optimization.“Coupling HyperSizer and FEA together on the global model is key to the process. The global model iteration uses FEA for load path calculations and uses HyperSizer for sizing optimization, reducing structural weight, establishing margins-of-safety for all load cases and all potential failure modes, and creating the stress report for all aircraft airworthiness certification,” explains Craig Collier, President of Collier Research.
Dyadem Ms. Maureen Robusto Future of quality planning in the aerospace industry
Wednesday 11th November 11.15am Bridging the quality gap in PLM, Quality Risk Management lets global manufacturers improve quality, compliance & communication across their operations Presentation Subject: Quality control /Metrology Presentation Speaker: Mark Chambers (former member of RAF Lyneham) leads UK Operations for Dyadem
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DuPont Vespel
Kevin Hawley — Sales Manager
Edward Paxton — Aerospace Segment Leader — Europe
Optical metrology to handle the smallest to the largest of the aerospace Innovative metal replacement solutions to save weight, reduce friction, and manufacturing industry maximize aerospace component life
Wednesday 11th November 11.40am GOM optical metrology techniques are employed today to measure aerospace parts from small turbine blades up to full size windmills. Completing both static and dynamic measurements this presentation looks at how the measurements are completed and the benefits they bring to the client. Examples covered include: Small turbine blade digitizing, wind turbine blade testing (40m blade), dynamic windmill measurements. Presentation Subject: Testing & Evaluation technology/services; Quality control /Metrology Presentation Speaker: After graduating from an engineering degree Kevin spent several years working as a mechanical design engineer in the quarry industry. After a move to a laser scanning company the last ten years have been involved with different aspects of metrology including, 3D scanning, photogrammetry, deformation measurement and dynamic point tracking.
Marshall Aerospace Mick Milne — Director of Marketing and Business Development Fuel Tank Inerting
Wednesday 11th November 12.55pm Improved performance, life, reliability, cost, weight and sustainability of systems are driving needs in aerospace. One facet of addressing these important needs is through improvements in friction and wear components. This presentation, sponsored by DuPont™ Vespel®, will provide insights into the science of friction and wear, and applying non-metallic solutions for components applied in aerospace systems. The types of wear, influencing factors, and critical material properties to consider in developing solutions for wear and friction applications, will be included. Additionally, practical application information and examples will be shared, to help you optimize your designs to meet the challenges you face, to stretch life and performance of your applications. In providing insights into the science of wear the presentation touches on the critical material properties of thermal stability, transfer films, friction, abrasion and mechanical properties which influence wear rates at the interface between metals and polymers. It moves on to describe how an understanding of these mechanisms assists in designing polymer compositions for optimal wear and friction performance. The interplay between component design and material properties is discussed and in one of the two practical examples the new SCP family of polyimide materials from DuPont™ Vespel® is identified as a leading candidate in providing low wear and friction solutions at elevated temperatures.
Wednesday 11th November 12.05pm
Presentation Subject: Engineering Materials Fuel tank protection systems Presentation Speaker: Edward Paxton graduated in Physics in 1989 and Background: Civil; Military; Current Options; OBIGGS integration challenges has a masters’ degree in Polymer Technology from Loughborough University. With nearly 20 years of experience in the UK and European polymer industry, Presentation Subject: Fuel Tank Safety Systems he has for the last 4 years been a member of the DuPont Vespel® Global Presentation Speaker: Mick Milne joined Marshall Aerospace as a Design Aerospace Marketing Team. Office Apprentice in 1963. In 1971 he moved from the Design Office to join the Latterly, as the leader for DuPont Vespel® European market segment, he has C130 Hercules support team undertaking defect investigations, modification been responsible for introducing high temperature polyimide polymers and preparation and general support activities and in 1975 was appointed C130 developing new applications in aerospace components. Project Engineer. Academic publications include: Mascia, L. and Paxton, E., “Physical changes In 1979 he was appointed as Belfast Engineering Manager to control design during the oxidation of PAN fibres and effects of gamma-radiation preand flight test activities transferring the RAF Belfast freighter to the UK Civil treatment”,Thermochimica Acta, 184 (1991) 251-267 Register. Also during the period 1973-1982 Mick worked as a Flight Engineer on C130 Production and Development flying and as a Flight Test Engineer undertaking flying duties on a wide variety of civil and military, fixed and rotary wing test programmes. In 1982 he assumed the role of Tristar Engineering Manager responsible for design and flight test programmes on the Tristar Tanker Freighter conversion programme for the Royal Air Force. He was promoted to the position of Do you want to develop your existing Executive Director Engineering Programmes in 1986 and led a series of engineering or manufacturing capabilities? programmes including upgrade work on DC10 and MD11 completion activities. Do you want to acquire new engineering or In 1991 he was appointed Director Marketing and Business Development and has been engaged in pursuing business opportunities in civil, corporate manufacturing capabilities? and military aviation on behalf of Marshall Aerospace since that time.
Adept Scientific Plc Surak Perera — Applications Engineer, Maths and Simulation Efficient High-Fidelity Modelling of Multi-domain Systems
Wednesday 11th November 12.30pm Celebrating its 25th Anniversary this year, Adept is a professional multisource solution provider of hardware and software for technical computing applications. We work with customers to identify, implement and support the best solution to meet their long-term goals, objectives and needs. Experience you can rely on. Motivation: a view from industry Southwest Research Institute Toyota Motors Issues in physical modelling; example in Mechatronics Maths model development: New formulation techniques Model execution speed: Symbolic computing technology Technology demonstrations Presentation Speaker: Surak Perera — Applications Engineer Background in modelling and simulation of fluid systems in the aerospace sector. Specifically, turbulence models in CFD applications. Currently involved in providing solutions for physical modelling and simulation needs of multidomain systems. Specifically, in leveraging symbolic computing technology in the model development process.
Do you want to take your company into new markets?
Assisting companies in the advanced engineering sector to enhance their manufacturing and engineering capabilities
Engineer Your Capabilities Engineered Capabilities Ltd 31 Church Lane, Goosnargh Preston PR3 2BE UK Tel +44(0)1772 861529
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WFL MILLTURNTECHNOLOGIES GMBH & KG.CO Hartwig Speigner & Simon Pollard
OAKLAND CONSULTING Niall Cleary — Managing Consultant
WFL Millturn Technologies present ‘Advanced Manufacturing Processes for What are the new skills and competencies that Aerospace employees need Aerospace Machining’ to adopt if they are to remain competitive in the 21st Century?
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Wednesday 11th November 3.50pm
To remain competitive, profitable and agile organisations have to continually adapt their processes to deliver on time, on quality and on cost. This requires their employees to acquire performance improvement skills and competencies that many organisations fail to appreciate or struggle to Sean McBride, Boeing Program Manager implement. Niall Cleary of Oakland Consulting, shall argue that armed with The Latest Trends in Commercial & Military Aircraft Maintenance Documentation a systematic improvement methodology and a portfolio of well known tools any organisation can make significant improvements to their processes, Wednesday 11th November 1.45pm Presentation Speaker: Sean McBride, Boeing Program Manager — CDG — thereby increasing their competitiveness, agility and margins. Continental DataGraphics PRESENTATION SUBJECT: Quality Risk and Performance Improvement PRESENTATION SPEAKERS: Hartwig Speigner & Simon Pollard
CONTINENTAL DATAGRAPHICS
NATIONAL COMPOSITES CERTIFICATION AND EVALUATION FACILITY Niall Macfadyen — Operations Director
A new Composites Certification and Evaluation Facility
Wednesday 11th November 2.10pm
PRESENTATION SPEAKER: Niall Cleary is Managing Consultant at Oakland Consulting with extensive operational experience at a senior level within medium and large complex multinational organisations. His experiences have mainly been in identifying and implementing cost effective performance improvement initiatives and organisational culture change primarily centred on quality and operational excellence. This has included aerospace, manufacturing and utilities sectors US, Europe, Japan and UK.
A new £8m centre has been announced, based at the University of Manchester and supported by the North West Development Agency and the Northwest RECENT PROJECTS INCLUDE: Programme Management of Lean Six Sigma Aerospace Alliance. The presentation will provide an update on the centre training for a leading international Aerospace Group that has led to significant and describe the services that will be available to the Aerospace Industry. performance improvement and cost reduction; The assessment of guidance towards Good Manufacturing Practices for a global manufacturing group; PRESENTATION SUBJECT: Testing & Evaluation Technology/Services Development of an effective QMS and Supply Chain QA protocols for PRESENTATION SPEAKER:Niall Macfadyen is the Operations Director of the NCCEF. emerging technology joint venture based in Japan
IGRAFX
Roy Garlick — Sales and Country Manager — UK & Ireland The Quest for Process Excellence
Wednesday 11th November 2.35pm
Processes are the fundamental building blocks of all organisations. Large or small, engineering or retail, manufacturing or finance, travel or public sector etc. this fact remains the same. Consequently, process improvement forms the lifeblood for total quality of service delivery and cost base. Implementing corrective actions having identified waste, duplication, process bottlenecks and inefficiencies can transform any operation into it’s optimum potential. The trick of course is how to pinpoint where the most effective changes need to be made. Initially, this task can appear onerous and/or too difficult. It must be accurate and have the support of all concerned for it to succeed. (It has to win the ‘hearts and minds’ of those who need to be involved). Any tools or methodology, therefore employed during this activity must be simple and intuitive to use at all levels, deliver powerful capabilities to run complex ‘what if’, ‘could be’, ‘should be’ etc. scenarios whilst being cost effective. PRESENTATION SUBJECT: Design /Modelling & Analytical software; Quality control /Metrology; Process Improvement PRESENTATION SPEAKER: Roy began his career as a Software Engineer for companies such as Plessey, Siemens and BAE Systems working for many years on the design and implementation of key military communication systems. Throughout his working life delivering quality, reliability, robustness and performance have always been key responsibilities. Roy now heads up the iGrafx team in the UK and Ireland responsible for supporting and selling the iGrafx suite of Business Process Excellence tools into companies in all sectors intent on identifying waste and improving their operational business processes.
YAMAZAKI MAZAK UK LTD
Brian Robertson — General Sales Manager Modern Methods in Aerospace Manufacturing
Wednesday 11th November 3.00pm
Will examine various aircraft components and describe latest methods of production with Power Point and video clips. PRESENTATION SUBJECT: Machine Tools , Tooling & CIM PRESENTATION SPEAKER: Brain Robertson — General Sales Manager Over 40 years experience in manufacturing industry with emphasis on aerospace. Familiar with best practice techniques for machining airframe and engine components
LAP GMBH
Axel Rieckmann — Sales Manager Composite production with LAP Laser Projectors
Wednesday 11th November 3.25pm
Composite production with LAP Laser Projectors PRESENTATION SUBJECT: Machine Tools , Tooling & CIM PRESENTATION SPEAKER: Axel Rieckmann — Sales Manager
CAREER HISTORY: As an industrial Chemist, Niall started his career in R&D and then moved into quality management within UK and US based multinational organisations. He gained an MBA at the European Centre for TQM where he first met Professor John Oakland before taking up senior quality, manufacturing and operational roles that centred on performance improvement within demanding international manufacturing and utility sectors.
HOUGHTON PLC Phil Law — Marketing Manager Fluidcare Houghton-Trend Europe, a unique, on-line, hosted fluid management program from global speciality lubricants manufacturer Houghton, designed to improve metalworking lubricants performance and reduce lubricant related costs
Wednesday 11th November 4.15pm Lubrication management has major impacts on production for a business. It has been estimated that up to 80% of all machine lubrication failures are due to incorrect lubrication eg use of an incorrect or contaminated product wrongly applied*. Premature breakdown, unplanned maintenance and loss of production lead to increased costs while root causes often remain hidden. Similarly fluids such as metalcutting oils and wash chemicals require close control and monitoring to prevent short life, production loss, bacteria contamination and operator health issues. Recognising that the ability to focus on correct fluid management can lead to significant improvements in productivity, maintenance, health and environment, global specialist lubricants manufacturers, Houghton have developed a purpose designed planning and measurement tool for this task that is unique within the metalworking sector.Houghto-Trend Europe provides an on-line platform offering software-free centralised management of data, which remains confidential and secure on a hosted server. Outputs include professional style management reports which are used to schedule machine lubrication, monitor production fluids condition, record usage data and target cost ‘hot spots’. The open technology forum features Phil Law, Houghton’s Fluidpower Marketing Manager, who will talk about features and benefits of HoughtoTrend Europe as part of an efficient fluid management system. *Institution of Mechanical Engineers PRESENTATION SUBJECT: Metalworking lubricants PRESENTATION SPEAKER: Phil is a Chemistry Honours Graduate with 30 years experience in industrial lubricants. Phil’s career path has included management of development and technical service activities in many product areas especially rust prevention, heat treatment, cleaners, dust control, paper chemicals, steel rolling and hydraulic fluids. Since gaining an MBA in 1986 and joining Houghton’s marketing department, Phil has focused on promoting and developing Houghton’s Fluid Power product ranges with special emphasis on the use of fire resistant fluids in the hot metal industries. Phil also supports a broad range of other Houghton service related activities in Engineering services, Equipment and Fluidcare, and is currently integrating the unique “Houghto-Trend Europe” web based fluid management platform into Houghton’s customer services portfolio.
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Specialist packaging and transport solutions for the Aerospace industry TRP continues to support the aerospace sector with our bespoke transportation products and services. We design, manufacture and supply specialist, bespoke transport boxes for all sizes of assemblies large and small. Also for high quality machine parts, flat and form details, kit spares and line side components. Foam lined kitting shadow trays are supplied to a wide range of tier 1 and 2 aerospace companies for the safe transportation of high quality and high cost parts and assemblies. Component transport handling which includes specialised shelving, racking and protection systems is the company’s forte and manufactured on the premises. All timber transportation products are manufactured from ISPM15 certified (infestation free) materials. To ensure continued high quality the company has recently completed the first audit for ISO 9000 and received high acclaim. TRP is a highly resourceful and versatile company and our multi-skilled work force combined with CAD/CAM systems make light work of the most demanding projects. We are able to interpret your needs and design and manufacture a bespoke, high quality product that is precisely to specification, fit for purpose and at the right price. For further information and to find out how we can help your business, call Lindsey Hurlstone on 01282 864629.
Products that TRP supplies include: • Segmented kit boxes • Flight cases with/without foam inserts to customer requirement • Specialist packaging • Trolley manufacture • Aluminium components
TRP Ltd, Unit One, Walk Mill, Green Road, Colne, Lancashire BB8 8AL T 01282 864629 F 01282 864661 E sales@trppackaging.co.uk www. trppackaging.co.uk
• Easy assemble, flat pack crates • Profiling • Commercial vehicle ply-lining • Foam inserts for line-side components • Ancillary joinery. Bespoke transportation packaging solutions
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Keeping Manufacturing Alive and Kicking Plasticraft is a company confident about its abilities and future
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decades many have said that manufacturing in the UK has died, and driving up to Coventry to see Plasticraft and seeing the remains of the Ryton car plant, it may be difficult to argue that manufacturing is still alive and kicking. But it seems what the UK has done is what Plasticraft has done and become a specialist provider of machinery, using craftsmanship and expertise that is rarely found beyond these shores.
Plasticraft is part of the Norman Hay Group of surface treatment companies, and specialises in process plant technology. The company has been manufacturing electroplating and surface treatment equipment for over 45 years from small manual plant to large automatic plant costing well into seven figures. Specialising in these large turnkey installations (which would be great to tell you about, however most of its clients are in the aerospace industry and work behind a wall of silence) the firm supplies everything from the transportation system through to the water treatment system at the other end. Will Green, Sales Director at the company explains, “80 per cent of our sales go into the UK and we always have a number of jobs on the go. We are a market focused company and most of our business is with the aerospace industry. We get much of our business through recommendation and also because of our ability to supply machinery that complies with all regulations. At any time we have three types of jobs on: the small orders up to around £10,000 which we would have a lot of; mid-size up to £150,000, where we would have half a dozen or so on the go; and the large orders, which can be worth over a £1,000,000. At present we have four of these orders going through.
We fabricate all of the parts, do all of the steelworks and even make the plastic tanks at our sister factory in Cannock, so our customers have complete traceability and we know that we are supplying a quality product.” There are 70 people working in Plasticraft’s engineering department, with the designers and engineers working closely together on each bespoke project. However, once the plating line has left the factory the work does not stop there. Plasticraft installs all of its units, and also has a growing service function. “Customers do not want to employ their own service people any more and they also do not want to deal with the chemicals that are used in the plating processes, so more and more we are being asked to provide that service,” continued Will.“After sales support is important to us and our customers rely on us for continuous, safe operation.” The plating lines also have a long life and engineers on the road often find machines that were installed in one plant, tuning up in another. Indeed, Will says that he knows of plants that were installed in Birmingham and ended up in Brazil. Plasticraft has also had to make its lines more user friendly as there is often a skills shortage in some of the places where they are installed, and it has done this by automating as much as possible. As Will says,“Automation is process driven to make sure that parts come out the same every time, at the correct quality. We use computers to remove the human element, and this also helps with logging and complying with regulations such as NADCAP.” So there it is: a dynamic, manufacturing company in the West Midlands. A lot of people say they don’t exist, but the ones like Plasticraft that know their market and have adapted and specialised will continue to survive and thrive. l
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Cash flow is constrained, projects are buisness critical and you need a Purple Squirrel that elusive candidate who ticks ALL of the boxes and will make a difference from Day 1. It takes technology expertise, such as we have, to quickly penetrate the right people networks and spot the genuine talent in candidates CVs, screening out the mediocrity. Ultimately, this saves your decision maker's time, get's the ideal matching candidate onboard more quickly; avoiding costly project delays and missed deliverables.
Purple Squirrel is a niche technical recruitment Consultancy. The founders are time served professionals of Engineering, Manufacturing,Research, Quality, Programme Management and Business Development disciplines. When we talk with you it is on an equal understanding of your business ethic and pressures. We are multi-lingual and able to support your global requirements. As Corporate REC Members and still engineers at heart we are passionately committed to excellence.
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An additional capability Assisting companies in the advanced engineering sector to enhance their manufacturing and engineering capabilities Do you want to develop your existing engineering or manufacturing capabilities? Do you want to acquire new engineering or manufacturing capabilities? Do you want to take your company into new markets?
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Ltd provides specialist advice and input to organisations in the public or private sectors in advanced manufacturing technologies, market analysis and strategies for accessing and developing new manufacturing and engineering capabilities. The service provided is to fill gaps in clients’ capability or capacity, either extending their knowledge base or in providing a temporary addition to their own team.
Since its establishment in 2006, Engineered Capabilities Ltd has assisted companies in the advanced engineering sector to enhance their manufacturing and engineering capabilities. Recent client contracts have included advice and planning for developing the aerospace composites
capabilities of an advanced manufacturing company, mapping a regional photonics supply chain and providing advice to a multinational materials supply company on engagement with UK Ministry of Defence (MoD) research and development spending. Dr Neil Calder has a wealth of experience in the advanced engineering sector, with a doctorate in mechanical engineering, and having previously held permanent specialist technical posts with BAE SYSTEMS and the NorthWest Aerospace Alliance. He has a well established and diverse technical network in the UK and abroad which encompasses strategic decision support, business capability development, supply chain development, and vertical integration of the knowledge supply chain. This entails close liaison with many aerospace Primes and government departments as well as external bodies such as university and intermediate research groups within Europe and the USA. In addition to manufacturing process, specialisation in areas such as aerospace composites and additive manufacturing, he has had specific roles in the provision of market and technical intelligence and foresight. l
Consistent Air Quality Junair designs and manufactures spray booths, spray booth equipment and smart repair equipment.
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synonymous with i n n ov a t i o n i n s p ray booth development, providing solutions that deliver energy savings, higher productivity, enhanced performance and, ultimately, increased profitability for customers in the repair and refinishing industry.
QADs™ is Junair ’s patented auxiliary air moving system and it provides the most effective drying and curing process available in the market today. The clean, filtered and heated air supply generated by QADs™ creates the ideal environment for the fast, controlled flash off of waterborne base coats and the rapid through curing of low VOC top coats. The system is designed to cover the whole component being painted no matter what size or shape in one operation, ensuring that there is consistent drying of waterborne base coats. Conventional spray booths are inefficient in raising the lower area of a part to the required curing temperature. This is because warm air rises to the top of the cabin whilst cooler air descends to floor level. Also, the air passing over the lower panels has already been cooled by the substrate
above. Differences of 10-15°C are not uncommon in conventional booths, leading to extended baking times, taking up more valuable booth time and energy. QADs™ can be retro-fitted to most makes of spray booth ovens. Heated air from QADs™, however, envelops the whole part including the lower panels, ensuring that the recommended temperature is achieved quickly. On most spray booth ovens QADs™ will achieve the lower panel temperature of 60°C within 10 minutes. It is no coincidence that QADs™ are exported extensively worldwide Junair has secured millions of pounds worth of funding for its clients through the Carbon Trust Interest Free Loan scheme. l
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Get connected‌ www.cinch.com t +44 (0)1909 504 380 e sales@cinchuk.com w www.cinch.com Cinch Ltd., Shireoaks Road, Worksop, Nottinghamshire. S80 3HA
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Knowing the job – it’s personal Purple Squirrel is a recruitment business founded by engineers for engineers
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he next time you get a call from a recruitment agency, try an experiment; flip the call back at them and ask their recruiter about what jobs they’ve ever done. How many of those callers will have an engineering degree, a masters and time in industry to match your qualifications and experience?
Employers of course have had little choice. They have shortages in skill sets that their business activities require must be filled. The decision to outsource their search and selection activity is always a question of staffing and costs for the HR department, under pressure to guarantee results. When Yvonne Paige and her business partner started Purple Squirrel, they knew from the outset that they should, could and would be different. Between them they have three decades of engineering and technical know how in design, manufacturing, quality, commercial and programme management, as well as work experience on all continents. With the insight born of that experience, the business of attracting, screening and matching Purple Squirrel candidates to job vacancies becomes a precision activity; if a candidate is available in the labour market at a given time it doesn’t take Purple Squirrel long to connect with them. It is as close as you can achieve to the decision making hiring manager sitting down and doing it themselves – but of course you don’t have that luxury of time you have a department to run.
Yvonne Paige, The Original Purple Squirrel Yvonne graduated with honours in Mechanical Engineering from Brunel University, England in 1995. Her studies had been enhanced with training placements in product development, testing, manufacturing planning, production, vehicle launch team; and apprentice training. So, upon graduation,
she joined Ford where she worked in a number of projects until 2000, when she left for a new product innovation at Federal Mogul as Program Manager and was swiftly transferred to Delphi when the technology was acquired. During the period of business transition, she stepped in to fill the void that had been left by the absence of having no HR department onsite. What started as an interim measure became more permanent and she handled all personnel issues for the team of 50 for a period of four years. In 2004 Yvonne launched her own project of a more personal nature; her son was born, soon followed by a daughter in 2006, after which she chose not to return to work immediately, but to enjoy motherhood for a while. When she began planning for her return to the work force in 2007 she found all of the front line engineering and management positions required candidates who could travel to suppliers and corporate head offices; not compatible with the work life balance of a mum. However, not accustomed to defeatism, Yvonne instead realised a personal ambition to create her own business. Purple Squirrel recruitment consultancy was incorporated in 2008. The firm’s USP is substantive experience in the engineering, industrial and technical sectors that are now served and not in telesales, as is the case with some other recruiters. While getting ready for the venture, Yvonne studied for and achieved a Certificate in Recruitment Practice from the Recruitment and Employment Confederation. She is especially interested in recruitment issues on the topic of Diversity having had many of her own first hand experiences. Today, Yvonne’s key focus is in growing the success of her new business. Her vision is no less ambitious, she is full of the drive and determination that made her stand out before - perhaps more so because now this is personal. l
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From Plan to Production Siemens’ end to end technology solutions that meet challenges and deliver answers
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iemens is an industry leader operating at the technological forefront to meet the specific manufacturing requirements of the aerospace industry. It is the only company today which can offer a totally integrated manufacturing answer via end to end plan to production solutions with the delivery of state of the art, innovative production techniques that are assisting aerospace companies tackle the main issues they face on a daily basis.
With growing competition and operational and cost efficiencies driving the decision making of aerospace businesses, it is clear that areas such as time to market, proven production techniques and escalating material costs are some of the critical causes of concern for aerospace manufacturing companies who are trying to compete nationally and, indeed, globally. ‘Right first time’ manufacturing is a Siemens driven philosophy on which an essential response to industry challenges can be made. Previously, aerospace manufacturers would follow a path of design and then manufacture. With Siemens’ help that approach can be made obsolete as our technology answers for business mean that companies can now fully simulate the design, manufacture and production stages, ranging from part design through to accurate simulation of manufacturing timescales, and help eradicate highlighted potential problems. In addition, our technology ensures that assembly processes can be replicated in advance — designed to support the ‘get it right first time’ philosophy. Innovative production techniques such as advanced 5 axis machining are becoming increasingly critical as part of the manufacturing landscape within the aerospace industry. Modern aircraft manufacturing tolerances are more arduous then ever and the requirement for high end accuracy requires cutting edge products and processes that have the ability to compensate for all manufacturing anomalies. Siemens’ 5 axis technology is today positioned as the preferred control technology for the aerospace industry with its modular designs, open platforms and truly scalable solutions offering maximum scope for communication and analysis around the manufacturing process. Once into production, repeatability is a key requirement for meeting ongoing manufacturing challenges, and the real time communication and analysis environment delivered by Siemens’ complete portfolio of technology solutions delivers a truly integrated approach. This is an approach which has been embraced and is currently being widely used across the aerospace industry. With modern aircraft manufacturing companies utilising expensive materials, including composites and titanium, businesses cannot afford waste in terms of material choice and usage. It is essential to minimise the risk associated with employing high cost materials and Siemens’ digital manufacturing technology can support the aerospace industry in a number of key areas with design and manufacturing benefits, including: • Verification of operation sequence before the first metal is cut; • Collision verification before the first tool or fixture is created;
• Optimised tool and work area capacity; • Maximised visual work instructions to provide information clarity and minimise authoring costs; • Coherent and consistent technical packages authored for each product throughout its lifecycle; • Configured information authored early in the design process; • Minimised shop floor quality issues; • Delivery of seamless connection to downstream IT systems. As well as the benefits delivered by Siemens’ digital manufacturing solutions, the ability to connect people and processes through Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) capabilities enhances the proven technology solutions. PLM from Siemens helps deliver an end to end solution offering and generates a number of benefits that can make a competitive difference for aerospace businesses. These include global virtual collaboration, enterprise productivity, production optimisation, reduced time to market and delivered return on investment, lower costs of ownership, compliance assurance, proven scalability and the experience of proven best practice in action across the aerospace industry. For true answers for industry and to experience acknowledged expertise when it comes to meeting the specific challenges facing aerospace manufacturers, please visit the Siemens stand where they will be happy to demonstrate their capabilities. l SHOWGUIDE | AERO ENGINEERING ‘09
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A specialist package Whatever your packaging needs, The Routing and Packaging Company can meet them
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he Routing and Packaging Company Ltd (TRP) was tier 1 and 2 aerospace companies for the safe transportation of high quality established in 2005 to provide packaging and CNC routed and high costs parts and assemblies. TRP really offers a ‘one stop’ solution to meet packaging needs from, details to both aerospace and commercial Industries. The firm specialises in shaping and profiling MDF, plywood, chipwood, segmented kit boxes to easy assemble flat pack crates, from commercial plastazote foams and many other materials. The most demanding vehicle ply lining kits to foam inserted cases and flight boxes; even trolley projects become light work with a multi skilled workforce and manufacture and ancillary joinery. The firm strives to meet every customer’s requirements with: flexible working practices: TRP always achieves a quality product • CNC Routing Services; at the right price. Component transport handling, including specialised shelving, racking • CAD/CAM design drawing and programming; and protection systems, is TRP’s forte and is manufactured on the premises. • Bespoke box design and manufacture; All timber transportation products are manufactured from ISPM15 • Fast accurate quotations coupled with competitive pricing; (Infestation Free) materials. • Small or batch volume handling; TRP continues to support the aerospace sector with bespoke transportation • Machined wood, plastic, foams and aluminium. products and services; designing, manufacturing and supplying specialist Machining capabilities at TRP include Wadkin Olympus CNC Router (with twin bespoke transport boxes for all sizes of assemblies, large and small. Also for heads and a 3m x 1.5m bed to handle the largest of material), SCM CC100 high quality machine parts flat and foam details, kit spares and line side CNC Router (with 2.5x1.2m bed to handle standard sheet sizes), panel saw, components. Foam lined kitting shadow trays are supplied to a wide range of conventional saw and drilling. l
Partner in Tooling Technology Vollmer applies technology, service and expertise for better customer performance
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or 100 years Vollmer has remained committed to the spirit of innovation with which Heinrich Vollmer established the company, and has continuously developed machinery for the manufacture and sharpening of tooling of all types. Efficient, high quality production requires tooling that can perform with high precision over a long service life, even on the toughest materials and Vollmer works in close partnership with customers to provide the technology, service and expertise needed to achieve these goals.
Among the company’s latest offerings for PCD tooling are the QXD200 universal disc-erosion machine for tools up to 250mm in diameter and 200mm in length, which has six CNC axes and performs measuring, erosion, relief grinding and polishing in a single clamping operation with reduced cycle times, and the QWD760H wire erosion machine with five CNC axes for automatic measuring and erosion of tools tipped with PCD, PcBN and other hard materials and up to 320mm in diameter and 500mm in length. Both machines have integrated toolchangers and can be equipped with workpiece handling systems for unattended operation - and this automation is a feature available on other Vollmer machines including the 8-axis CHD270 for automatic face and top grinding of carbide tipped sawblades with different diameters and tooth geometries, and the KSC710 Service Centre for automatic sharpening and chamfering of HSS blades with diameters from 40-710mm. As part of its Centenary celebrations, Vollmer has built a purpose designed Technology and Training Centre (TTC) at its headquarters in Biberach, Germany. Equipped with all types of machine manufactured by the company, the TTC will be used for customer demonstrations, sample processing, technology training and machine training. Technology training comprises week long courses offering a mix of theory and practical sessions from expert presenters on Carbide, PCD and HSS sawblades and tooling; while machinery training is available with Basic (efficient machine
QXD200 disc-erosion machine for PCD tools with integrated toolchanger and pallet workpiece handling system for unattended automatic operation
operation), Advanced (improved processing efficiency) and Service (standard repairs and preventative maintenance) modules. “The idea is to transfer knowledge of the design, manufacture and servicing of tooling, which Vollmer engineers have built up over many years working with customers throughout the world”, said Peter Allen, managing director of Vollmer UK, “together with access to our latest equipment for all types of tooling for the practical sessions”. l
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A&G Precision and Sons Ltd.
Stand: 306 Address: Preesall Mill, Park Lane, PoultonLe-Fylde, Lancashire, FY6 0LU Tel: 01253 812451 Fax: 01253 812828 Email: agprecision@btconnect.com Web: www.agprecision.co.uk
Stand personnel Michael Pinder, Director Scott Pinder, Director Arthur Pinder, Managing Director Dave Sidebotham, Sales Director Wayne Richardson, Operations Director A&G Precision And Sons Ltd has been established for 20 years and has emerged as a major force in quality assured precision components. Substantial investment in state-of-the-art manufacturing technology has placed the company at the forefront in the production of complex components used in key military and civil aircraft programmes.In addition to high-precision batch components, A&G also provides a range of additional services including prototypes, sub-assembly manufacture and reverse engineering. Working in partnership with its customers, the company operates round-the-clock shifts which enables a rapid response and delivery. With a highly skilled workforce of 40 people, the company is based in the North West at the centre of the UK’s aerospace manufacturing cluster and continues to invest heavily in new capacity. Operating ISO 9001:2000 and AS9100 quality systems in addition to key customer approvals, A&G Precision And Sons Ltd is committed to quality, consistent performance & cost.
Adept Scientific Plc
Stand: 613 Address: Amor Way, Letchworth, Herts, SG6 1ZA Tel: 01462 480055 Fax: 01462 480213 Email: info@adeptscience.com Web: www.adeptscience.com
STAND PERSONNEL Bakhtiar Choudhary, Product Specialist DAQ and Control Surak Perera, Product Specialist Maths and Simulation Dave Woodward, Product Specialist SPC Chris Denly, Sales Manager Maths and Simulation Mike Pisapia, General Manager Adept Scientific is a World leader suppling software and hardware for engineering, scientific and research applications. Offering a wide range of marketleading solutions for collecting, analysing, managing, simulating and presenting technical data, Adept Scientific also provides comprehensive technical support, training and added-value services. Customers include major UK corporations, government bodies and educational institutions, with users ranging from engineers and designers developing new products to researchers conducting experiments in all branches of science. Adept is proud of its reputation as one of the World’s most efficient and technically able suppliers in their field; a reputation achieved and maintained by a strategy of technical expertise, a highly efficient and responsive approach to customer service and state-of-the-art Webbased information and e-commerce systems. Partnering with companies including Maplesoft, PTC, Northwest Analytical, United Electronic.
Aerospace & Defence Knowledge Transfer Network Stand: 601 Address: Salamanca Square, 9 Albert Embankment, London, SE1 7SP. Tel: 0207 091 4500 Fax: 0207 091 4545 Email: daniel.jones@aeroktn.co.uk Web: www.aeroktn.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL Daniel Jones, Coordiator Sameer Savani, Operations Manager Ruth Mallors, Director
The Aerospace & Defence Knowledge Transfer Network (A&D KTN) assists the promotion of innovation and collaboration across UK industry, Government and academia, improving industrial performance and implementing the UK National Aerospace Technology Strategy (NATS). Priorities include: • To deliver improved industrial performance through innovation and new collaboration, maximising the impact of new R&T; better coordination of resources for delivery of NATS. • To make the UK a more globally competitive environment for investment in aerospace and defence R&T. • To facilitate innovation and knowledge transfer across the civil and defence sectors and enable closer collaboration between academia, industry and the MoD. • To improve coherency and effectiveness of industry in science, technology and innovation towards Government, supported by analysis and technology roadmapping. KTN membership is free! To register visit aeroktn.co.uk/ register
Aerospace Manufacturing/ Stand: 419 MIT Publishing Ltd Address: Featherstone Hs, 375 High St, Rochester, Kent ME1 1DA Tel: 0044(0)1634 830566 Fax: 0044(0)1634 408488 Email: mdeadman@aero-mag.com Web: www.aero-mag.com STAND PERSONNEL Mark Deadman, Sales Manager; Andy Morley, Sales Director; Mike Richardson, Editor; Simon Lott, Assoc Editor; Phil Sloan, Business Development Manager Aerospace Manufacturing Since its launch at the 2006 Farnborough Air Show, Aerospace Manufacturing has grown to become the leading business-to-business publication that focuses on the design, production and supply chain elements of the civil and defence aerospace sectors. Published 10 times each year, the magazine provides industry news and exclusive features on the latest technologies, along with comment from key aerospace organisations and industry figureheads. Distributed to 11,000 decision-making industry professionals within Europe, Aerospace Manufacturing’s informed editorial content serves as a regular source of vital information for those in the aerospace industry making the important decisions that will help shape the aircraft of tomorrow. www.aero-mag.com
Aerotech Stand: 504 Address: Jupiter House, Calleva Park, Aldermaston, RG24 9SR Tel: +44 118 9409400 Fax: +44 118 9409401 Email: sales@aerotech.co.uk Web: www.aerotech.com STAND PERSONNEL Steve Toogood, Senior Application Engineer; Dr Robert Novotnak, Vice President Advanced Electromechanical Systems for Aerospace and Defence Aerotech showcases motion simulators, multi-axis gimbal systems, single- and multi-axis positioning systems, and advanced control systems. Products include those designed for angular testing and calibration of satellite sensors, missile seeker gimbals, inertial navigation guidance units, optical pointing and target tracking, and more. Direct drive technology for both linear and rotary application assure consistent performance through a products life. Aerotech has designed and manufactured the highest performance motion control and positioning systems for our customers . Aerotech’s precision motion control
products provide the critical performance for today’s demanding applications in military and aerospace research and development requiring high precision, high throughput motion solutions.
Amfax Stand: 519 Address: Unit 3 Clump Fm Ind Est, Blandford, Dorset, DT11 7TE Tel: 01258 480777 Fax: 01258 480728 Email: kevinj@amfax.co.uk Web: www.amfax.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL Kevin Jackson, Business Development Manager Alan Smith, Managing Director Stuart Parker, Manufacturing Manager Amfax is an ISO9001 certified Engineering & Manufacturing company which has been established for 25 years. We design, manufacture, integrate and support test systems. Our 40+ qualified and experienced engineers, technicians, prototype and production wire persons operate in an organised and responsive environment to provide both small and large projects to a high standard and on time. Amfax are proficient in electrical, electronic, mechanical and software disciplines and use tools such as solid edge (3D), AutoCad (2D), Easy PC and OrCad to provide comprehensive drawing packages. Amfax is a Select Integrator for National Instruments, one of only 15 globally and are expert at LabView, Teststand and NI hardware. Our high quality manufacturing team operate to IPC 610 and 620 to provide electrical and mechanical solutions including cable looms, sub-assemblies, fixtures and complete test systems. All items are inspected, tested and may be commissioned on customer’s premises if required.
Applied Computing and Engineering Ltd
Stand: 414 Address: Daresbury Science & Innovation Campus, Keckwick Lane, Daresbury, Cheshire, WA4 4FS Tel: 01925 606400 Fax: 01925 606411 Email: info@acel.co.uk Web: www.acel.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL Yash Khandhia, Director; Anthony Mosquera, Director; John Baxter, Director; David Garnier, PROFILE Contrôles Industriels Applied Computing & Engineering Ltd offers the aerospace industry leading edge simulation products and services in the areas of design and manufacturing. We develop software for the simulation of automated processes in robotics, machining, assembly and measurement. We supply specialist aerodynamics software for design analysis and optimisation or conduct work on a project basis. We offer a complete range of computer services including system specification, configuration, installation and maintenance. Companies benefit for improved productivity, reduced time to market and better quality products and processes.
Applied PLM Limited Stand: 211 Address: Boundary Court, Willow Farm Business Park, Castle Donington, Leicestershire, DE74 2NN Tel: 01332 813340 Fax: 01332 813350 Email: s.clark@appliedgroup.com Web: www.appliedgroup.com STAND PERSONNEL Teifion Lewis, Tech Director Applied PLM Limited Ian Ellis, Account Manager Applied PLM Limited Mike Weber, VP Sales Magestic Systems Inc The UK commercial aerospace sector has been dominated over recent years by the race between
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Airbus and Boeing in developing new large commercial passenger and freight carrying aircraft. Both organisations have been competing aggressively to win market share and both companies have been focused on both increasing product innovation and reducing operational costs. A key part of their strategy has been the introduction of Product Lifecycle technologies and methodologies both within their internal business processes and across their supply chains. CATIA is a core element in their strategy to build 3D digital prototypes. Applied is a leading supplier of CATIA design and manufacturing solutions and services, working alongside many OEM’s and their supply chains. Additionally we market a number of complementary and specialist software applications and tools that further enhance CATIA’s capabilities.
ATI Stellram Limited Stand: 207 Address: Hercules Way, Bowerhill Ind.Est., Melksham, Wilts, SN12 6TS Tel: +41 22 3549749 Fax: +41 22 3549828 Email: info@stellram.com Web: www.stellram.com STAND PERSONNEL John Bannister, UK National Sales Manager ATI Stellram manufactures high-performance cutting tools for difficult-to-machine materials. Its broad product range includes inserts & toolholders suitable for milling, turning, drilling, threading and grooving applications. In addition, ATI Stellram develops new grades and specialist combinations of substrates and coatings that are more resistant to the heat and wear demands of high temperature alloy machining Renowned for solving hard machining challenges, ATI Stellram has a reputation for developing innovative cutting tool solutions that deliver better productivity, lower costs and higher quality, for the latest generation of nickel-, cobalt- and titanium-based alloys typically used in the aerospace industries. ATI Stellram has manufacturing plants in Switzerland and the UK and USA, and is part of ATI Aerospace market sector team integrating products, technologies and unsurpassed manufacturing capabilities of Allegheny Technologies Inc., a global leader in specialty metals.
Axis Precision Engineering Components Ltd Stand: 411 Address: ARNHAM HOUSE, BENTALLS, PIPPS HILL, BASILDON, ESSEX, SS14 3BX Tel: 01268 271144 Fax: 01268 273222 Email: andrew@axispec.com Web: www.axispec.com STAND PERSONNEL Andrew Buckingham, Sales & Marketing Manager; Peter Selfe, Programmer Engineering the future from possibility to reality. Axis Precision Engineering Components specialises in the manufacturing CNC precision milled and turned components using multi-axis machines which includes 5 axis milling for customers within the aerospace, petro-chemical, medical, F1 and military industries in a wide range of materials. We continually invest in machinery and people, enabling us to keep ahead of an ever-changing and demanding marketplace. ISO 9001 approved and in the process of implementing AS9100
Barcodes For Business Ltd Stand: 202 Address: Buckland House, 56 Packhorse Road, Gerrards Cross, Bucks, SL9 8EF Tel: 01753 888833 Fax: 01753 888834 Email: enquiries@barcodesforbusiness.co.uk Web: www.barcodesforbusiness.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL Paul Woods, Sales Consultant Llewellyn Watkins, Sales Manager Barcodes For Business specialise in all aspects of labelling technology, barcode and RFID products.
Since 1992 we’ve been providing solutions to all types of businesses ranging from small supply chain companies to large car & aerospace manufacturers. Our comprehensive range of services cover the consultation process, testing & surveying, installation, and ongoing support of our systems which in turn can help prevent losses of anything from nuts & bolts to car keys & hand tools. We can also offer customers a comprehensive label management service which helps to control label stocks and covers printer maintenance. Amongst other things at our stand we’ll be demonstrating ToolTrak, a simple and fully portable system which has been designed to be used within a busy manufacturing environment to manage the many moving assets being used daily. The system records all loans, calibration tests and renewal dates & will prevent any out of date equipment from being issued into the workplace.
Breton SpA Stand: 513 Address: Via Garibaldi, 27 Castello di Godego 31030 Treviso Italy Tel: 0039 0423 7691 Fax: 0039 0423 769600 Email: info@breton.it Web: www.breton.it STAND PERSONNEL Bragagnolo Enrico, Area Sales Manager Mike Heapy, Agent High performance multipurpose machining centres Breton multipurpose machining centres are specially conceived for high speed, high performance and high versatility. Architecture with gantry mobile bridge, Metalquartz structure and a wide range of powerful spindles are the main features of these centres. High dynamic, high chip removal, excellent surface finish and outstanding machining accuracy are synonym of efficiency, quality and productivity. With its full range of machines, Breton can satisfy Customers with the most complex and sophisticated machining requirements in the main industrial sectors such as aerospace, energy, automotive, mold and die and general mechanics. Our Best Sellers: Flymill 5 axes Gantry Machining Center with Direct Drive Technology for mid-large aerostructures; Ultrix for turning up to 1000mm, 5-axes milling and grinding in one setup: your best choice for engine components manufacturing.
Carbolite Address: Parsons Lane Tel: +44 (0) 1433 620011 Fax: +44 (0) 1433 621198 Email: sales@carbolite.com Web: www.carbolite.com
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STAND PERSONNEL Alan Street, Product Manager Carbolite are a UK based manufacturer of furnaces & ovens with over 70 years practical experience & reputation for quality. Our products are in widespread use for the heat treatment of aircraft components, both for initial manufacture & for MRO as well as in R&D applications.. All of our products are designed & manufactured in the UK under a quality assurance scheme that is certified to ISO 9001:2000. Carbolite’s in depth understanding of aerospace industry standards mans that for those companies seeking to provide heat treatment to NADCAP / SAE Standard AMS 2750 we are able to specify exactly the right furnace or oven to operate within a specific compliance class. In addition to the enormous range of standard models, Carbolite has the skill & expertise to modify our furnace & oven designs so that they more precisely meet our customers requirements, or where required start with a blank sheet of paper for totally custom built designs.
Castle Precision Engineering Stand: 614 Address: 241 Drakemire Drive, Castlemilk, Glasgow G45 9SZ Tel: 0141 634 1377 Fax: 0141 634 3678 Email: laura@castleprecision.com Web: www.castleprecision.com STAND PERSONNEL George Kennedy, Technical Sales Manager Scotland Michael McKenna, Technical Sales Engineer Damian McLaughlin, IT Assistant Roxanne Tiefenbrun, Sales Admin Michael McGill - Project Engineer Castle Precision Engineering is an AS9100 approved first tier supplier to the Aerospace and Defence sectors. The company has 62 CNC machine tools comprising 28 CNC lathes, 24 CNC machining centres, as well as 7 five axis machining centres and 3 CNC grinders. Most machines are equipped with Renishaw probing for component and tool measurement. In addition the company has full tool making and tool design facilities. The fully equipped inspection department includes five CMMs with up to sub micron capability. A comprehensive IT system encompasses all aspects of the business with work stations at every desk and every CNC machine tool. The projects department process all work utilising Solidworks / Camworks CADCAM and Vericut verification. The company has a very high level of skills and is a nationally approved training centre. The company is currently obtaining the ISO 14001 and SC21 approvals. Castle is ready to partner with your business.
C Dugard Ltd Stand: 112 Address: 75 Old Shoreham Road, Hove, BN3 7BX Tel: 01273 732286 / 01322 5211 Email: bobhorton@machmedia.co.uk Web: www.dugard.com STAND PERSONNEL Nick Gunning, Sales Richard Jessup, Sales Eric Dugard, Managing Director Joe Hamilton, Sales Over the years C Dugard has supplied many machines to the Aerospace Sectors both in the Home and Export markets providing “Turnkey Packages “ as a fully equipped system in addition to stand alone machines to suit a particular project. The main product lines that Dugard have supplied to the Aerospace Sectors are Hedelius – 3 & 5 axis VMCs ideal for small to medium Airframe and Engine components in Aluminium and Titanium. Edel – Travelling Column Bridge Mills, 3 and 5 axis suitable for Larger Airframe components. Tos Varnsdorf --Horizontal Boring machines to produce Aircraft Landing Gear and other aerospace components. You Ji – Vertical CNC lathes used in the manufacture and overhaul of Aero Engine Casings and Blade assemblies. Dugard Eagle – our own brand comprising a full range of general purpose CNC Machine Tools used to manufacture a wide range of components for any industry in addition to a range of large multi-axis machines, highly suited to the Aerospace industry.
Censol Limited Stand: 121 Address: New Tythe Street, Long Eaton, Nottingham, NG10 2DL Tel: 0115 972 7070 Fax: 0115 946 1107 Email: info@censol.co.uk Web: www.censol.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL Zoe Humphries, Business Development Manager Karl Dinnis, Sales Co-ordinator Censol is an established supplier of spill containment products and low lint wipers to the aerospace industry. Our unique Absorbent Stations are a major development in the cost effective management
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of Oil and Chemical Spills on the Shop floor. Each Station contains Absorbent Socks and Pads together with Rolls Royce Approved specialist Wipers and Eco friendly Cleaner / Degreaser Wet Wipes for the removal of grease, grime and marking inks. Amongst our Blue Chip customers are: Rolls Royce, Lisi Aerospace, IMI Norgren, Dunlop Aerospace, JCB, Allvac Ltd, Parker Hannifin Plc, Pall Life Sciences, Chromalloy Ltd & Linde Material Handling (UK) Ltd It’s important to have the right absorbents in the right place, at the right time, all of the time.
Ceramic Seals Limited
Stand: 501 Address: Westwood Industrial Estate, Arkwright Street, Oldham, OL9 9LZ Tel: +44 (0)161 627 2353 Fax: +44 (0)161 627 2356 Email: sales@ceramicseals.co.uk Web: www.ceramicseals.co.uk
STAND PERSONNEL Raymond Woods, Technical Sales Manager Jonathan Foreman, Director Stephen Pearson, Managing Director Ceramic Seals designs and manufactures hermetically bonded ceramic to metal and sapphire to metal assemblies for high and low temperature, high vacuum and high pressure applications. Sectors we currently supply include aerospace, defence, medical, nuclear, scientific equipment and physics research. Ceramic Seals products can be found in infra-red temperature sensing devices, engine fire control systems, laser systems, cryogenic magnets, scanning electron microscopes, electrical assemblies, endoscopes and ultra high vacuum equipment. In house processes include vacuum and reducing atmosphere brazing, TIG welding, plating, ceramic metallizing and sintering. The business was established over 50 years ago as part of Ferrranti International, becoming independent in 1990. The company’s quality system is certified to ISO 9001:2000, AS9100 approval is pending. Visit our website at www.ceramicseals.co.uk to view our catalogue of standard parts or contact us with your special requirements.
Ceratizit UK Ltd
Stand: 201 Address: Sheffield Airport Business Park Tel: 01925 261161 Fax: 01925 267933 Email: info.uk@ceratizit.com Web: www.ceratizit.com
STAND PERSONNEL Mr. Klaus Kucher, UK Sales Manager - End User Mr. Nahan Paxton, Key Account Technical Manager Mr. Tony Harwood, Account Manager Mr. Adrian Eagle, Account Manager Mr. Jack Leeham, Segment Support Engineer Carbide specialist CERATIZIT lives by the motto “hard material matters”. CERATIZIT is a pioneer in sophisticated hard material solutions for wear protection and cutting tools. It operates world-wide, with manufacturing plants in Europe, the Americas and Asia and sales operations in all industrialized markets: the UK base is in Sheffield. The company is privately-owned, 50% via the Austrian Plansee group and employs around four thousand people to produce more than ten billion sintered items per year. CERATIZIT’s strategy is to specialize in meeting the hard material needs of particular industry segments by building a position of technological leadership. This strategy has been particularly successful in the aerospace and turbine industries, providing marketleading machining solutions for high-tech titanium and nickel alloys and heat resistant stainless steels.
CGTech Ltd
Stand: 101 Address: Curtis House 34 Third Avenue Hove East Sussex BN3 2PD Tel: 01273 773538 Fax: 01273 721688 Email: infgo.uk@cgtech.com Web:
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STAND PERSONNEL John Reed, Managing Director CGTech is the developer of VERICUT® CNC Machine Simulation, Verification and Optimisation software. VERICUT protects CNC machine tools against potentially disastrous collisions by providing a virtual machining environment for program simulation and testing of post processed CNC code. VERICUT is used extensively to increase the efficiency of complex 5 axis machining centres and Mill/Turn machines commonly found in aerospace manufacturing CGTech has recently released it’s Composites Applications Suite providing both programming and simulation for Automated Fibre Placement Machines. CGTech is the recognised world leader in CNC simulation and verification software. Based in Irvine California CGTech have subsidiaries in UK, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, China and resellers throughout the world.
Cinch Safran Group Stand: 309 Address: Shireoaks Road, Worksop, Nottinghamshire, S80 3HA Tel: 01909 474 131 Fax: 01909 478 321 Email: d.ormes@cinchuk.com Web: www.cinch.com STAND PERSONNEL Steve Webster, Account Manager UK and N. Europe Kevin Goodwin, Product Manager Paul Connelly, Head of European Sales and Marketing Steve Willis, General Manager About Cinch Connectors At Cinch there is a simple philosophy - Anything is possible! With over 70 years of experience as a global supplier of interconnect solutions into the Military, Defence and Aerospace markets, we believe we have the capabilities and expertise to offer our customer’s interconnect solutions that are uncomplicated and effective. Our prime focuses is on producing reliable, highquality inter-connect solutions, whether connectors or complex bespoke solutions, all of which meet the high performance demands of the industries we service (Defence, Aerospace, Space, Telecom, Industrial Transportation). At Cinch we allocate a high proportion of inward investment to our NPI and Blue Sky development programs, resulting in many new revolutionary interconnect products every year. Our inspiration comes from a number of sources; one of the most important sources of this inspiration is you, our customers! Together We Stimulate, We Innovate, We Create… Get Connected…
CMS Industries - UK Division Stand: 611 Address: Blenheim House, Camberley Road, Bulwell, Nottingham, NG6 8UW Tel: +44 7970 740265 Fax: 0115 977 0555 Email: g.cartwright@cmsukltd.co.uk Web: www.cmsukltd.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL Graeme Cartwright, Sales & Marketing Toni Nagiel, General Manger Giulio Gasparini, Sales Manager CMS Advanced Materials Andrea Musumeci, Sales Manager CMS Tecnocut Subsidary of machine tool manufacturer CMS Industries Italy. Nottingham based CMS UK supply and service large format 3 & 5 axis CNC machining centres and waterjet cutting machines for a wide variety of applications within the aerospace sector, offering the
very latest technology guaranteeing highly flexible, productivity and full integrated solutions. Typical applications include • Carbon fibre machining • Composite trimming and drilling • Honeycomb machining • Machining of stacked aluminium • Waterjet cutting systems from Tecnocut
Collier Research Corporation – HyperSizer Stand: 511 Address: 760 Pilot House Dr, Ste A, Newport News, VA, USA Tel: 757-825-0000 Email: ivonne@hypersizer.com Web: www.HyperSizer.com STAND PERSONNEL Ivonne Collier, P.E., Vice President Craig Collier, P.E., President Collier Research Corporation is one of the world’s leading engineering software providers to the aerospace industry and NASA, providing structural tools, methods research, and software solutions with its flagship product, HyperSizer. As a trusted industry leader, HyperSizer provides aerospace stress analysis and sizing optimization, reducing the weight of aircraft and space vehicles, whether designed with composites or traditional metallic materials. HyperSizer analyzes or “sizes” a structural panels’ dimensions and layups, reducing structural weight, establishing margins of safety for all load cases and all potential failure modes, and creates the stress report for aircraft airworthiness certification. HyperSizer is developed by engineers, for engineers, and is currently being used by NASA on the Crew Exploration Vehicle, the Ares I and Ares V launch vehicles, and by aerospace industry leaders such as Boeing, Lockheed Martin, Bombardier, and Gulfstream for commercial aircraft design.
Concurrent Design Group - CDG
Stand: 400 Address: 3 Oriel Court, Omega Park, Alton, Hants, GU34 2YT Tel: 01420 88645 Fax: 01420 88629 Email: info@cdg.uk.com Web: www.cdg.uk.com STAND PERSONNEL Grant Cameron, Director Graham Walker, Consultant Engineer Wayne Ferguson, Technical Support CDG offer marketing leading products and services to UK industry: our expertise covers 3D Scanning, 3D Printing and 3D Engineering. We are UK representatives for Breuckmann, Geomagic, DeskArtes and ZCorp. For 3D Scanning we offer services for reverse engineering and inspection; we also supply the SmartScan, StereoScan and NaviScan products for high accuracy, high resolution 3D scanning. In addition we supply the Geomagic Studio software (for reverse engineering) and Qualify software (for inspection), to make best use of the scan data. For 3D Printing, we supply the ZCorp range of 3D printers, including the new Z650 and Z450 colour printers. For fast, affordable, full colour printing, including concept models and prototype parts, ZCorp offer a unique solution. We also have 15 years of experience in providing services for 3D Engineering; using solid modelling and FEA software products, in-conjunction with our 3D scanning and 3D printing services, to offer a complete solution.
Continental Data Graphics (CDG)
Stand: 119 Address: Gate House, Fretherne Road, Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, AL8 6NS Tel: +44 (0) 1707 367700 Fax: +44 (0) 1707 371813 Email: contact@cdgl.com Web: www.cdgl.com
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EXHIBITOR DIRECTORY | 27 STAND PERSONNEL Nadeem Ahmed, Sales Manager Sean McBride, Boeing Program Manager CDG, the world’s leading aerospace documentation company, helps manufacturers to accelerate product development, enhance competitiveness and improve efficiency. CDG’s services include: engineering design; 2D to 3D conversion; secure scanning; secure online data hosting, technical authoring and illustration and e-learning. CDG provides technical authoring support for Boeing and their suppliers on the B787, B747-8 and other Boeing aircraft. Customers include: Rolls Royce, Messier Dowty, Goodrich, and Ipeco. S1000D is a requirement for the A400M. CDG can provide authoring of CMMs or full support for an inhouse S1000D programme. CDG provides the full range of aerospace documentation, including the following: IPCs; AMMs; SBs; CMMs to ATA2200; Data integration using CATIA, ENOVIA, and DELMIA; T-Files and Installation Plans. CDG’s success comes from its rigorous monitoring of quality, productivity and delivery schedules. With offices in India and the UK, CDG is seriously competitive.
CTR Carbide Dies Ltd Stand: 409 Address: 7 Port Hope Road, Sparkbrook, Birmingham, West Midlands, B11 1JS, UK. Tel: 0121 772 0817 Fax: 0121 773 9342 Email: peter@ctr-uk.com Web: www.ctr-uk.com STAND PERSONNEL Jim Blanchfield, Managing Director Geoff Tyler, General Manager Peter Ruitenberg, Sales manager Founded in 1973, CTR Carbide Dies is an ISO 9001 / ASEN 9100 Aerospace Standard BSI accredited company located in Birmingham UK. We are one of the largest specialised fastener tooling companies in the world supplying tooling for the Aerospace, Automotive, Construction and General Engineering industries on a global basis. With proven experience in low volume sub contract machining in areas such as tooling for spring manufacturing, tube cold forming dies, medium range press tooling, rubber mould tooling, feed fingers and component parts machining. Our ongoing plant and equipment investment strategy ensures we remain technologically advanced in a competitive world. We have CNC Multi Axis Soft and Hard Turning, CNC Internal External Grinding, CNC Milling, Wire & Spark Erosion EDM, Honing, Lapping and Diamond polishing facilities. We offer our customers a complete a Complete Tooling Requirement package, with reduced lead times with on time in full delivery. CTR are members of SBAC & MAA.
Dantec Dynamics Ltd Stand: 104 Address: Garonor Way, Royal Portbury, Bristol, BS20 7XE Tel: 01275 375333 Fax: 01275 375336 Email: uk@dantecdynamics.com Web: www.dantecdynamics.com STAND PERSONNEL Mr Rob Wood, Application Specialist Mr Graham Hassall, Director - Scientfic Group Dantec Dynamics is a leading supplier of integrated optical measurement systems for fluid dynamics and solid mechanics applications. Delivering state-ofthe-art turn-key systems using the latest techniques, Shearography, ESPI, Digital Image Correlation, LDA, PIV & CTA. Shearography is a non destructive testing technique widely used in the aerospace industry for inspecting composite materials. Shearography covers large areas quickly providing users live results on the detection
of delaminations, disbonds, and impact damage. R&D, in-service inspection and fully automated production systems are available. The RAF is the UK’s largest user, for in-service inspection of the Sentry aircraft. Digital Image Correlation is also an optical technique, measuring strain and deformation. It provides full field, 3D, non contact results over a flexible measuring range of mm to m on any material. It is ideal for material & component testing, FEA validation and high speed impact & vibration analysis.
Delcam
Stand: 508 Address: Small Heath Business Park, Birmingham B10 0HJ Tel: 0121 683 1000 Fax: 0121 766 5511 Email: marketing@delcam.com Web: www.delcam.com
STAND PERSONNEL Martin Boon, Aerospace Business Development Manager Chris Edwards, European Business Development Director Peter Dickin, Marketing Manager Delcam is the world’s largest specialist supplier of machining software, with the largest CAM development team. It develops systems for every type of machine tool, from simple lathes and 2D mills, up to the most sophisticated 5-axis machining centres and multi-spindle, turn-mill equipment. Delcam also produces a complete portfolio of supporting software, for component design, tooling design, reverse engineering and inspection. Delcam systems have been used, at some stage, on virtually every major aircraft programme in recent years. Our customers have undertaken projects in all the various areas that go towards producing a successful aircraft, from developing more fuel-efficient engines, to manufacturing airframe components more effectively, and even in designing more comfortable and more attractive interiors. They have worked on all scales of project, from the manufacture of components for UAVs and helicopters up to the production of engines and airframes for the largest aircraft.
Dewar Brothers Ltd Stand: 214 Address: Cleuch Mill, Lower Mill Street, Tillicoultry FK13 6BP Tel: 01259 750669 Fax: 01259 750573 Email: Iain@dewarbrothers.com Web: www.dewarbrothers.com STAND PERSONNEL Iain Robertson, Director Dewar Brothers Ltd is the sole distributor of Spacecase modular storage and transit containers manufactured in UV stabilised polyethylene plastic & designed for maximum performance and durability. Spacecase containers have a robust rotationally moulded polyethylene construction making them suitable for a wide range of industrial applications. Resistant to most chemicals, oil & fuels, the containers will not dent or rust and are an ideal alternative to more traditional materials for returnable multiple use containers. Spacecase containers are environmentally sealed, fitted with recessed soft grip handles and lockable catches. The cases can be customized with a range of internal furniture including profiled foam inserts, liftout trays and shock-mounted sub-frames designed to suit specific requirements.
Dormer Tools Ltd Stand: 103 Address: Morse Way, Waverley, Sheffield, S60 5BJ Tel: 0114 2933819 Fax: 0870 850 8866 Email: david.limb@dormertools.com Web: www.dormertools.com STAND PERSONNEL David Limb, Marketing Assistant James Butler, Application Engineer Ricky Payling, Key Account Manager, Aerospace & Composite A key member of the Sandvik group, Dormer are one of the world’s foremost producers of solid carbide and
high speed steel rotary cutting tools, with a reputation for quality, innovation and brand leadership. An information exchange between customers, key partners and leading research establishments shapes an unrivalled new product development programme. This ensures that Dormer customers have access to a product range featuring the very latest advances in tooling geometry, materials and coatings.
Drallim Industries – CargoAids Stand: 402 Address: Drury Lane, St Leonards on Sea, East Sussex, TN38 9BA Tel: 01424 205140 Fax: 01424 202140 Email: dmooney@drallim.com Web: www.drallim.com STAND PERSONNEL Dave Mooney, Managing Director Steve Nevard, Business Development Manager Drallim Industries is divided into 4 main divisions, Cargo Aids, Controls, Dry Air, and Monitoring & Test. In 2009 the Cargo Aids division, which is featured at Aero 09, celebrates 50 years in the aerospace industry. It is recognised all over the world for the quality and reliability of its product range: from specialist design and production of helicopter under slung cargo hooks with load weighing systems, to freight carrying, cargo and weapons restraint systems, each constructed to withstand the most extreme weather and use. We are also a long established sub-contract manufacturer of specialist industrial products and assemblies for wellrespected companies, which include British Aerospace, Bechtel, MBDA and Marconi. We are regularly awarded contracts to design solutions for specific customer problems, where we are able to not only provide prototypes, but to then continue to provide production quantities, backed up by lifetime support; even servicing and maintenance on or off site.
Dyadem Stand: 417 Address: Aston Court, Suite 12 Kingsmead Business Park, Frederick Place, High Wycombe, UK, HP11 1LA Tel: (0)1494-616-505 Fax: (0)1494-400-144 Email: mchambers@dyadem.com Web: www.dyadem.com STAND PERSONNEL Mark Chambers, Account Director - UK Operations Paul Wentzel, Regional Account Director James McDermott, Marketing Dyadem is the market leader in Operational Risk Management and Quality Risk Management solutions. Dyadem provides software and services that empower companies to manage quality, mitigate risks, achieve regulatory compliance, plan for business continuity and improve profitability. Dyadem works with 85% of the Fortune 500 companies and serves the high tech & electronics, medical devices, oil and gas, chemical, automotive, pharmaceutical and aerospace and defense industries.
Electron Beam Processes Ltd Stand: 118 Address: Unit 4, Octimum, Forsyth Road, Woking, Surrey, GU21 5SF. Tel: 01483 215400 Fax: 01483 215444 Email: info@ebpglobal.com or a.pragnell@ebpglobal.com Web: www.ebpglobal.com STAND PERSONNEL Mr Adrian Pragnell, Business Development Manager Founded in 1966, EBP Ltd is a specialist Welding, Non Destructive Testing and product support machining company. EBP Ltd’s welding capabilities are Electron Beam and Tungstan Inert Gas. Our Non Destructive Testing facility offers Radiography, Fluid Dye Penetrant, Visual, Air in Water Leak & Hydraulic Pressure Testing up 400bar and Helium Leak Detection. EBP Ltd are a NADCAP accredited company for Welding and NDT. The company also holds OEM approval status for
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the selected following companies as well as many other small primes: Rolls Royce – sensitive and critical parts • Augusta Westland • BAe Systems • Eaton Aero • Smiths Aero • Unison(GE) • Esterline • Ametek Aero • Meggitt Group • ITP • MTU • Flight Refuelling • Penny & Giles. EBP Ltd have Quality Management System approval to: BS EN ISO 9001:2000, AS 9100 and AS9104. Supporting the primes as well as tier 1, 2 & 3 suppliers, our business development manager will be happy to discuss with you any metal joining requirements.
EMCC DR. RAŠEK Stand: 616 Address: Moggast, Boelwiese 8, Ebermannstadt, 91320, Germany Tel: +49-9194-9016 Fax: +49-9194-8125 Email: emc.cons@emcc.de Web: www.emcc.de STAND PERSONNEL Rašek, Nathalia, Managing Director EMCCons: EMC-, Radio, Environmental and Safety Tests, Modifications, Consulting, Engineering, Planning, R&D. Accredited and multiple acknowledged test lab: A2LA, EA/DAR/DATech, KBA, BNetzA (RegTP), FCC up to VCCI Japan, EBA, AIRBUS, BOEING, DEF-STAN, EFA, EUROCAE, EUROCOPTER, FOKKER, GAM, MIL-STD, RTCA, SAAB, SAE, VG and many more. All EMC, EMI, EMS, HEMP, HERF, HIRF,HPM, LEMP, NEMP tests up to Direct Lightning Stroke Tests. EMCCert: First Expert Witness Office for EMC, worldwide. Certification Institute for international Approval Management. Notified Body per 2004/108/ EC (EMV) und 99/5/EC (R&TTE), RF Conformity Assessment Body (MIC) per MRA EU/Japan, Conformity Assessment Body (IC) per MRA EU/Canada, Conformity Assessment Body (FCC) per MRA EU/USA, Telecommunications Certification Body per MRA EU/ USA, Telecommunications Certification Body per MRA EU/Canada. EMCComp: Distribution of test Instruments and Generators (EMP, HIRF, HERF, LEMP, NEMP and Direct Lightning Generators).
Fibracon Machined Plastic Parts
Stand: 312 Address: Bowden Hey Road, Chapel en le Frith, Derbyshire, SK23 0QZ, UK Tel: 00 44 (0)1298 811800 Fax: 00 44 (0)1298 811801 Email: aerospace@fibracon.com Web: www.fibracon.com STAND PERSONNEL Mike Fryer, Sales Director Robyn Eaton, Sales Manager Darren Yates, Business Development Anthony Pyke, Sales Engineer Fibracon, together with our sister company Insoll, provide a responsive and flexible manufacturing and design advice service to aersopace and defense businesses outsourcing critical machined plastic components, made exactly to their specification, delivered on time and to the highest quality standards. With over 35 years specialising in maching and fabricating engineering plastics, such as PTFE (processed in house from powder to part), PEEK, PPS, DuPont™ Vespel®, Nylon, Delrin and many more we provide expert guidance on design and material selection for your application. For example,replacement of metal with lighter weight plastics is becoming a crucial factor when considering how to optimise performance - come and find out about the new DuPont™ Vespel® SCP family of polyimide materials! We work closely with UK and International companies in a range of industry sectors to provide a high quality outsourcing service you can trust. Full ISO9001:2000 accredited and AS9100 pending (Q1/10).
Finishing Techniques Ltd
Stand: 602
Address: Halter Inn Works Tel: 01706 283921 Fax: 01706 825748 Email: jonathan@fintek.co.uk Web: www.fintek.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL Jonathan Dean, MD Richard Ainsworth, General Manager The UK’s leading supplier of deburring and polishing solutions, Finishing Techniques, will demonstrate stateof-the-art equipment from its Otec range of advanced finishing equipment, as well as 3D measurement and inspection systems from GFMesstechnik GmbH (GFM). There will be an ECO 18 disc finishing system on the stand, providing an opportunity to see wet process deburring/polishing firsthand; a cost-effective solution for small components. Also being demonstrated will be the GFM MikroCAD 3D measuring system designed for profile and roughness checking in a production environment, featuring a compact design for the inspection of surface profile and roughness of a variety of part sizes with high measuring speed and precision. Being noncontact the device works for a multitude of different materials, including soft structures which could otherwise be deformed during the measurement process. From our workshop in Bury, Finishing Techniques also operates a subcontract finishing service.
Fuchs Lubricants (UK) Plc Stand: 600 Address: New Century Street, Hanley, Stoke on Trent, ST1 5HU Tel: 01782 203700 Fax: 01782 202073 Email: richard.barrett@fuchs-oil.com Web: www.fuchslubricants.com STAND PERSONNEL Richard Barrett, Marketing Manager Richard Rodgers, Product Manager - Industrial Jill Cowell, Business Manager - Aerospace Richard Hallhead , Managing Director Dave Atkin , Regional Sales Manager Chris Morris , Area Sales Manager FUCHS UK is a leading supplier of metalworking fluids and coolant management services to the UK aerospace industry. Our extensive product portfolio, combined with first class service, includes coolants approved by leading primes and OEM’s worldwide, and our Total Fluid Management Service is a proven cost reduction strategy utilised by many aero manufacturers in both the structures and engine manufacturing supply chain. Our state of the art development and manufacturing facility is the hub from which UK industry is supported. Recent investment in manufacturing and distribution infrastructure, combined with on-going investment in research and development tools, makes the FUCHS UK site at Stoke-on-Trent, the most modern and efficient lubricant plant in the UK. This is highlighted in our BSI AS 9100 award – the only lubricant to achieve this status. We continue to create new products to ensure our customers remain at the forefront of production lubricant technology and 70% of our formulations.
GOM UK Ltd Stand: 304 Address: Business Innovation Centre, Harry Weston Road, Coventry, CV3 2TX Tel: +44 2476 430 230 Email: info-uk@gom.com Web: www.gom.com STAND PERSONNEL Kevin Hawley, Sales Manager James MIller, Applications Engineer Andrew Cuffley, Managing Director Neal Taylor, Applications Engineer Adam Stanley, Sales and Appliactions Engineer
GOM develops and distributes optical measuring systems for 3D digitising, 3D coordinate measurements, deformation measurements (static and dynamic) and quality control. GOM’s approach to non-contact digitising remains unique in the use of true stereo camera technology. This approach produces a system that is self-checking and fully traceable. By providing this high level of confidence to the operator today GOM’s clients include the latest manufacturing installations as well as advanced research establishments. Typical applications for GOM technology include: High accuracy 3D Scanning of components for inspection, process refinement/development; Reverse engineering of component where no 3D data exists to allow copies or modifications to be made; Strain measurements using digital images to understand material properties; Dynamic measurements of components under test to monitor their performance.
Guhring Ltd Stand: 305 Address: Tamside drive, Castle Bromwich Business Park, Castle Bromwich, Birmingham, B357AG Tel: 0121 749 5544 Fax: 0121776 7224 Email: Info@guhring.co.uk Web: www.guhring.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL Dave Hudson, UK Sales Manager Dave Edgington, UK Aerospace Product Manager Jason Anderton, UK Aerospace Engineer Ingo von Puttkamer, Aerospace Product Manager Mike Dinsdale, UK Managing Director Guhring Ltd, the UK division of one of the world’s leading manufacturers of rotary cutting tools offers extensive facilities for research and development, manufacture, service and support to the aerospace industry With the advances of composite, exotic and tougher materials Guhring can be considered as the optimum tooling partner to assist the aerospace industry to be at the forefront of machining technology whilst at the same time working to drive productivity costs down.
Heller Machine Tools Ltd Stand: 421 Address: Acanthus Road, Redditch, B98 9EX Tel: 0121 275 3300 Fax: 0121 275 3380 Email: info@heller.co.uk Web: www.heller.biz STAND PERSONNEL Eric Pollard, Sales Manager Alan Robinson, Sales Engineer Steve Masters, Proposals Manager HELLER, the UK manufacturer of 4 and 5 axis machining centres. Following the success of the highly acclaimed MC and H ranges of machines built at our factory in Redditch, HELLER has now introduced their new 5-axis range in varying configurations. Setting standards in 5-axis machining the new F series is built on the firm foundation of HELLER’s comprehensive machining competence. The F series provides complete and simultaneous 5-axis machining using HSK63 spindles with outstanding power and torque capability, available with either Siemens 840D or Heidenhain iTNC 530 control. Setting it apart from other machine concepts is its flexibility of use – it offers 5-axis machining in any production environment: The F range is the top choice for customers machining a wide range of workpieces in various materials. Heller offers a full range of engineering services and unparalleled service support available from our factory in Redditch.
Hone-All Precision Ltd Stand: 206 Address: Cherrycourt Way, Leighton Buzzard. Beds. LU7 4UH Tel: 0845 5555 111 Fax: 0845 5555 222 Email: sales@hone-all.co.uk Web: www.hone-all.co.uk
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EXHIBITOR DIRECTORY | 29 STAND PERSONNEL Andrea Rodney, Director Wayne Wilson, Quality Manager Fully approved to BS EN ISO 9001:2008 & AS9100, Hone-All provide a wide variety of fully machined components to the Aerospace industry and fully understand the critical nature of excellence and traceability at every stage of manufacture. We specialise in Deep Hole Boring, Deep Hole Drilling, Gundrilling, CNC Honing, CNC Turning, & CNC Milling but offer a full range of manufacturing services including Material Procurement, Heat Treatment and Project Management. As all procedures are carried out within our own facilities we are able to continuously improve controls over cost, quality and lead times. This guarantees the most competitive rates and a faster, more efficient service that not only meets, but exceeds your production demands. Continual investment and improvement combined with a commitment to excellent customer service, flexibility and absolute quality contribute to the ongoing success of our company
Houghton Europe Address: Tel: Fax: Email: Web:
Stand: 401 Beacon Road, Trafford Park Estate, Manchester, M17 1AF 0161 874 5000 0161 874 5001 enquiries@houghtoneurope.com www.houghtoneurope.com
STAND PERSONNEL Roy Ferrington, Marketing Manager Mike Thomas, Business Development Manager Martin Gough, Account Manager North West Houghton is one of the world’s principal suppliers of speciality metalworking lubricants with over 2000 employees represented in 35 countries including UK manufacturing and development facilities at Trafford Park, Manchester. The company is a key supplier to
Boeing and Rolls Royce worldwide and has one of the largest portfolios of approvals in the aerospace market for high quality metalworking lubricants. Houghton will be featuring market leading Hocut 795B water based coolant and Fluidcare services. Fluidcare from Houghton is a package of products, service and equipment tailored to customer needs aimed at reducing production costs. Houghton will also be featuring new on-line fluid management tool Houghto-Trend which enables users to plan lubrication, monitor in-use production fluids and create management reports. Visitors can discuss how to reduce costs with Houghton fluids and services and also view Houghto-Trend which is now available free to use for all customers.
iGrafx Address:
Tel: Fax: Email: Web:
Stand: 604 Units 1 & 2, Basepoint Business Centre, Aviation Business Park, Enterprise Close, Christchurch, Dorset, BH23 6NX 08707 601354 08719 007111 roy.garlick@igrafx.com igrafx.co.uk
STAND PERSONNEL Roy Garlick, Sales and Country Manager Clive Lambert-Hutchinson, Senior Consultant Niall Cleary, Business Development Manager Oakland Consulting iGrafx is a leading provider of business process mapping and analysis solutions that help organisations achieve optimum process excellence. The iGrafx solutions enable organisations to improve quality, increase customer satisfaction, reduce costs, and increase utilization.
Industrial Tooling Corporation Ltd
Stand: 120
Address: Cyber House, 1 Kepler, Lichfield Road Industrial Estate, Tamworth, Staffs, B79 7XE,UK Tel: +44(0) 1827 304500 Fax: +44(0) 1827 304501 Email: sales@itc-ltd.co.uk Web: www.itc-ltd.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL Gary Heaney, Area Manager Jason Clark, Technical Sales Tom Lindley, Technical Sales ITC Ltd is the UK’s leading manufacturer, modifier, regrinder, stockist and distributor of precision round cutting tools for the Aerospace and associated industries. Our head office in Tamworth in the heart of the Midlands contains not only the sales and administrative operation and warehouse and distribution centre, but is also the home of our Advanced Manufacturing Centre. Here we have a variety of state-of-the-art CNC grinding machines, numbering 16 in total, from world leaders including Walter, Rollamatic, Anca, Schneeberger and Deckel. We are also the only UK cutting tool company to have two Walter Heli Toolcheck CNC Measuring machines. ITC has been closely involved in the design and development of specialist cutting tools for the Aerospace industry since it’s inception in 1991, and currently supplies tools in solid carbide, diamond coated carbide, and PCD, tools which are specially manufactured to efficiently cut the wide variety of materials used in Aerospace manufacture.
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Interface Force Measurements Ltd
Stand: 212 Address: Unit 19, Wellington Business Park, Dukes Ride, Crowthorne, Berkshire RG45 6LS Tel: (+44) 01344 776666 Fax: (+44) 01344 774765 Email: info@interface.uk.com Web: www.interface.uk.com STAND PERSONNEL Mr Neil Johnstone, Managing Director Mr Tony Rokins, Bussiness Development Since 1996 Interface Force has been priding it self on supplying some of the highest quality force, torque and pressure measurement solutions available. All our products are backed by pre and post sales support equal to the high quality product we supply We are displaying some of the world’s best Force, Torque and Pressure transducers from Interface Inc and Dynisco-Viatran. We’ll also be displaying XSensor’s inovative and flexible pressure mapping systems and AMTI’s multi-axis force measurement products. We pride ourselves on being able to meet all your force, pressure and torque measurement requirements. If standard products will not meet your requirements, ask about our custom design service.
Insoll Stand: 312 Address: 39 Wilbury Way, Hitchin, Herts, SG4 OTW Email: aerospace@fibracon.com Web: www.insoll.com Stand personnel Mike Fryer, Sales Director, Fibracon Insoll, together with our sister company Fibracon, provide a responsive and flexible manufacturing and design advice service to aersopace and defense businesses outsourcing critical machined plastic components, made exactly to their specification, delivered on time and to the highest quality standards. With over 35 years specialising in machining and fabricating engineering plastics, such as PTFE (processed in house from powder to part), PEEK, PPS, DuPont™ Vespel®, Nylon, Delrin and many more we provide expert guidance on design and material selection for your application. For example, replacement of metal with lighter weight plastics is becoming a crucial factor when considering how to optimise performance - come and find out about the new DuPont™ Vespel® SCP family of polyimide materials!We work closely with UK and International companies in a range of industry sectors to provide a high quality outsourcing service you can trust.Full ISO9001:2000 accredited and AS9100 pending (Q1/10).
Intertek Stand: 510 Address: CAPCIS House, Echo St, Manchester. Tel: +44 (0) 161 933 4000 Fax: +44 (0) 161 933 4001 Email: aeroengineering@intertek.com Web: www.intertek.com STAND PERSONNEL Pete Aylott, Commercial Director Beena Tanner, Business Development Neil Cook, Laboratory Director Neville Tranter, Metallurgy Specialist Tim Hack, Business Development Anand Karandikar, Business Development Manager When safety & reliability are critical issues, Intertek can help ensure that your products meet performance, quality and safety expectations efficiently and cost effectively. Intertek’s experienced specialists work closely with Aeroengineering companies, (civil & defense sectors) who are striving to develop new materials, design new systems and engineer or source components to help them achieve industry certification & conformance. Intertek conducts an extensive range of services: Materials consultancy, Metallurgy expertise & Metal Processing / Fabrication knowhow, Inspection & NDT Services, EMC Testing, Physical / Chemical investigations (Material Treatments, Coatings, Polymers, Composites, Fuels, Lubricants, Textiles), Failure Investigations, Supply
Chain Management and Systems Certification (major certification body for ANAB accredited certificates - AS9100 series of standards). Intertek can help cut down R&D time/cost, enhance manufacturing efficiency and accelerate time to market.
J.E.B. Precision Limited Stand: 606 Address: Works Lane, Manchester Road, Northwich, Cheshire. CW9 7NW. Tel: 01606 354354 Fax: 01606 354355 Email: sales@jebprecision.co.uk Web: www.jebprecision.co.uk
Kyal Machine Tools represents WFL Millturn Technologies; Weiler Werizugmaschinen Lathes; Alzmetall 5 axis Machining Centres; Fehlmann High Speed High Precsion 3, 4 & 5 axis machines; Hembrug Horizontal & Vertical Ultra High Precision CNC turning coupled with Solvent & Aqueous Cleaning Equipment from the Surface Alliance Group: EMO, Hosel & LPW. Kyal Machine Tools provides warranty and first line service for all products
Lake Image Systems Ltd Stand: 615 Address: The Forum, Icknield Way, Tring, STAND PERSONNEL Herts, HP23 4JX Steve Bebbington, Engineering Manager Tel: 01442 892700 Mike Bebbington, Operations Manager Fax: 01442 892792 Established in 1974 J.E.B. Precision has achieved progressive growth through continued investment in the latest machine Email: sales@lakeimage.com technology, computer systems and technical skills. Web: www.lakeimage.co.uk A forward thinking company with an enviable reputation for product quality achieved through excellent standards of workmanship, close attention to detail and high levels of customer service. Located in Northwich, Cheshire just 5 minutes from junction 19 of the M6, J.E.B. Precision operate from modern purpose built premises of 1500m2, providing an excellent environment for the manufacture of precision machined components. Supplying various high technology industries including Aerospace, Avionics, Electro-Optics (including HUD & NVG systems), Electronics, Scientific Instrumentation, Subsea Equipment and Laser Systems. J.E.B. Precision’s quality system is approved to ISO 9001:2000 and several other 3rd party approvals are also held, in addition the Company is in the early stages of working towards AS9100.
Johnson and Allen Ltd & Associate Vibrant NDT
Stand: 503 Address: Neocol works, Smithfield, Sheffield, S3 7AR Tel: +44 (0)114 2738066 Fax: +44 (0) 2729842 Email: info@johnsonandallen.co.uk Web: www.johnsonandallen.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL Jon Johnson, Director John Allsopp, Design Engineer Nikki Oliver, Customer Support and Sales Wei Liang Choong, Cheif Technician Vibrant NDT Ltd Established in 1938, Johnsona and Allen Ltd continue to lead the Non Destructive Testing (NDT) market in the UK. Specialising in Magnetic Particle Inspection systems (MPI) and Dye Penetrant Inspection systems (DPI), they continue to innovate their product range which is capable of finding surface breaking cracks on all manner of components and structures. J & A are the only UKAS Accredited Lab No. 4168 for the calibration of MPI Inspection Bench Units. They supply all manner of associated inspection equipment such as UV Light, radiometers, flux meters and demagnetisers. Their new associated company Vibrant NDT Ltd uses a new technique of NDT called Process Compensated Resonance Testing (PCRT) The technique is green, uses no chemicals and little energy. Parts are resonated by a swept sign wave and a “Spectra” or fingerprint signature of each is taken and compared to know good and defective ones. Once programmed, the system can sort parts within seconds. Demonstrations will be shown.
Kyal Machine Tools Ltd Stand: 210 Address: Foundry Road, STAMFORD, Lincolnshire, PE9 2PP Tel: 01780-765965 Fax: 01780-765877 Email: simon@kyalmachinetools.co.uk Web: www.kyalmachinetools.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL Simon Pollard, Managing Director
STAND PERSONNEL David Rudeforth, Product Manager Amy McVeigh, Technical Sales Lake Image Systems offers the widest range of high speed cameras available anywhere in the UK. From lab based cameras for static tests, capable of the highest framing rates and resolutions in the industry, to rugged cameras capable of withstanding the most demanding conditions found in the aero-testing industry. On display will be the X-EMA (Extended Environmental and Military Application) Imager. The X-EMA is a tested and true digital replacement for airborne high speed film cameras used in demanding military test environments around the world, and is certified to meet military standards 461 and 810. Alongside retiring film cameras in in-flight comparisons, the X-EMA has demonstrated the superiority of high speed digital imaging in airborne applications. The X-EMA creates a plug-nplay replacement for film cameras without requiring costly aircraft modification and with a higher standard of reliability desired in current and future weapons separation testing; an industry wide first.
LAP GmbH (Laser Applications)
Stand: 512 Address: Zeppelinstr 23, Lueneburg, 21337, Germany. Tel: 04131 95 11 24 Fax: 04131 95 11 96 Email: m.hooper@lap-laser.com Web: www.lap-laser.com STAND PERSONNEL Axel Rieckmann, Sales Manager Marie Hooper, Sales Assistant Since 1984 LAP has supplied laser-based systems for high-precision contour projection in industrial and medical applications as well as non contact measurement systems in industrial production. Among the laser systems, CAD-PRO laser projectors have proved successful in various industrial applications. In aircraft manufacturing CAD-PRO 3D laser projectors are used for positioning CFR prepregs with an exactness of a millimetre, for example when building up fuselage and structural components and for marking the position of ribbed structures, honeycombs or copper bands. The new LAP ClientServer solution enables one laser to project contours for several teams working in different areas and independently of each other. This system speeds up and optimizes work flows and is particularly well suited for projecting on very large parts with length of more than 30 meters. LAP is the only manufacturer of projectors capable of projecting three colours (green/ red/yellow) at the same time.
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LGG Charlesworth Ltd
Stand: 102
Address: Spring Lane, Malvern, Worcestershire, WR14 1BS Tel: 01684 892892 Fax: 01684 892330 Email: steve.turner@lggc.co.uk Web: www.lggcharlesworth.com
LGG Charlesworth are able to offer the total plastic moulding solution from conceptual design & tooling through to volume production, making LGGC the ideal sub-contract manufacturing partner for Aerospace related OEM manufacturers and brand owners. LGGC offer injection, compression and transfer moulding, assembly work and other secondary processes and with 80 years of experience ini technical mouldiing have the expertise to know what the customer requires. LGGC have a wealth of experience in producing component parts that meet the highest quality standards for the Aerospace sector and, as a company are focused on developing new business within this sector.
Linear Motion Systems Ltd Stand: 605 Address: Unit 5/90 Berry Lane, Longridge. PR3 3WH England Tel: 44 (0) 1772 780200 Fax: 44 (0) 1772 780909 Email: sales@linearmotionsystems.co.uk Web: www.linearmotionsystems.co.uk
elements (for Linear Guides) for all of the UK & Ireland. In addition this year we will represent & stock MID crossed roller ways & precision tables, CRsrl heavy duty combined bearing & rail systems. HIWIN manufacture a range of linear motion products including Ballscrews, Linear bearings, Linear guideways, linear tables, Actuators, & mechatronic products. FRANKE manufacture a range of aluminium linear guideways, linear tables, turntable bearings, positioning systems, rotary tables, wire race bearings & bearing elements, & other products. ZIMMER make manual, hydraulic, & pneumatic clamping elements for all types & makes of linear guides. We stock the manual & pneumatic variants @ Preston. Hydraulic types are ex/s Germany. MID manufacture a comprehensive range of crossed roller ways
Lone Star LWD Precision Engineering Ltd.
Stand: 612 Address: Unit 2, Airedale Ind. Est., Kitson Rd., Leeds, LS10 1NT Tel: 0113 2056020 Fax: 0113 2056058 Email: sales@lonestarlwd.com Web: www.lonestarlwd.com
Stand personnel: STAND PERSONNEL Jon Collinge, Sales Director Graham Moffatt, MD Steve Blevins, General Manager, Coatings Div. Stuart Moffatt, Manager Specialist turnkey precision engineering company. IS0 Sylvia Moffatt, Director 9001: 2008, OHSAS 18001:2007 and API 6A Accredited. Thilo Deutsch, Manager Franke Gmbh CNC turning up to 900mm diameter, milling capacity Linear Motion Systems are the officially appointed 2m x 1m. In-housePage services1 include: water jet cutting, ec_subs_ad_oct09.qxp:EC Advert 21/10/09 09:56 distributors & stockists for HIWIN Technologies wire eroding, a full range of inspection services, Corporation & exclusive distributors & stockists for surface treatments and industrial coatings. FRANKE linear motion products, & ZIMMER Clamping
LRQA Limited Stand: 516 Address: Hiramford, Middlemarch Office Village, Siskin Drive, Coventry, CV3 4FJ Tel: 0800 783 2179 Fax: +44 24 7630 2662 Email: enquiries@lrqa.co.uk Web: www.lrqa.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL Kevin Smith, Account Manager Dave Kneller, Project Manager Denis Ives, UK & Ireland Business Centre Manager Accredited in 18 European countries, LRQA are experts in the aviation sector and offer the full range of thirdparty certification services to AS/EN 9100, AS/EN 9110 or AS/EN 9120 Selecting LRQA means you’ll be working with a company that is synonymous with quality. Our technical specialists input into the work of the International Aerospace Quality Group and the ISO technical committees, so we know what we’re talking about. Bombardier Aerospace, one of the world’s leading aerospace companies, is certificated by LRQA to ISO 9001, ISO 14001 and AS 9100 LRQA’s ‘business assurance’ approach was exactly what Bombardier were looking for. It has a greater influence on management systems supporting business priorities. ‘The service lived up to expectations. We feel LRQA is acting more like a business partner rather than a regulator, spending more time to understand our business needs and issues’. Norman Thompson Corporate and Supplier, Quality Assurance Manager
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MacInnes Tooling Ltd
Stand: 217 Address: Thistle House, Adelaide Street, Helensburgh, G84 7DL Tel: 01436 676913 Fax: 01436 678877 Email: sales@macinnes.co.uk Web: www.macinnes.co.uk
STAND PERSONNEL Martin Walsh, Sales Manager HANGSTERFER’S METAL WORKING LUBRICANTS Approved by the world’s leading aerospace manufacturers including Rolls Royce, Boeing, Lockhead Martin, Bombardier,Lord Corporation, Pratt & Whitney etc. Hangsterfer’s coolants allow the machining of the most difficult aerospace materials without the need for tankside additives. The show will be the UK introduction of a new oil free coolant called CC777. TECNOLUB MICRO LUBRICATION SYSTEMS Used to apply Metal Working Lubricants directly to the cutting zone in a steam of cooling air. Greatly improves tool life as well as reducing the amount of fluid required by as much as 50%. Ideally suited to gantry type milling machines used for large aerospace components. ACCUSTRIP CENTRAL COOLANT CONDITIONING SYSTEMS Accustrips central systems clean and condition the coolant used with machine tools. Patented designs require much less floor space than conventional systems. Fully automatic filters require no operator intervention for cleaning.
Marshall Aerospace Stand: 117 Address: The Airport, Newmarket Road, Cambridge, CB5 8RX Tel: 01223 399123 Fax: 01223 373373 Email: laiwan.saunders@ marshallaerospace.com Web: www.marshallaerospace.com STAND PERSONNEL Mr Mick Milne, Director of Marketing & Business Development Mrs Lai Wan Saunders, Marketing Administrator Marshall Aerospace has experience in conversion, modification and maintenance of military & civil aircraft, including design, manufacture, test, certification and logistic support. Marshall Business Aviation operates from Marshalls own airport and provides maintenance for Cessna aircraft along with handling facilities for business aircraft. Achievements include freight and tanker conversions, satellite launch vehicles, and avionics and general purpose systems conversion. Current projects include the testing of the new Airbus A400M Turboprop engine on an instrumented Hercules Flying Test Bed. MA is also involved in the design & manufacture of supplemental fuel tanks for Boeing Aircraft. As a Hercules global leader MA supports the RAF, 40 air forces & civilian operators; has provided avionics and structural upgrades and the recovery from the desert of a C-130. The company’s “Aero-Academy” provides training capabilities from MA and with other companies, plus academia.
MEASUREMENT SOLUTIONS Stand: 416 Address: 90 Papyrus Road, Peterborough, PE4 5BH Tel: 01733 325252 Fax: 01733 326452 Email: sales@measurement-solutions.co.uk Web: www.measurement-solutions.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL Iain CAVILLE, MD Jason BRIDGE, Area Sales Manager Timo KAHLMANN, European Sales Manager Aicon GmbH
Measurement Solutions are the UK’s leading suppliers of innovative, easy-to-use, portable 3D measurement and scanning systems. We represent some of the market leaders in 3D inspection and measurement. AERO 09 will see live demonstrations of a range of truly innovative measuring solutions. The systems on show will include: - the World’s only high speed, high accuracy inspection system for bent tubes of all sizes - portable laser scanning systems for applications including profiling of aircraft panels, MRO, reverse engineering, etc. - dynamic measurement of moving objects for applications such as deformation analysis, wind tunnel, vibration, fatigue, etc. In addition to providing system solutions, we also offer on site services to tackle all types of 3D measuring applications. Our specialist engineers will be available throughout the show to discuss all types of measuring requirements.
Merc Engineering UK Ltd Stand: 302 Address: Lower Clough Mill, Pendle Street, Barrowford, Lancashire, BB9 8PH Tel: 01282 694290 Fax: 01282 613390 Email: sales@merceng.co.uk Web: www.merceng.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL Jean-Yves Dziki, Marketing Manager Peter Clegg, Sales Manager Merc Engineering is a world-class precision engineering company producing high quality precision parts to customer specifications. We currently serve Defence, Aerospace, Railway, Motorsport and Commercial Sectors. Merc is a very fast growing organisation employing around 73 employees across 2 sites located in the Pendle area. The manufacturing facility comprises: -CNC Turning -CNC Sliding Head Turning - CNC Milling - One-Hit Machining - EDM Wire & Spark Erosion - Fast-Hole EDM Drilling - Coded TIG Welding - CAD design and Prototyping Merc also offers a wide range of surface treatments and other engineering services through our approved supply chain. Accredited to ISO 9001:2000 and AS 9100, Merc strives to offer a quality and reliable service to its blue-ship customer list, and the company has recently committed to the NWAA Aerospace Supply Chain Excellence (ASCE) programme. Come and visit us on stand 302 and see how we can help with your supply chain bottlenecks!
Metal Improvement Company
Stand: 415 Address: EUROPEAN CORPORATE OFFICE, HAMBRIDGE LANE, NEWBURY, BERKSHIRE RG14 5TU Tel: 01635 279610 Fax: 01635 279629 Email: linda_robinson@ metalimprovement.com Web: www.metalimprovement.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL BEN HAYES, TECHNICAL SERVICES MANAGER Metal Improvement Company provides quality controlled and cost effective surface treatments that enhance performance and provide protection from premature metal and material failures. Controlled shot Peening: prevents fatigue, stress corrosion cracking, fretting and galling by inducing
beneficial residual compressive stresses. Laser peening: induces residual compressive stresses 5 to 10 times deeper than controlled shot peening. Shot Peen Forming: creates curvature and profile and corrects distortion. Engineered Coatings: protects against corrosion and wear and improves part life. Isotropic Finishing: reduces friction and heat and improves resistance to micro and macro pitting. Architectual Finishing: creates a decorative appearance with resistance to stress corrosion. On-site processing: skilled operatives can be mobilised worldwide. MIC has over 60 operating divisions in Europe, Asia, USA and Canada (7 in the UK). Please view: www.metalimprovement.com.
Muffett Gears Stand: 116 Address: Ashdown House, Lamberts Road, North Farm Ind. Estate, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, TN2 3EH Tel: 01892 542111 Fax: 01892 542117 Email: sales@muffett.co.uk Web: www.muffett.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL Tony Smith, Managing Director Alan Kennard, Chief Production Engineer Established in 1920, Muffett Gears is synonymous with the manufacture of gears, gearboxes, precision assemblies and components. Muffett Gears is currently enjoying its third generation of family ownership and has long been at the forefront of gear technology and continues to look to the future through investment apprentices, training and the latest machinery. Through our extensive experience - in materials, manufacturing processes, production, assembly and integrated quality systems, Muffett Gears continues to expand the boundaries. We look for new and creative ways to reduce costs, enhance performance and exceed our customers expectations. From concept to execution, Muffett Gears manufactures precise and reliable geared solutions when you need to control speed, torque, motion and position. We have over 80 years experience in supplying to exacting specifications and tolerances.
Mussett Aerospace Stand: 216 Address: Loddon Industrial Estate, Loddon, Norwich, Norfolk, NR14 6JD/ Tel: 01508 522500 Fax: 01508 528769 Email: gary.jefferson@mussett.co.uk Web: www.mussett.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL Gordon Mussett, Managing Director Gary Jefferson, Production Manager Brian Alexander, General Manager Mussett Composites Mussett Aerospace Group continues their forwardlooking approach to business as they continue to expand and develop through continuous improvement and investment. They are registered and actively participating in the prestigious SC21 program with the aim of accelerating the competitiveness of their business model. Although the company has recently expanded by opening a facility in Eastern Europe they are proud of their UK roots and are committed to further growth within the UK. They can now boast a dedicated UK aerospace facility, which houses state of the art multi – axis machining centres which further strengthens the company’s capacities and ability for rapid turn-around of prototypes as well as cost effective production runs.
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National Composites Certification & Evaluation Facility Stand: 313 Address: Paper Science Building, Sackville Street, Manchester, M60 1QD Tel: 0161 275 8160 Email: nccef@manchester.ac.uk Web: www.manchester.ac.uk/nccef STAND PERSONNEL Niall Macfadyen, Operations Director Professor Andrew Walker, CEO Tracy Amass, Research Manager UMARI Alan Nesbitt, Processing Facilities Manager Chi Zhang, Research Associate Payam Jamshidi, Experimental Officer Sanam Ebrahim, Project Manager Dr Richard Day, Chief Technical Officer Tracey Winspear, Marketing Manager Sarah Cole, Administration Support The National Composite Certification and Evaluation Facility (NCCEF) has been established under the umbrella of the Northwest Composites Centre at Manchester University, with an investment of over £8 million. It will become operational in January 2010, and will comprise of NADCAP/ISO/ASTM accredited laboratories which includes facilities for mechanical testing, non-destructive evaluation, materials characterisation and composite processing. NCCEF will liaise directly with industry and assist the qualification of composite components, as well as offering a complete range of business support services, such as manufacturing consultancies and composite training programmes. Additional resources comprise of a full range of composite textile processing machinery, which includes 2D/3D weaving and braiding, a ballistic test facility, complete with high speed photography and a state of the art computer X-ray tomography suite, capable of imaging full scale components and microstructures.
New Metals & Chemicals Ltd Stand: 110 Address: NewMet House, Rue de St Lawrence, Waltham Abbey, Essex EN9 1PF Tel: + 44 (0) 1992 711111 Fax: + 44 (0) 1992 768393 Email: materials@newmet.co.uk Web: www.newmet.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL John Lindsay , Director New Metals & Chemicals Limited supplies technical materials to the european aerospace industry. Our aerospace products include: Silicone Foam for seals and insulation; Silicone composites for fire barriers and thermal and acoustic insulation; Solid silicones for seals and acoustic insulation; Silicone Extrusions; Polyethylene Foams; Polyimide Foams; Carbon carbon components RFI shielding materials including conductive paint and metalised textiles as well as loaded silicone materials. Our production capabilities include moulding, furnacing, resin impregnation, extrusion, hot pressing, lamination, slitting and water jet cutting. Our customers include major european aerospace OEMs.
NiCoForm, Inc. Stand: 502 Address: 72 Cascade Dr., Rochester, NY, 14614 USA Tel: 585-454-5530 Fax: 585-454-5167 Email: inform@nicoform.com Web: www.nicoform.com STAND PERSONNEL Berl Stein, President. Richard Kraynik, Vice President NiCoForm, Inc. will be displaying light weight precision
electroformed components: bellows, air ducts, radiation shields, complex 3-D electroforms. Produced with NiCoForm’s trademark high performance alloy, NiColoy®, as well as Nickel and Copper, these electroforms exhibit the industry’s highest performance/weight ratio and are used in many advanced applications.
Nikken Europe Limited
Stand: 209
Address: Mangham Way, Rotherham, S61 4RL Tel: 01709 366306 Fax: 01709 376683 Email: gary@gary-williamson.com Web: www.nikken-world.com STAND PERSONNEL Gary Williamson, General Manager Mick Hart, Business Manager Karl Medley, Business Manager Nikken Kosakusho is a market leader in the design, sale and support of advanced NC tooling solutions, Rotary Tables & Presetters. Our Rotary table range includes tables up to 3.0m diameter and tilting capacity tables of up to 800mm diameter. Our UK headquarters boasts the largest stock of Toolholding systems & Rotary Tables within Europe. Nikken is widely known for its high quality manufacture of precision toolholding systems, boring heads, reamers, speed increasers, angle heads and it’stechnologically advanced range of ELBO CONTROLLI tool measurement presetters. Visit us on Stand 209 for more information.
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Norbar Torque Tools Ltd Stand: 403 Address: Beaumont Road, Banbury, Oxon OX16 1XJ Tel: 01295 270333 Fax: 01295 753643 Email: sales@norbar.com Web: www.norbar.com STAND PERSONNEL Paul Carruthers, UK Sales Manager Norbar is the world’s leading torque application, measurement and calibration specialist. From our manufacturing base in Oxfordshire we provide solutions to critical fastening issues from sea bed to outer space. Customer support is provided via a network of offices in England, China, Singapore, Australia and New Zealand. We can provide torque instruments and recalibration services to the original factory standard on four continents. Norbar currently holds torque calibration accreditation with UKAS, NATA, NVLAP and SAC-SINGAS. www.norbar.com
Normec (Manchester) Ltd
Stand: 501 Address: Westwood Industrial Estate, Arkwright Street, OLDHAM, OL9 9LZ Tel: 0161 627 2367 Fax: 0161 627 2378 Email: sales@normec.co.uk Web: www.normec.co.uk
STAND PERSONNEL Jonathan Foreman, Director Stephen Pearson, Managing Director Established in 1960, Normec (Manchester) Limited is a precision engineering company specialising in high quality CNC turned and milled parts for a demanding customer base. Sectors served include Aerospace, Defence, Medical, Fibre Optic and Science Research. Normec’s production capacity includes a recent investment in the latest CNC Machine tools. In addition to conventional metal machining, Normec has TIG welding and vacuum brazing capacity on site. The company’s quality system is certified to ISO 9001:2000 and AS9100 approval is pending. To discuss how Normec can meet your metalworking requirements please email us at sales@normec.co.uk . Or visit us at Stand 501.
North West Aerospace Alliance
Stand: 204 Address: Pendle Business Centre, Commercial Road, Nelson, Lancashire, BB9 9BT Tel: 01282 604 444 Fax: 01282 604 000 Email: contactus@aerospace.co.uk Web: www.aerospace.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL Lorna Campbell-Cassidy, Marketing Manager Lisa Glenn, Membership Liaison Claire Curtin, Office Manager The NWAA is the leader in aerospace cluster development in the UK and Europe, representing and uniting 800 companies and organisations involved in the aerospace sector supply chain. Pioneers of a recognised world class suppy chain model, we offer world class expertise to facilitate world class business, throughout the aerospace sector. On a global scale, the Aerospace Supply Chain Excellence (ASCE) Programme, created by the NWAA and supported by partners such as Airbus Industrie, BAE Systems and Rolls-Royce plc is recognised as a world class programme. It is our vision to develop and drive this robust business model to create opportunities for the supply chain in global markets and other allied industries. Our mission is to promote and support the North West aerospace and defence companies and through our innovative world class products, make a real contribution to shaping the aerospace industry.
Oakland Consulting Stand: 604 Address: 33 Park Square West, Leeds, West Yorkshire LS1 2PF Tel: 0113 234 1944 Fax: 0113 234 1988 Email: niallcleary@oaklandconsulting.com Web: www.oaklandconsulting.com STAND PERSONNEL Niall Cleary, Managing Consultant Oakland Consulting exists to provide tailored performance improvement solutions and knowledge transfer to organisations that are actively seeking external help, based on our unrivalled expertise and experience. We aim to drive the benefits of improved on-time, on-cost, on-quality delivery of our clients’ products and services; delivering mutual business value through tangible, sustained performance & capability improvements for our clients. Oakland has been delivering such to the Aerospace industry in Europe and the US resulting in significant cost savings and enhanced value for each of the business units.
Olympus Industrial Stand: 303 Address: Stock Road, Southend on Sea, Essex SS2 5QH Tel: 44 (0)1702 616333 Fax: 44 (0) 1702 444266 Email: industrial@olympus.co.uk Web: www.olympus-ims.com STAND PERSONNEL Paul Edwards, Territory Manager Peter Linaker, Territory Manager Olympus is renowned as the leading supplier of equipment for engineering and maintenance applications throughout the world. Olympus provides an industry-leading portfolio of testing technologies including ultrasound phasedarray, eddy current, eddy current array, as well as fiberscopes, borescopes, IPLEX Videoscopes and the world class High Speed Video Camera.
Parametric Technology (UK) Stand: 119 Address: 1st Floor, The Hub, Fowler Avenue, Farnborough Business Park, Farnborough, Hampshire GU14 7JF Tel: 01252 453 612 Fax: 01252 817 453 Email: bdharsi@ptc.com Web: www.ptc.com STAND PERSONNEL David Hughes, Business Development Director Stuart Best, Senior Technical Specialist Bimal Dharsi, UK Marketing Manager PTC is all about helping discrete manufacturers succeed by meeting their globalisation, time-tomarket, and operational efficiency objectives in product development. As one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing software companies, we deliver a complete portfolio of integral Product Lifecycle Management solutions to over 50,000 customers in the Industrial, High Tech, Aerospace & Defence, Automotive, Consumer, and Medical Device industries. PTC is the only company with an integral, web-based system to securely integrate complex supply networks over the program lifecycle. PTC’;s Product Development System enables digital automation of product development and program management processes. Supporting the top 10 A&D companies, PTC understands the need for consistent, standard and repeatable product development processes in an environment where large transformational programs require a Systems-of-Systems approach to product development.
Paramount Panels UK Stand: 500 Address: Mollison House, Aden Road, Enfield, Middlesex. EN3 7SY Tel: +44 (0)20 88058538 Fax: +44 (0)20 88058540 Email: sales@paramount-panels.co.uk Web: www.paramount-panels.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL David Roke, General Manger Steve Parkinson, Sales Manager Paramount Panels is a world leader in the design and manufacture of integrally illuminated panels and lighting components, with over 50 years experience in the provision of illuminated information panels, integrated keyboards, switch bezels and associated lighting components for the civil aircraft and military markets With design and manufacturing facilities located in London we offer solutions for a wide range of panel lighting requirements for airborne, ground and marine applications. Our product portfolio embraces a number of innovative design concepts, many of which, such as integral annunciators and indicators, provide significant weight, cost and space saving advantages. A comprehensive range of control knobs, many of which satisfy MIL Standards requirements are also available. The lighting sources incorporated in our products provide the options of illumination by LED, incandescent or electroluminescence, with NVIS compatible versions of our entire range being available.
Particle Technology Ltd Stand: 310 Address: Station Yard Ind Est, Hatton, Derbyshire, DE65 5DU Tel: 01283 520365 Fax: 01283 520412 Email: sales@particletechnology.com Web: www.particletechnology.com STAND PERSONNEL Greg Spicer, Technicla Manager Robert McTernan, Business Development Manager Ron Buxton, MD Particle Technology Ltd provide a range of testing services for systems and components. We have one of the largest dust and sand testing chambers in Europe to carry out a range of Ingress Protection Tests in accordance with the appropriate MIL and ISO standards and in accordance with UKAS accredited procedures. In addition to Sand and Dust Testing, we also offer a Cleanliness Testing service using sophisticated Image Analysis Software and High Spec Microscopy.
PDJ VIBRO- Superfinishing & Deburring Stand: 608 Address: 46 Barton Road, Bletchley, Bucks. MK2 3BB Tel: 01908 648757 Fax: 01908 648766 Email: david.hurley@pdjvibro.co.uk Web: www.pdjvibro.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL David Hurley, Director PDJ Vibro Ltd is the UK’s most prolific supplier of VIBRATORY, BARREL and CENTRIFUGAL finishing solutions. With our Equipment, Subcontract & Consumables you can: Super Finish - Polish - Burnish; Deburr - Edge break - Radius; Descale; Degrease - Corrosion inhibit & Dry components. Specialising in Aerospace Finishing applications to include CNC, Laser cut, Waterjet, Presswork, Pre-plate, Pre-anodise, SLS & SLA components. New & Refurbished Equipment available from stock. Subcontract same or next day as standard. Technical advice & Sampling service is supplied free of charge without obligation.
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Permac Electronics Ltd
Stand: 200
Address: 12 Melville Avenue, Frimley, Surrrey. GU16 8NA Tel: +44 (0)1276 675714 Fax: +44 (0)1276 675725 Email: info@permac.co.uk Web: www.permac.co.uk
Product Assessment & Reliability Centre Ltd
Stand: 113
STAND PERSONNEL Bob Lacey, Director
Address: Unit 10-13 Caddsdown Industrial Park, Clovelly Road, Bideford, Devon, EX39 3DX Tel: +44 (0) 1237 421363 / 42125 Fax: +44 (0) 1237 423541 Email: info@parcsw.co.uk Web: www.parcsw.co.uk
Permac Electronics is the UK representative of AcQ InduCom, Amptec Research, Argonaut Computer and Genesis Microwave.
STAND PERSONNEL Richard Tabor, Sales Manager Alison Macdonald, Sales Co-Ordinator
AcQ Inducom design and manufacture an extensive range of standard and custom products in accordance with the M-module, PCI, CompactPCI, VMEbus and PMC standards. Applications include data acquisition, conversion and storage, ARINC-429, CANbus, GPS timing and MIL-STD-1553.
P.A.R.C. Ltd is one of the leading UKAS accredited test laboratories in the UK. It offers a wide range of environmental tests using modern equipment and experienced engineers. Test services are offered to all major industry types including, but are not limited to; Aerospace, Automotive, Defence, Electronics, Marine, Medical, Oil and Telecommunications.
Amptec Research design and manufacture Safety Ohmmeters and Voltmeters for use in environments where ultra-safe resistance and voltage measurement is required. Products include the ATEX approved intrinsically safe 620EX-R2, 620EX-R4 and 620EX-V resistance and voltage meters. Argonaut Computer supply marinised sunlight readable computer products for use in harsh environments. Genesis Microwave produce DLVA, SDLVA and amplifier microwave components for defence and aerospace applications.
Areas of test include: Vibration & Shock; High/Low Temperature & Humidity; Combined Vibration & Temperature; Thermal Shock; Salt Corrosion; Ingress Protection (Dust & Water); Altitude/Temperature; Highly Accelerated Life Testing; EMC (through neighbouring facilities) Standards regularly worked to include, but are not limited to; DEF STAN 00-35 and MIL STD 810, as well as British and European Standards including BS EN 60068, BS EN 61373, BS EN 60945 and RTCA DO 160.
A full listing of standards is available on P.A.R.C. Ltd’s schedule,Page available Permac Electronics provide a calibration LPS2352 NWCC also ADVERT:Layout 1 and 12/10/09UKAS 11:20 1 from Stand No 113 or by visiting its recently updated website. repair service for Synchro Resolver instrumentation.
Pryor Marking Technology Stand: 517 Address: Egerton Street
Tel: +44 (0)114 276 6044 Fax: +44 (0)114 276 6890 Email: enquiries@pryormarking.com Web: www.pryormarking.com
Stand personnel: David Ray, Technical Manager Neil Andrew, Managing Director Richard Laight, Business Development Director, Absolute Vision Pryor develop, manufacture and support complete solutions for component traceability. Our systems permanently Direct Part Mark (DPM) a robust and secure machine readable identification on virtually any aerospace component. Pryor pioneered Data Matrix direct part marking and now offer a variety of marking solutions, Data Matrix verification systems, Data Matrix readers and powerful traceability software solutions including shop floor data capture, part marking validation and asset tracking. Systems are fully compliant with the latest aerospace traceability requirements such as MIL-STD-130, JES131, JES208, RRES90003, ATA Spec 2000 chapter 9. Pryor also offer a sub-contract part marking and verification service. The contract marking service is aimed at anyone who has specific marking requirements for either components or finished items, and builds on Pryor’s proven expertise in marking and traceability technology.
£8M State of the art composite evaluation and qualification facility
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NCCEF fully operational from January 2010
www.manchester.ac.uk/nccef
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Rainford Precision Machines
Stand: 617a Address: Pasture Lane Business Centre, Rainford, St Helens, WA11 8PU Email: sales@rainfordprecision.com Web: www.rainfordprecision.com Stand Personnel: Arthur Turner, MD
Resource Engineering Projects
Stand: 610 Address: The Kays Building, 23 The Tything, Worcester, WR1 1HD Tel: 08453752510 Fax: 08453752501 Email: rep@resourcegroup.co.uk Web: www.resourcegroup.co.uk/rep STAND PERSONNEL Paul Sollers, Engineering Manager John Minihan, Engineering Manager Kevin Hamesse, Business Development Manager Matthew Jenkins, Sales Executive Fiona Turner, Sales Coordinator REP (Resource Engineering Projects) provides high quality Software, Systems and Mechanical Engineering services to technically challenging markets ranging from Aerospace, Military & Defence, to Nuclear, Rail & Automotive industries. Mechanical engineering services include the provision of end-to-end PLM and PDM systems and services, using industry standard tools such as Teamcenter and PRIMES. REP provide CADCAM engineering design, development, implementation and associated training & support services. REP also provide software and hardware development services for safety and mission-critical high-integrity embedded applications. This includes supplying independent verification and validation activities through to full lifecycle delivery. REP conform to industry standards including: DO178B, DO278B, 50128, 61508, MISRA and Def Stan 00-56. REP have the strength, security and stability to deliver engineering results, on time and on budget.
Rösler UK Stand: 515 Address: Unity Grove, Knowsley Business Park, Prescot, Merseyside, L34 9GT Tel: 0151 482 0444 Fax: 0151 482 4400 Email: apugh@rosleruk.com Web: www.rosler.com STAND PERSONNEL Tony Pugh, Aerospace Project Manager Steven Lewis-Brammer, General Manager Andy Tunstall, Technical Quality Manager Phil Evans, Sales Manager Sandra Banks, Marketing Coordinator Rösler UK is the world’s leading producer of surface finishing equipment for a wide scope of industries including Aerospace and Defence, with our processes called up in many OEM repair manuals. Founded over 80 years ago with branches worldwide, our services include vibro polishing and super polishing of aerofoils, Shotpeening, both wet and dry, Shotblasting, Wet Blasting, De-Burring, De-Scaling and Polishing of most metals and materials. Other services include air frame component finishing, radiusing and peening, process water treatment and recirculation systems and Water Jet Cleaning for stripping engine parts and hard barrier coatings. Many of these processes are also offered on a subcontract basis, our facility in Knowsley being accredited to AS 9100-B and ISO 9001:2008. Experienced personnel will be available to provide information regarding any kind of question relating to specific surface preparation and finishing problems.
RTI International Metals Inc Stand: 308 Address: Riverside Estate, Fazeley, Tamworth, Staffordshire B78 3RW Tel: 0044 (0)1827 262266 Fax: 0044 (0)1827 262267 Web: www.rtiintl.com
STAND PERSONNEL Harry Klein, General Manager - European Sales Bipin Patel, Key Account Manager - UK & Eire Kevin Edwards, Key Account Manager - Northern Europe RTI International Metals is one of the world’s largest producers of titanium. Through its various subsidiaries, RTI manufactures and distributes titanium and specialty metal mill products, extruded shapes, formed parts, and engineered systems for aerospace, industrial, defense, energy, chemical, and consumer applications for customers around the world. RTI strives to be the “Supplier of Choice” throughout the world for high-end and diversified value-added titanium products and services. while maintaining strong financial, stringent safety, quality and environmental standards. RTI has been a major global aerospace, defense, energy and medical industry supplier for over 50 years. We are involved in the supply chain from melting (Ti) through machining and fabrication to distribution (multi-metals).
SAI Global Stand: 115 Address: Winterhill House, Snowdon Drive, Milton Keynes, MK6 1AX Tel: 01908 509 090 Fax: 01908 609 825 Email: robert.buckley@saiglobal.com Web: www.saiglobal.com STAND PERSONNEL Adam Faiers, UK General Manager, Assurance Services Robert Buckley, UK Sales Manager, Assurance Services Richard Perkins, Sales Manager, Supplier Compliance Management Jackie Kerr, General Manager, Supplier Compliance Management Stuart Bowyer, Sales Manager, Information Services Roger Ritterbeck, Aerospace Scheme Manager SAI Global provides organizations around the world with information services and solutions for managing risk, achieving compliance and driving business improvement. SAI Global is the largest single source of Standards and electronic engineering databases, with solutions to manage and integrate these publications into your organizational processes. We are America’s largest independent certification body for AS 9000 series standards. We audit key aspects within the aviation industry including safety, airworthiness, product conformity and reliability in the aerospace industry. We have a proven track record of Supplier Compliance Management and Supply Chain Assurance through many years experience of working with Global Brands.
Sandvik Coromant UK Stand: 208 Address: Manor Way, Halesowen, West Midlands B62 8QZ Tel: 0121 504 5500 Fax: 0121 504 5555 Email: uk.coromant@sandvik.com Web: www.sandvik.coromant.com/uk STAND PERSONNEL Howard Meachin, Senior Manager - Aerospace Ian Lain, Aerospace Business Development Manager Ashley Battison, Aerospace Business Development Manager Paul Smith, Aerospace Application Centre Manager Sandvik Coromant UK is the market leader in the manufacture and supply of cemented carbide cutting tools and inserts, and offers an extensive range of tool holding equipment. Applications include turning, milling and drilling (all metals) in manufacturing industries ranging from aerospace to automotive, specialist engineering to everyday component manufacture. A nationwide team of highly trained engineers and product support personnel provide the highest standards of customer support, backing-up the product expertise with practical, hands on advice and technical solutions. Annually, Sandvik Coromant invests twice the industry standard in R&D, showing commitment to innovation and product development. Sandvik Coromant will present its latest Aerospace
Engine Solution Package containing new products designed to offer a complete solution and genuine productivity benefits for a number of aerospace engine applications, including turbine/fan discs and casings, spools, shafts and blisks.
Seco Tools (UK) Ltd Stand: 506 Address: Kinwarton Farm Road, Alcester B49 6EL Tel: 01789 763341 Fax: 01789 761170 Email: justin.kite@secotools.com Web: www.secotools.com STAND PERSONNEL Tony Gillan, Area Sales Manager; Justin Kite, Marketing Seco Tools UK is part of the Seco Tools group based in Fagersta Sweden.With over 4000 employees and a turnover in excess of £400 million Seco is one of the world’s largest manufacturers of cutting tools and related equipment with subsidiaries and agencies in over 70 countries. Seco Tools has an established reputation as a leading manufacturer and supplier of carbide cutting tools and associated equipment and is a major force as a knowledge driven provider of machining solutions. Seco has over 20,000 product lines ranging from spindle toolingto the cutting point, to cover even the most specialised machining applications. Seco is well placed to offer strategic technological and cost reduction partnerships to companies throughout the world.
Siemens Stand: 407 Address: Sir William Siemens House, Princess Road, Manchester, M20 2UR Tel: 0161 446 6400 Fax: 0161 446 5280 Email: marketing.ad.uk@siemens.com Web: www.siemens.co.uk/automation STAND PERSONNEL Lester Bull, Key Account Manager - Aerospace Siemens Industry Automation & Drive Technologies Tim Goodhead, Global Account Manager - Rolls Royce Siemens Industry Automation & Drive Technologies Betty Waterhouse, Siemens PLM Software Gary Toyne, Siemens PLM Software Your technology partner for aerospace Today the aerospace industry is the technology pacemaker when it comes to state-of-the-art production techniques. As a global leader in factory automation and key supplier into the aerospace industry, Siemens continues to break new ground in the digital manufacturing environment. Since the acquisition of Unigraphics Solutions, now Siemens PLM Software, Siemens is the only manufacturer able to offer an end to end solution from plan to production. At the AeroEngineering Conference 2009, you will be able to talk to Siemens representatives about our innovative technologies including factory simulation, intelligent manufacturing software and advanced five axis machining backed up by comprehensive service, support, training and financing solutions. If increasing competitive edge is your priority, don’t miss this opportunity to talk to Siemens.
SimX / WhiteSpace Stand: 105 Address: 6th floor, 8 Exchange Quay, Salford, Gtr Manchester, M5 3EJ Tel: 0161 932 1065 Fax: 0161 932 1100 Email: sales@simx.co.uk, j.milne@whitespace-tech.com Web: www.simx.co.uk, www.whitespace-tech.com STAND PERSONNEL Bob Lloyd, CEO SimX Ltd Nando Milella, R&D Director SimX Ltd Harry Gunn, Simulation Consultant SimX Ltd Teysseer Satti, Simulation Consultant SimX Ltd John Milne, Director WhiteSpace Technologies Ltd Andrew Milne, Technical Director: WhiteSpace Technologies Ltd.
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SimX and WhiteSpace will jointly be demonstrating state of the art PLM solutions including Product Design, Documentation, Equipment Simulation and Factory Modelling employing LEAN principles.
Sodi-Tech EDM Ltd.
Stand: 505
Address: Rowley Drive, Baginton, Coventry, CV3 4FG Tel: +44 (0)2476 511 677 Fax: +44 (0) 2476 511 699 Email: info@sodi-techedm.co.uk Web: www.sodick.org STAND PERSONNEL Chris Hellyer, UK Technical Sales Manager With the aerospace industry keen to demonstrate its “green” credentials, Sodick, through UK distributor, Sodi-Tech EDM, is helping customers lead the way, by putting environmental innovation at the heart of its machine development program. Sodick’s latest machines are optimised in terms of physical footprint, machine tool components and consumables, helping provide vital environmental sustainability. So, together with Sodick’s energyefficient power supply, Sodick machine users can expect a healthy reduction in their carbon footprint. One example of Sodick’s green solutions is the onboard “Regrow” unit which recycles energy not used in the erosion process and re-uses it, reducing power consumption by a massive 40 per cent. Show visitors will have the opportunity to discuss with Sodi-Tech engineers how the latest technical innovations, including the new AG600L wire and AG60L die sink machines can help them solve their manufacturing challenges with the minimum carbo_aerospace_ad 9/10/09 09:51 environmental impact.
Stahlwille Tools Ltd
Stand: 307 Address: Unit 2D Albany Park Ind Estate, Camberley, Surrey. GU16 7PD Tel: 01276 24080 Fax: 01276 24696 Email: paulelliott@stahlwille.co.uk Web: www.stahlwille.co.uk
STAND PERSONNEL Scott Sheldon, Technical Sales Manager Chris Rose, Technical Sales Representative Aaron Farrell, Technical Sales representative Stahlwille specialise in the Design and Manufacture of premium quality Hand Tools, Torque Wrenches, Torque Calibration Eqpt and Tool storage for the Aerospace community. The UK operation has further developed a specialist bespoke Tool Control Systems and Solutions division (TCS) to ensure that all things “FOD” are controlled in accordance with the customers requirements. Our expertise spans all Aerospace activities and extends to include the procurement and supply of OEM equipment. Tool Control Systems and Solutions will also help in your lean manufacturing itiatives. Tool Control is an investment that will pay dividends year on year. Whatever your Tooling requirements or needs think Stahlwille. For Professionals by Professionals.
Star Micronics (GB) Ltd
Stand: 509 Address: Chapel Street, Melbourne, Derbyshire, DE73 8JF Tel: 01332 864455 Fax: 01332 864005 Email: sales@stargb.net Web: www.stargb.net
STAND PERSONNEL Steve 1 Totty, Operations Manager Page Mark Anson, Area Sales Manager
Having a strong customer base amongst precision turned parts manufacturers in the aerospace sector, Star GB is a wholly owned subsidiary of Star Micronics Co Ltd, which produces world-leading CNC sliding-headstock mill-turning centres in Japan. The subsidiary for Britain and Ireland has similarly modern engineering and showroom facilities in Melbourne, Derbyshire. Visitors to Aero Engineering 2009 may be interested in comments made earlier this year by three aerospace manufacturers that have reduced manufacturing costs with round-the-clock production on Star machines – APPH Nottingham, Oxley Developments and Rotamic Precision Engineering. Please visit http://www.stargb.net/casestudies.php and click on the relevant links. In addition to selling turnkey sliding-headstock manufacturing solutions based on its parent company’s multi-axis sliding-head lathes, Star GB is also the sole UK agent for the complimentary FMB short and full-length automatic bar magazines
Stauff UK Limited Address: 500 Carlisle St East, Sheffield S4 8BS Tel: 0114 2518 518 Fax: 0114 2518 519 Email: sales@stauff.co.uk Web: www.stauff.co.uk
Stand: 413
STAND PERSONNEL Andy Shaw, Manager - Special Projects Stauff UK are part of the global Stauffenberg organisation, manufacturing and distributing a wide range of hydraulic pipework components and accessories. As a major supplier to the Rail Transportation industry and the Ministry of Defence, we have worked closely with them, developing and introducing a number of high quality specialist pipeline components and accessories that offer superior performance within tight budget restrictions.
Visit us on stand 205 to discuss products for heat treatment thermal cycling production and R&D
Carbolite Parsons Lane, Hope, Hope Valley S33 6RB, United Kingdom Tel: +44 (0)1433 620011 Fax: +44 (0)1433 621198 e-mail: info@carbolite.com www.carbolite.com SHOWGUIDE | AERO ENGINEERING ‘09
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Special Pipe clamps and complex form tube manipulations along with an extensive array of connector systems are just part of the components package being offered.
STAND PERSONNEL Lee Moffatt, Operations Director Andrew Ellel, Sales & Marketing Director Trevor House, Business Development
We have comprehensive experience of working with customers as both part of the development team or as a standalone design and development contractor. Working from our 7.2 acre site, equipped with the very latest in manufacturing resources for rigid and flexible pipes, supported by specially commissioned test house facilities, we are able to supply both product and experience second to none.
Synergy Composites Ltd specialises in the manufacture of composite components, mainly, for the aerospace, automotive and renewable energy industries.
Steinmeyer UK Ltd Stand: 404 Address: Ascot Court, 71-73, Middlewich Road, Northwich, Cheshire CW9 7BP Tel: 01606 810586 Fax: 01606 810586 Email: gpartington@steinmeyer.com Web: www.steinmeyer.com STAND PERSONNEL Mr Alex Beck, MD Mr George Partington, Director With three manufacturing sites in Germany and over 400 employees globally, Steinmeyer is recognised as one of the leading manufactureres of high precision ballscrews, leadscrews and measuring instruments. With a range of ballscrews from 3mm to 125mm diameter most applications can be catered for. Steinmeyers products can be found in machine tools, medical devices, measuring and gauging equipment as well as aerospace applications. With full certification, including flight critical areas, Steinmeyers technical expertise is very well regarded by exisiting and new customers alike. With the majority of products being manufactured to exacting specification, close co-operation with our customers is of the utmost importance and our experience in a wide variety of applications has proven invaluable on many occassions.
Strategic Engineering Recruitment Limited
Stand: 315 Address: 41-42 Southgate Place, Southgate, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1ET Tel: 0844 5670203 Fax: 0844 5670304 Email: jonathan.dunning@serl.co.uk Web: www.serl.co.uk
STAND PERSONNEL Jonathan Dunning, Director Strategic Engineering Recruitment Limited (SERL) is 100% focused on providing quality contract and permanent engineering staff to the Aerospace and Defence sectors both in the UK and internationally.
Our work includes R&D activities and supplying production carbon fibre composite components using cost effective solutions. Our core values are to measure and control all processes, identify and eliminate non-value added activities, reduce cost, continue to maintain quality and provide our customers with the best possible service. Synergy Composites is unique in the way it approaches its methods of working in that we are leaders in turning a vision into reality, using six sigma and other specialised process improvement techniques. We specialise in the following processes: Traditional advanced composite hand lay-up; Autoclave curing; Out-of-Autoclave curing; RTM and VaRTM; Composite machining We have in-house capabilities which include: Design of component and structures; Design of associated tooling
TCB-Arrow Ltd Stand: 418 Address: Watchmoor House, Watchmoor Road, Camberley, Surrey, GU15 3AQ Tel: 01276 679394 Fax: 01276 679055 Email: stephen@tcb-arrow.co.uk Web: www.tcb-arrow.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL Stephen Cooper, Sales Director Murray Humphries, Managing Director TCB-Arrow is a successful global organisation providing components and assembly solutions in thermoplastic and elastomer materials. Developing long term partnerships with customers, where ideas take shape from concept through to full scale manufacture. TCB-Arrow has been established for 25 years with a proven track record in design, development, mould tooling and manufacturing, offering total solutions to the Medical, Aerospace, Automotive, Defence and Industrial market sectors.
Teledyne Reynolds Stand: 405 Address: Navigation House, The core of our strategy is our promise that we will Canal View Road, Newbury, provide 360 degrees of quality, service excellence Berkshire RG14 5UR and industry knowledge and our unique services Tel: +44 (0) 1635 262200 are aimed at all levels and disciplines of engineering Fax: +44 (0) 1635 521936 within Aerospace and Defence from graduate entrants, Email: trlsales@teledyne.com to senior management. Web: www.teledynereynolds.co.uk Our clients range from defence contractors, airlines and major aircraft manufacturers to OEMs, engineering consultancies and specialist MRO operators and typical candidates include: Stress Engineers; Design Engineers; Project/Programme; Managers; Systems Engineers; Software Engineers; Avionics/Electronic Engineers; Licensed Engineers etc.. In our specialist areas we make sure that we do everything we can to fulfil our promise to cover every angle, why not take a look at our website at www.serl.co.uk.
Synergy Composites Ltd Stand: 301 Address: Unit 2, Calder Court, Altham Business Park, Altham, Lancs, BB5 5YB Tel: +44 (0)844 858 0770 Email: info@synergycomposites.com Web: synergycomposites.com
STAND PERSONNEL Fiona Sims, Internal Sales Co-Ordinator Teledyne Reynolds is a European manufacturer of interconnection solutions to niche markets where extreme environments are encountered, primarily the Defence Industry, but also Aerospace, Medical, Nuclear Research, Space and Communications The core expertise covers two areas - High Voltage connectors and cable up to 75 KVDC and RF/ Microwave cable assemblies up to 50 GHz.With our project management expertise we offer turn key solution where more than just the harness is required. UK design parts are used whereever possible, to avoid ITAR regululations. Certified to ISO 9001 and 14001, Accreditation to AS9100 is now pending. We are also a SC21 signatory company.
The Routing & Packaging Company Ltd
Stand: 107 Address: Unit 14 Churchill Way, Lomeshaye Industrial Estate, Nelson, BB9 6RT Tel: 01282 864629 Fax: 01282 698596 Email: Sales@trppackaging.co.uk Web: www.trppackaging.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL Nigel Hurlstone, Managing Director Lindsey Hurlstone, Financial Director TRP continues to support the aerospace sector with our bespoke transportation products and services. We design, manufacture and supply specialist bespoke transport boxes for all sizes of assemblies large and small. Also for high quality machine parts flat and foam details, kit spares and line side components. Foam lined kitting shadow trays are supplied to a wide range of tier 1 and 2 aerospace companies for the safe transportation of high quality and high costs parts and assemblies. Component transport handling which includes specialised shelving, racking and protection systems is our forte and manufactured on the premises. All timber transportation products are manufactured from ISPM15 (Infestation Free) materials.
TISICS Limited Stand: 316 Address: 22 Invincible Road, Farnborough Hampshire, GU14 7QU Tel: +44 (0)1252 516678 Fax: +44 (0)1252 548211 Email: skylehenney@tisics.co.uk Web: www.tisics.co.uk STAND PERSONNEL Stephen Kyle-Henney, Managing Director Dr. Stephen Flitcroft, Composite Engineer David Murgatroyd, Composite Engineer Ray Durman, Operations Director Keith Robertson, TISICS Consultant Lateral A.S. TISICS specialises in development and manufacture of metal composites reinforced with its proprietary SigmaÂŽ silicon carbide fibre. TISICS produces fibre and components at its Farnborough UK facility. Titanium is the standard matrix specified by customers, but aluminium and other metals can be reinforced. Titanium composites (TMC) are being evaluated for use in gas turbines, landing gear, brakes, fasteners and actuator systems offering 30% to 70% weight savings compared to conventional metals. The properties are equivalent to high strength steel with the density and corrosion resistance of titanium. TMC has a compressive strength in excess of 300M landing gear steels as well as excellent fatigue, creep and high temperature performance. Weight savings and near net shape manufacture offer significant through life reductions in energy use and CO2 emissions. The benefits can be exploited in the next generation of civil aircraft and potentially by retrofit on existing aircraft designs.
Torquemeters Limited Stand: 514 Address: Ravensthorpe, Northampton, NN6 8ET Tel: 01604 770232 Fax: 01604 770778 Email: sales@torquemeters.com Web: www.torquemeters.com STAND PERSONNEL Craig Delves, Sales & Marketing Director Tim Hodson, Sales Manager David Turns, Internal Sales Engineer Amanda Batts, Sales Administrator Torquemeters are recognised as the global industry leader in the design and manufacture of torque measurement products together with complete integrated test system solutions for high-performance rotating machinery applications. Torquemeters Ltd have a proud legacy of working with the worlds leading aero engine and accessory manufacturers in the Aerospace market. We are able to provide un-paralleled experience in compressor,
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Turbine, Turboshaft and generator testing applications. Torquemeters Ltd can provide custom engineered turn key test stands up to 1000kw for development and production testing of high-speed aerospace components. We operate a world wide sale and support infrastructure for our global customer base and are pleased to discuss all high performance test and measurement requirements.
TRaC
Stand: 603 Address: 100 Frobisher Business Park, Leigh Sinton Road, Malvern, Worcs, WR14 1BX Tel: +44 (0)1684 571700 Fax: +44 (0)1684571701 Email: test@tracglobal.com Web: www.tracglobal.com
STAND PERSONNEL Ian Forshaw, EMC Engineer Ian Ray, Environmental Engineer Steve Youngman, General Manager Brendan Wall, Sales Director TRaC has expanded its established testing capabilities, forming a network of state of the art test centres, and a comprehensive single turnkey testing regulatory solution for the aerospace market. TRaC provides testing, regulatory and compliance solutions for the aerospace market including EMC, environmental and lightning strikes, with full capabilities to DO160 and various industry derived standards (e.g. Boeing D6-16050-5) as well as other worldwide certification requirements including: • Defence EMC, including Def Stan 59-411, Def Stan 61-5, MIL STD 461, MIL STD 285, • Defence Environmental, including Def Stan 00-35, MIL STD 810, Def Stan 07-55 • European CE Directives, including EMC, R&TTE, Safety, GPS, MSD and ATEX • Recognition by the CAA as an approved test house We provide qualification support services through the complete life cycle of our customers’ product development, including: • Bid support • Test plans • Design de-risking leading to confidence in qualification
TranscenData Europe Ltd Stand: 203 Address: 4 Carisbrooke Court, Buckingway Business Park, Swavesey, Cambridge, CB24 4UQ Tel: 01954 234 300 Fax: 01954 234 349 Email: euinfo@transcendata.com Web: www.transcendata.com STAND PERSONNEL Andrew Chinn, Business Development Manager; Michael Stokes, Technical Sales Engineer TranscenData’s solutions enable the effective exchange and reuse of engineering product data among diverse applications throughout a manufacturing enterprise. The CADfix, CADIQ, Proficiency and DEXcenter solutions are aimed at eliminating non-value-added time and costs associated with reusing product data. C CADfix, one of the leading 3D CAD data exchange and CAD/CAM/CAE integration tools, allows users to exchange, repair and optimise models for downstream use. CADIQ identifies problems and differences in CAD models that impact analysis and manufacturing applications. CADIQ allows users to accurately compare 3D CAD models - validating data exchange, remastering and data delivery processes. Proficiency provides automated re-mastering of parametric CAD data from one CAD system into another, including 3D design intelligence, features, sketches, manufacturing and metadata info. ’DEXcenter automates/manages exchange of CAD data in a multi-CAD environment across a supply chain’.
Ultra Electronics Manufacturing & Card Systems Stand: 111 Address: Waverley House, Hampshire Road, Weymouth, Dorset DT4 9XD Tel: 01305 767 100 / Sales: 01305 767 100 or Mob: 07876 251 773 Fax: 01305 777 904 Email: sales@ultra.co.uk Web: www.ultra-cems.com STAND PERSONNEL Nick Mair, Sales & Marketing Manager “Ultra Electronics Cems – NADCAP Accredited” A Contract Electronics Manufacturer established 45 years ago, with it’s origins in the manufacture of defence electronics systems, Ultra Cems has considerable experience in the manufacture of high reliability products. Today, as part of the £515million Ultra Electronics group of 25 individual Aerospace businesses, Ultra Cems has a strong presence in the Aerospace and Defence market-place, participating in the production of Civil Electronics Systems, Civil Air Equipment, Defence Equipment, Military Aircraft Equipment, Battlespace IT and Naval Sonar systems. Holding AS9100, ISO9001:2000, ISO14001 and being a founding signatory to SC21 the business also holds NADCAP; the first electronics manufacturer in the UK to gain full service accreditation. Ultra Cems specialises in rapid prototype, small, medium and larger volume assembly of PCB and System assemblies, from its UK operations in Weymouth and Cambridge. Ultra Cems offers high levels of process competence in Conventional through hole and Surface Mount PCB technologies as well as System, Cable harness, Precision Mechanical and Mechatronics assembly techniques. Through Ultra Synergy the business is able to offer a wide range of high calibre design services, including mechanical, electronic, software and PCB layout. Coupled with Ultra’s Cambridge based rapid prototype assembly and engineering consultancy services, Ultra Synergy also offers bespoke test equipment design, test & diagnostic services and 3D laser scanning to CAD. Ultra Synergy offers a range of specialist & cost effective new product development services with built-in manufacturability!
viZaar Industrial Imaging AG Stand: 100 Address: Hechinger Strasse, 152, Albstadt, 72461, Germany. Tel: +49 (0) 7432 / 98375-0 Fax: +49 (0) 7432 / 98375-50 Email: info@vizaar.de Web: www.vizaar.de STAND PERSONNEL Kersten Zaar, Chief Executive Officer Christoph König, Chief Marketing Officer We improve our customer product and manufacturing quality with the most modern camera and visual inspection techniques. No matter whether they have to inspect and document inaccessible places, temperatures or high speed processes, we help our customers from very different industries to visualize and analyse problem areas, how to avoid accidents, production rejects and achieve the shortest down times. With the combination of different camera and inspection techniques we achieve high quality affordable results. viZaar develops and manufactures remote visual inspection equipment, special OEM cameras and industrial endoscope systems. Our inspection and service department offers in filed inspection services, rentals and camera repair. We are certified and have a hot shop for the nuclear industry. The service and product bandwidth reaches from ultraviolet to infrared imaging and high speed cameras.
WFL Millturn Technologies Stand: No. 210 GmbH & Co. KG Address: Wahringerstraße 36, 4030 Linz, Austria. Tel: +43 732 6913-0 Fax: +43 732 6913-8172 Email: office@wfl.at Web: www.wfl.at STAND PERSONNEL Hartwig Speigner, Regional Sales Manager UK, Canada WFL Millturn Technologies is an Austrian company and the only manufacturer worldwide focused on the production of multifunctional CNC turningboring-milling-centers for machining workpieces with complex geometry, highest accuracy and difficult materials. With the MILLTURN machine it’s possible, to clamp the workpiece just one time and machine it completely including all requested machining steps, as there can be turning, milling, boring, gear shaping, deep hole turning / drilling, measuring or other technologies requested by the customer. With center distances from 2000 to 8000mm and turning diameters from 520 up to 1500mm the suitable machine size for a wide range of applications is available. The “MILLTURN” was the fist product on the market with full turning capabilities and 5-axis interpolation for milling in one machine. Beside its unrivalled versatility one of the key benefits however is the combination of extraordinary rigidity and highest precision.
Wynnwith Group Ltd Stand: 507 Address: Dolphin House, Hendford, Yeovil, BA20 1TQ Tel: 01935 403202 Fax: 01935 403259 Email: yeovil@wynnwith.com Web: www.wynnwith.com Wynnwith Group Limited is one of the fastest growing Engineering, Technical and Operations recruitment businesses in the UK, operating as a wholly focused staffing business with specialist divisions in Aerospace, Flight (Airlines & Airports) and Rail. In addition, Solcistium, our Workforce Management Division also operate within the Automotive, Electronics, Manufacturing and Telecommunications industries. With over 35 years expertise in identifying and attracting engineering talent, Wynnwith currently has in excess of 3000 engineers and production staff on temporary assignments in the UK and internationally. This pedigree in technical contract recruitment also means that our permanent recruitment team is well placed to assist with client recruitment projects. Working within specific vertical markets, we ensure our consultants are knowledgeable within their specific market sectors.
Yamazaki Mazak U.K. Ltd. Stand: 109 Address: Badgeworth Drive, Worcester, Worcestershire WR4 9NF Tel: 01905 755755 Fax: 01905 755001 Email: sales@mazak.co.uk Web: www.mazak.eu Yamazaki Mazak is the world’s largest manufacturer of CNC Lathes, Machining Centres and Manufacturing Systems and can supply a machine tool for virtually any aerospace machining application, from simple two axis lathes through to multi-axis, multi function machines, such as the INTEGREX series. Together with the tremendous depth of applications knowledge and expertise, based at Mazak’s European manufacturing plant in Worcester, this is why the world’s leading aerospace manufacturers choose Mazak.
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No Limits The North West Aerospace Alliance supports world class business to meet global ambitions John Hancock
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he whole, as they say, can be long term and sustainable success. By 2004 it had become clear that considerably more than the sum of its parts. It isn’t simply one of the major problems facing that there is a safety in numbers, the aerospace industry in the North it’s also that a shared experience, West was supply chain management can lead to a pooled effort, which and continuity, the effect of which in turn can lead to a better and was to make bidding for large global contracts a less than precise process. more effective outcome. Founded in 1992, the North West While the Primes could construct Aerospace Alliance (NWAA) was their grand plans for new platforms originally a consortium of Lancashire and new technologies, they remained aerospace companies, a trade unsure of the quality and location in association representing companies the supply chain of the skills needed and stakeholders involved in the North to bring those plans to fruition. In West Aerospace cluster in which the order to address the problem, the members could come together to NWAA launched a Supply Chain discuss issues that affected them all. Workshop programme. There was Its mission, in its own words, is ‘To a need for improved top to bottom provide a fully integrated support and bottom to top communication structure for North West Aerospace within the supply chain. In addition to Companies.’ The alliance’s ambition which the Primes were beginning to can be discerned from its strap recognize the growth of globalisation, line… “Shaping and Supporting Our the need for rationalisation and the challenges that changes in Industry.” NWAA deals with a number of issues platforms would pose for supply chain on behalf of its members, including all management. Success in bidding for the usual trade association activities global contracts would increasingly of promotion, development and rest on being able to get the right support. In that sense, it addresses work done at the right quality and to a range of issues but in time and the right price within the supply chain. The workshops brought the primes as globalisation began to reshape markets and reveal new possibilities, and the suppliers, together and one issue was identified as crucial to highlighted the need for a tiered AERO ENGINEERING ‘09 | SHOWGUIDE
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an organisation’s measurable capabilities; it doesn’t guarantee work but enables the business to demonstrate that commitment to improvement and collaboration which is so highly valued by Primes the world over today.The programme has aimed to create a unified supply chain in which the Primes can have confidence, through knowledge of the capabilities of businesses in the lower tiers, to bid for the largest and most lucrative global contracts. Just one success story resulting from this more focused and informed approach has been the winning by four companies in the ASCE programme of the £250 million F35 (Joint Strike Fighter) contract – part of the largest defence contract in the world. However, in order to get the best improvements from ASCE, to maximise the ‘whole is greater than structure within the supply chain. Tiering would organise the sum of the parts’ value of collaborative working among a the supply chain and the firms within it in such a way as to group of businesses who understand not only what they must ensure that the right capabilities and competencies would be achieve to be world class but also how they can work within the positioned in the correct part of the chain and that everyone supply chain to get the best results, a further stage had to be would know where that was. In order to do this, firms within the devised. “ASCE 1,” as David Bailey, Executive Director, Operations chain had to be benchmarked to measure where they were at at NWAA explains,“developed individual firms within the supply the start of the process and in which areas improvement would chain to a world class level in the core competencies [to be be required. Then the programme would provide the expertise competitive in the global market]. But what is needed to really and development needed to bring those firms up to a world compete at the very highest [and most valuable] levels is a world class standard. As part of the rationalisation strategy, the Primes class supply chain because, increasingly, global customers will could then focus on tier 1 suppliers, who would in turn relate be seeking a solution, [not a series of working contracts with a to suppliers in lower tiers of the supply chain. However, it was range of different entities]. For this it will be supply chains and important that all firms in the supply not individual companies who will be chain understood what it would competing for the work.” mean to be a world class supplier at ASCE 2 aims to draw together firms NWDA sees aerospace their level. in the North West Aerospace Cluster success as a key What emerged from all of this was to present a single bidding face to the a definition of what it was in which market. At the moment the ‘face’ is component in the success firms had to strive to be world class. usually that of one of the Primes but, of the North West’s And that was not so much about increasingly, second tier companies economy. engineering skills, which were (often very large in their own rights) usually already well established are taking on the task of managing in these companies; it was the modern business skills that the supply chain in the tiers below them and this will mean that would differentiate them from others in the global market the North West’s aerospace sector will be well placed to bid for and which would enhance the value of their established work from any Prime around the world. engineering capabilities. These additional skills were identified The achievements of ASCE have been significant. There is as Strategic Business Planning, Project and Risk Management, now a ‘joined up’ approach to supplier development, with the and Leadership. As a means to deliver the desired outcomes, key stakeholders in the sector – NWAA, the North West RDA the ASCE (Aerospace Supply Chain Excellence) (see below), BAE Systems, Airbus UK and Rolls Royce – working Programme has been designed to take the together to develop a world class aerospace supply chain in strategically important aerospace companies in North West England. This has included benchmarking 30 North West England to world class operations in all companies in the North West to understand their capabilities, of the key areas identified. The objective is to take know where improvements are needed and identify where best participating supply chain businesses from learners practice exists in order to share that best practice with other to world class through a five step improvement businesses. The objective is to level up all organisations in the process. That process takes them from Learner sector to the highest level by developing a common language By 2004 it had to Developer to Performer to Contender, finally and processes throughout the supply chain and to develop culminating in World Class business. common standards for training and business development to become clear that One of the core ways in which the ASCE make collaboration easier. one of the major programme is progressed is through the ASCE has also helped develop another key weapon in the problems facing availability, for up to three years, of mentors from supply chain armoury by enabling firms to better understand the aerospace the region’s Primes, (BAE Systems, Airbus UK and how value is added and to differentiate between what is core Rolls Royce), to provide training and coaching and strategic in their business where they can add value and industry in the for businesses in lower tiers of the supply chain generate a profit, and what is best done elsewhere: in other North West to improve their performance in the processes words, how to make the best use of their resources. This is ‘Make was supply chain identified as vital in the achievement of world versus Buy’; a series of business filters to ensure that each job class capability. is dealt with at the appropriate level in the supply chain and, management A key thing about ASCE is that it aims to improve where it is more appropriate, is outsourced to low cost overseas SHOWGUIDE | AERO ENGINEERING ‘09
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valuable manufacturing suppliers. Perhaps ASCE can best be sector.The agency could summed up as a logic chain which also see the value aims to… … improve the people within in and competitive a company through mentoring, advantage that could be derived from creating a coaching and training… structured and ordered … improve the capabilities of the supply chain in place company, which can be checked through the improving scores in of the ill defined benchmark checks every 12 to 18 sector that it had been. Furthermore, ASCE months… would go a long way … expect good practice to turn into towards meeting the good performance – high levels of requirements of SC21, quality and delivery achievement… … and finally, turn all of those the UK Government’s nationwide supply improvements into money and new chain improvement contracts. As a measure of ASCE’s perceived programme. It would be hard significance and the value attributed to understate the to it, the North West Regional Development Agency (NWDA) has allocated £7 million to the ASCE 2 importance of ASCE in preparing the North West’s aerospace sector as a programme. And this isn’t just because it’s a jolly good scheme. NWDA sees well drilled and coordinated bidding and manufacturing force of companies aerospace success as a key component in the success of the North West’s with world class capabilities harnessed, through a world class supply chain, economy. to bid at the highest level of and deliver the maximum value to the global aerospace sector. It will also ensure “One of the key regional objectives [for North that North West England’s aerospace West England],” says Scott Bairstow, Business Development Manager, Aerospace for NWDA, “is sector maintains its place not only as a significant player in UK aerospace to grow GVA (Gross Value Added) for the region. it doesn’t guarantee work Aerospace, with a GVA of £70,000 per employee, (£7 billion out of a £21 billion UK aerospace sector) but also as compares favourably with manufacturing as a but enables the business to a significant and growing global whole with a GVA of £40,000 per employee.” demonstrate that commitment player able to compete for and To this end, NWDA felt that supporting the to improvement and collaboration deliver any global aerospace contract NWAA’s Supply Chain Workshops would be a logical from the position of strength that way to advance its regional aspirations through which is so highly valued by Primes 4412 Bhive_Wynnwith_189x134:Layout 1 20/10/09 12:00 Page 1 ASCE has built. l supporting improvement in the region’s most
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THE STRATEGIC BUSINESS AND SKILLS SUMMIT
Strategic Business & Skills Future Aircraft Programmes Future Engineering Challenges Future Procurement Processes Future Skills Requirements
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STRATEGIC BUSINESS & SKILLS SUMMIT
THE VISION TO CREATE STRATEGY
Seeing into the future needs the proper predictive tools – you’ll find them here. Welcome to the Aero Engineering 2009 Strategic Business & Skills Summit where you’ll be introduced to the future landscape of aerospace by the people who’ll be shaping it. In particular, they’ll explain what will be required of aero engineering and aero engineers in that fast evolving future environment. The challenge of the future has exercised the minds of the world’s greatest thinkers since time immemorial. Just imagine the advantages that would be conferred from knowing what the future held in store. For firms competing in an increasingly tough global marketplace, it could mean the difference between having the right products and services for what the future will bring or being stuck with a range of offers that no longer match the needs of a developing sector. However, even at the leading edge of technology, Aero Engineering 2009 cannot predict the future. But for delegates attending the Strategic Business & Skills Summit, the thinking about what will influence the future directions of this sector (and, therefore, an indication as to what those directions might be) will become clearer through presentations from the people who are looking at the trends, identifying the likely directions and making plans to determine what will be required from aero engineering in the years and decades ahead. The Strategic Business & Skills Summit is your chance to share the long range thinking and planning that is going on at the highest levels in the sector. And it’s all about the future with four key themes to support future planning… • Future Aircraft Programmes • Future Engineering Challenges • Future Procurement Processes • Future Skills Requirements. The two day summit will inform the UK aerospace industry supply chain with a unique programme of presentations addressing core business opportunities and related technology and skills requirements. Supported by the UK’s leading aerospace industry bodies, the programme provides essential programme overview, and business and skills intelligence; all supporting informed planning decisions throughout the aero engineering supply chain. Topics addressed in the presentations will reveal opportunities for businesses in all tiers of the UK aerospace and aircraft manufacturing industry, and supply chain. As an additional benefit, delegates to Aero Engineering Strategic Business & Skills Summit will have the chance to join an exclusive tour of Manchester University’s world leading materials science centre. To gain insight into how the future is being planned and what is considered the likely direction for your sector, this is where you need to be, hearing about the next big ideas from the people who are working them out right now. This will be information that you can take back to your own planning process, to inform you of what the sector is likely to need tomorrow so that you can start preparing today. We would like to thank all of the presenters and organisations who have given of their time and expertise to ensure that this Strategic Business & Skills Summit will set the benchmark for future thinking and planning across the aero engineering sector. We look forward to welcoming you to the Summit.
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STRATEGIC BUSINESS & SKILLS SUMMIT Tuesday 10th November
DAY 1
09:30 Chairman’s Opening Address — Rear Admiral Terry Loughran CB FRAeS 09:40 Welcome Address — Neil Semple, Head of Aerospace, Advanced Engineering UK Trade & Industry 10:00 Keynote Address – Dr Ruth Mallors, Director – UK Aerospace & Defence Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), UK Future International Aircraft Programmes 10:40 Airbus A350 XWB, A30X (New Short Range Aircraft) Airbus A320 Replacements — Ian Dawkins, Senior Vice President & Head of Future Programmes, Airbus France 11:10-12:15 Break 12:20 ATR (90-seater) — Mario Formica, VP Marketing, ATR Avions de Transport Régional, France 12:50 – 13:55 Lunch Break 14:00 Joint Strike Fighter & Automated Programmes — Steve Vandersteen, Director of Procurement and Supply Chain, BAE Systems, UK 14:30 Bombardier CSeries – Colin Elliott, Vice-President, Engineering and Business Development, Bombardier Aerospace, Belfast. 14:55 Future ASEAN Aircraft Programmes — Paul Calver, Global Value Chain Specialist, UKT&I, UK 15:20 — 15:55 Break
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DAY 2
09:00 Chairman’s Opening Address – Rear Admiral Terry Loughran CB FRAeS Future Engineering Challenges CONTINUES 09:10 Autonomous Systems – Nigel Mills, Technical Director Aerospace – QinetiQ 09:30 Space Systems – Richard Peckham, Business Development Director (UK) – EADS Astrium, UK 09:50 Health Management and Prognostics – Roger Hazelden, Sensors & Optoelectronics Technology Leader TRW Conekt 1010-1055 Break (11AM – ARMISTICE DAY, TWO MINUTE SILENCE)
11:00 Electrical Power Systems – Andrew Forsyth, Professor in Power Electronics, the University of Manchester 11:20 Materials & Structures – Roger Thomas, Development Manager, TIMET UK 11:40 Solving engineering challenges from a supply chain perspective — Bridget Day, Innovation and Technology Manager, Midlands Aerospace Alliance
AeroSkills – Developing next generation engineers for next generation aircraft 12:00 Opening Address — Roger Bourne, Head of Civil Aerospace, BIS, UK 12:20 Andy Leather, Director — AeIGT Programmes, A|D|S 12:40-13:35 Lunch Break Future Engineering Challenges 13:40 Martin Wright, Managing Director — North West 16:00 Session Introduction – Sameer Savani, Operations Aerospace Alliance (NWAA) Manager, Aerospace & Defence Knowledge Transfer Network 14:00 What skills are required for the next generation of aerospace systems? Hervé Borenstejn, Senior VP16:10 Advanced Design & Manufacturing – Steve Johnston, Competence Development, EADS Head of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering, BAE SYSTEMS 14:20 Dawn Vinall, SSA Implementation Manager, SEMTA — Sector Skills Council for Science, Engineering and 16:30 Electronic Systems – Peter Allsopp, VP Engineering & Manufacturing Technologies, UK Test – GE Aviation 14:40 Dr Thurai Rahulan – Honorary Chairman, Association 17:00 – 18:30 Networking Reception in Exhibition Hall of Aerospace Universities (AAU), UK 15:00 Future of Online Recruitment — Paul Cook, Website Publishing Director — FlightGlobal, Reeds Business Information, UK 15:20-15:55 Break 16:00 AERO-SKILLS PANEL SESSION ”Qualified personnel shortages in the aerospace industry – what are the solutions?” Hosted by Joanna Leigh, Senior Operations Manager at Performance Review Institute - PRI Europe. Panel includes: Hervé Borenstejn, Senior VP, Competency Development, EADS, France Andy Leather, Director– AeIGT Programmes, A|D|S Dr Thurai Rahulan – Honorary Chairman, Association of Aerospace Universities (AAU), UK Neil McKay – Chairman, North West Aerospace Alliance John Whalley – CEO, Aerospace Wales Forum Paul Shakspeare – West of England Aerospace Forum SHOWGUIDE | AERO ENGINEERING ‘09
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STRATEGIC BUSINESS & SKILLS SUMMIT Tuesday 10th November DAY 1 Chairman: Rear Admiral Terry Loughran CB FRAeS
09:30 Chairman’s Opening Address About Rear Admiral Terry Loughran CB FRAeS: Terry Loughran served as a pilot in the Fleet Air Arm of the Royal Navy and commanded a variety of ships including the Aircraft Carrier HMS Ark Royal. In his final appointment as Flag Officer Naval Aviation he was responsible for the maintenance and operation of the Sea Harrier and Helicopter forces and the training and welfare of their personnel. He is a Fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and has been closely involved with the Alliance designing the new large carriers, the CVF. He acts as a Conference Chairman, Facilitator, Defence Consultant and After Dinner Speaker.
09:40 Neil Semple, Head of Aerospace, UK Trade & Investment An overview of UK aerospace capability and its key strengths: setting out the UK Government’s international aerospace strategy, including market and sub sectoral priorities. Also outlining the extensive UK aerospace network, within the UK and overseas and the UK Government’s plans to market the sector. About Neil Semple: Neil Semple is Head of Aerospace within UK Trade & Investment’s Advanced Engineering Team. UK Trade & Investment is the UK Government organisation that helps UK based companies succeed in the global economy and assists overseas companies to bring their high quality investment to the UK. The Advanced Engineering Team coordinates the UK Government’s international aerospace strategy and funds activities such as trade missions, seminars and trade development support. Neil has held various international trade positions within the UK Government over a 13 year period including posts covering engineering and aerospace.
About Ian Dawkins: Ian Dawkins was appointed Head of Future Programmes at Airbus in January 2008. In this role he will prepare the next generation of products for launch. Starting his career with commercial system controls he then moved to Head of Programme Management for prototype projects. In 1989 he joined Airbus UK and, in 1997, became Programme Director for the Wide Body at BAE Systems. As Vice President of Programme Operations and Management for the A320 Family in Toulouse since 2001, he successfully moved the A320 Programme office to Hamburg, increasing deliveries from 233 in 2004 to 460 in 2007.
11:10 – 12:15 Break
12:20 Mario Formica, Vice President Marketing, ATR ATR (90 seater) About Mario Formica: Mario Formica leads the ATR team responsible for Airline and Product Marketing, Competition, and Strategic Marketing. Having begun his career at Alenia Aeronautica Naples in 1984 he moved to ATR in 1989 where, after spending four years in various positions in the Sales & Commercial Department, he was promoted to Director, Sales Engineering in 1993. Between 1995 and 1998 he was VP of the Technical Sales Division with direct involvement in major ATR sales campaigns, Mr. Formica is a lecturer at the MBA Aerospace ESCT and Maître de Conférence at IAE Institut in Toulouse, in the Strategy Department. He has been a Member of the Board of the European Regional Airline Association for three years.
12:50 – 13:55 Lunch Break
14:00 Steve Vandersteen, Director of Procurement and Supply Chain, BAE Systems Joint Strike Fighter and Automated programmes
10:00 Dr Ruth Mallors, Director, Aerospace and Defence Knowledge Transfer Network
14:30 Colin Elliott, Vice-president, Engineering and Business Development, Bombardier Aerospace, Belfast.
Keynote Address
Bombardier CSeries: ,An overview of the programme to develop and build Bombardier’s new five abreast CSeries family of aircraft. Bombardier is investing more than £500 million in its Belfast operation to enable it to undertake the development and production of the aircraft’s advanced composite wings, helping to cement the UK’s wider strategic interests in aircraft wing technology.The presentation will cover some of the technologies that will be utilised to ensure that the CSeries will be the greenest single aisle aircraft in its class, as well as outlining progress to date. It will also present more detail on the work under way in Belfast to develop and manufacture the composite wings, which are being produced using the unique Resin Transfer Infusion process – a major step forward in the evolution of advanced composites technology developed in Belfast.
About Dr Ruth Mallors: Dr Ruth Mallors is the Director of the Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) for Aerospace and Defence, is a Technology Strategy Board programme aimed at accelerating business innovation. Over the past 12 years she has worked across sector in knowledge transfer and change management to drive business change and enable innovation.
FUTURE INTERNATIONAL AIRCRAFT PROGRAMMES 10:40 Ian Dawkins, Senior Vice President & Head of Future Programmes, Airbus Airbus A350 XWB, A30X (New Short Range Aircraft), Airbus A320 Replacements:The challenges facing the aeronautical industry which the next generation of aircraft will need to overcome when they enter service. This will include why the A350 XWB Family will shape the efficiency of medium to long haul airline operations, tackling the issues of volatile fuel prices, matching rising passenger expectations. It will also address that a future aircraft programme in the short to medium haul market will demand a revolution in three areas: flying efficiently and economically, flying green and providing simplicity for operations, maintenances and passengers.The presentation will focus on these challenges for the aircraft industry and in particular on the challenges that a future programme faces and give an overview on how technology will be a key enabler.
About Colin Elliott: Colin began his career at Short Brothers in 1977. Following the acquisition of Shorts by Bombardier in 1989, Colin was assigned positions of increasing responsibility on several new aircraft programmes including the Learjet 45 and Global Express business aircraft. He was appointed Director, Product Development in 1995 and was promoted to Vice President, Engineering in 2000. Responsibility for Business Development was added in 2007. He holds an MBA in Manufacturing Management from Coventry University, is a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society and chair of the Belfast branch. In 2006, he was appointed to the Northern Ireland Science and Industry Government Advisory Panel.
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14:55 Paul Calver, Global Value Chain Specialist, UK Trade & Investment Future ASEAN Aircraft Programmes
15:20 – 15:55 Break
FUTURE ENGINEERING CHALLENGES 16:00 Sameer Savani, Operations Manager, Aerospace and Defence Knowledge Transfer Network Future Engineering Challenges – Introduction About Sameer Savani: Sameer Savani graduated with a Masters degree in Physics from University College London in 2002, specialising in compressible fluid dynamics. His first role was as a stealth scientist within the MoD’s S&T advice centre, the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory, eventually becoming a programme manager for Infrared signature management for fast jet propulsion systems. In 2007, he was seconded to the UK’s trade association for aerospace and defence manufacturers, the Society of British Aerosapce Companies (SBAC), where he supported the implementation of the National Aerospace Technology Strategy (NATS) and helped prepare SBAC’s bid to host the Aerospace and Defence Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN). Sameer has taken on a full time role within the KTN as its Operations Manager, acting as the UK’s focal point for all aspects of NATS, including its underpinning technology roadmaps and infrastructure, as well as supporting the 12 National Technical Committees that exist under the auspices of the KTN.
Wednesday 11th November DAY 2
FUTURE ENGINEERING CHALLENGES CONTINUES 09:00 Chairman’s Opening Address
Chairman: Rear Admiral Terry Loughran CB FRAeS
09.10 Nigel Mills, Technical Director Aerospace, QinetiQ Autonomous Systems: The manned aviation industry has been maturing over the past 100 years from the early pioneering days at the beginning of the 20th century. Over that time, technological advances and aviation incidents have between them influenced the regulations and procedures to make flying the safe activity that it is today. Such an extended incremental approach is not appropriate to the introduction of unmanned autonomous systems (UAS) into the airspace, yet we need to ensure equivalence and transparency in operation. Technology has a significant role to play in compensating for the absence of a pilot on board the aircraft to enable the benefits of UAS to be exploited. The challenge is to engineer that technology in a way that is acceptable to the regulators, is cost effective and meets the stringent size weight and power constraints. The talk will identify some of the technical challenges in this field with a view to giving insight into the future requirements in the aerospace supply chain.
Advanced Design and Manufacturing
About Nigel Mills:Nigel Mills is Technical Director Aerospace at Security and Defence company QinetiQ covering UAVs and Autonomous Systems, HALE (high altitude, long endurance) UAVs, Space Systems & Technology, Integrated Avionic Systems, Simulation & Training and Aerostructures. He is currently the chair of the Autonomous Systems Strategy Group and the Autonomous Systems National Technology Committee within the Aerospace & Defence KTN, is also a member of the Autonomous Systems Technology Related Airborne Evaluation & Assessment (ASTRAEA) Steering Group and the ASTRAEA Industrial Executive.
16:30 Peter Allsopp, VP Engineering & Test, GE Aviation
09.30 Richard Peckham, Business Development Director, Astrium Ltd
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Space Systems: The UK has a strong space sector involving most areas of space technology, including both satellite manufacturing and space applications, and which will form the basis for Richard’s talk.
16:10 Steve Johnston, Head of Manufacturing and Materials Engineering, BAE Systems
About Peter Allsopp: Peter Allsopp has held a number of senior engineering leadership posts within GE Aviation Systems (formerly Smiths Aerospace). He is currently an Engineering & Technology VP, leading a global Test Systems team and community operating across GE Aviation Systems. Building around its core competencies, the team works with a wide range of Supply Chain partners. Peter was previously Engineering Capability Director at GE Aviation Systems, responsible for the engineering capability elements. He has also lead teams on a wide range of global, European and UK Aerospace R&D projects. Prior to that, Peter worked in the Combat Systems Division of VSEL at Barrow-in-Furness. Peter convenes the Electronic Systems NTC, a part of the Aerospace & Defence KTN (Knowledge Transfer Network) managed by the UK SBAC (Society of British Aerospace Companies) and is a member of the Steering Group of the UK IAWG (Industrial Avionics Working Group).
About Richard Peckham: Richard joined Astrium in 2000 having worked in the defence and aerospace sector for the last 20 years, specialising in radar, meteorology, air traffic management and navigation, across a broad range of roles. Previous employers include Plessey Radar, Siemens Plessey Systems, Siemens Air traffic Management, Thales ATM and BAE Systems. He managed the Astrium navigation strategy and business development activities across Europe until appointment to the current post in 2007. He is also chairman, of UKspace and in this capacity represents the wider UK space industry towards government and other UK and international stakeholders.
09:50 Roger Hazelden, Sensors &
Optoelectronics Technology Leader Electronic Systems: There seems to be no limit to the way in which TRW Conekt electronics and software can be applied to address a wide range of system design challenges. The world of electronic systems within our community Health Management and Prognostics faces many exciting challenges to keep our products and services current About Roger Hazelden: Roger Hazelden is Technology and to provide innovation for our partners and customers. Leader for Sensors & Optoelectronics at TRW Conekt, the Solihull The UK Aerospace and Defence Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN) is one based technology and engineering consultancy business of TRW of the key mechanisms by which our community can plan and prepare to Automotive. A Cambridge University graduate and a Chartered address many engineering challenges, which sometimes seem to move as Physicist, he leads Conekt’s team of sensor technologists. Roger is quickly as the technology evolves! The Electronic Systems NTC is a forum also a key member of Conekt’s business development team, particularly focusing in which information is gathered to advise government agencies and on the aerospace sector and also government funded collaborative projects, and government industry panels, and influence European and international he has been a member of the HMaP NTC since its inception. He spent several research programmes through common membership. The speaker will look years working for a major cable company developing telecom fibre-optic test at how planning and cooperative research can help deliver both opportunity equipment before joining the former Lucas Research Centre (now TRW Conekt). for UK industry and funding to deliver continued success in the aerospace Roger has over 20 years of experience in solving sensing and measurement and defence sector. problems for Conekt’s clients in the aerospace, automotive, defence and intelligent transport sectors, often exploiting cross sector technology transfer. His group at Conekt specialises in making measurements within hostile and 17:00 – 18:30 Networking reception in Exhibition Hall ‘difficult’ environments as well as related issues. He is author or co author of more than 20 papers and 15 patents. SHOWGUIDE | AERO ENGINEERING ‘09
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10:10 – 10:55 Break ARMISTICE DAY: 11:00, Two minute silence
11:00 Andrew Forsyth, Professor in Power Electronics, the University of Manchester Electrical Power Systems About Andrew Forsyth: Andrew Forsyth is Professor of Power Electronics at the University of Manchester — a post that is co sponsored by the Royal Academy of Engineering and Rolls-Royce plc. His research activities cover power electronic converters and electrical systems for applications in aircraft and vehicles. This includes high power factor rectification, power quality, energy storage and system architectures. He has previously held lecturing positions at the universities of Bath and Birmingham and has also worked as a design engineer in industry. He graduated from Imperial College, London, and obtained the PhD degree from the University of Cambridge.
11:20 Roger Thomas, Development Manager, TIMET UK Materials & Structures
13:40 Martin Wright, Chief Executive, North West Aerospace Alliance (NWAA) Advanced Supply Chain Development: The NWAA programmes that have been developed to reshape the aerospace supply chain and the companies in that chain to enable them to compete globally. About Martin Wright: Martin Wright is a Chartered Engineer with over 30 years experience with major defence and aerospace companies, including the management of integrated production facilities for defence and aerospace systems and components, the management of major projects and business sectors. He has played a major role in the development and implementation of business transformation programmes including the implementation of integrated business teams. Prior to being appointed as the Chief Executive Officer of the North West Aerospace Alliance in 2004, he worked as a Regional Business Advisor for the aerospace sector in the North West. He is currently a Director of North of England Excellence, Chair of the Aerospace and Advanced Engineering Sector Skills Committee for the North West Region of England and a member of the University of Manchester Aerospace Research Institute.
14:00 Hervé Borensztejn, Senior Vice President Competency Development, EADS
What Skills are required for the next generation of aerospace systems?: EADS has put in place a complete competency management process which enables it to identify the short, mid and long term evolutions of job requirements (both in terms of quality and quantity). Since several critical competencies require long term Solving engineering challenges from a supply development through specific career paths, the competency approach chain perspective has provided a competitive way to support business improvement and About Bridget Day: Having achieved a Physics degree development. from Birmingham University in 1977, Bridget was employed About Hervé Borensztejn: Hervé Borensztejn started as a technical apprentice at IMI where she worked with new his professional career in the field of international marketing technologies in surface design for heat exchangers mainly for for the mining industry. After filling various roles, he joined aerospace. She was given project management experience EADS in 2001 and is Chairman of the Corporate Board of on EJ200 heat exchangers and for the Lockheed C130J engines and helped the European Corporate Learning Forum (www.eclf.org) and the team to achieve the first Lockheed Star supplier status in Europe. Following achievement of an MBA, Bridget had successive promotions in member of the advisory board of INSEEC. He is a member of the Board Engineering leadership roles at HS Marston Aerospace Ltd, Wolverhampton of FNEGE and Institut de l’Entreprise. and for five years was Engineering Director there, having responsibility for mechanical and thermal design, testing, programme management 14:20 Dawn Vinall, Sector Skills Agreement and product support. The company being part of the UTC group meant Implementation Manager, Semta that reporting into Engineering Leadership in the US was an interesting The work of SEMTA in the Aerospace sector: Specific issues being challenge. Her current role at Midlands Aerospace Alliance involves helping approximately 300 member companies with their innovation tacked by Semta in aerospace in the current economic climate include, quality, cost and delivery, technical upskilling and recruitment due to an and technology and therefore their associated funding issues. ageing/retiring workforce. Within the Semta offer, The Learning Engine approach, developed by the National Skills Academy for Manufacturing (The Skills Academy), is valued by employers because it shows the difference between training spend and training investment. To help ensure that the aerospace and wider engineering sector has access to the right training provision, The Skills Academy has delivered training provider up-skilling programmes,. The presentation will show how aerospace engineering companies are using this service to avoid confusion and reduce the time it takes to get the support that they urgently need.
11:40 Bridget Day, Innovation and Technology Manager, Midlands Aerospace Alliance
AEROSKILLS – DEVELOPING NEXT GENERATION ENGINEERS FOR NEXT GENERATION AIRCRAFT
12:00 Roger Bourne, Head of Civil Aerospace, BIS, UK Opening Address
12:20 Andy Leather, Director - AeIGT Programmes, A|D|S 12:40 – 13:35 Lunch Break
About Dawn Vinall: Dawn graduated from Loughborough University with an Honours degree in European Studies, later, completing the Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing, and the Certificate in Company Directorship. She has worked for a number of companies, including as Marketing Director for Metskill (formerly Steel Training Ltd), now part of the Semta Group; as a freelance marketing consultant, and as Marketing Manager at Economatics Ltd; and Communications Manager for the Spring Research and Manufacturers’ Association. Dawn has over ten years’ experience providing advice and guidance on skills and training to the metals and wider engineering sectors. She now works as a Sector Skills Agreement Implementation Manager for Semta, leading on the metals, mechanical, electrical and aerospace sectors.
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14:40 Dr Thurai Rahulan, Senior Lecturer, University of Salford and Honorary Chairman, Association of Aerospace Universities (AAU), UK Aerospace teaching and research: current practice and future needs The Association of Aerospace Universities (AAU) was inaugurated in 1997, when a small group of universities with accredited aerospace degree programmes met to discuss the implications of rapid technical advances and the need to accommodate changes to syllabus content along with focused research. One item of particular interest was the increasingly intense competition amongst the universities for dwindling research funds, which led to a fundamental question: is it possible to replace competition & confrontation with cooperation and coordination? The increasingly global aspect of the higher education business will be addressed along with changes in subject disciplines. About Thurai Rahulan: Thurai Rahulan got his first degree in 1976 in Mechanical Engineering Science and then obtained his PhD in 1984 – both from Salford University. His first job involving the design of aircraft active control systems was MoD funded. He then worked on suspension systems at Jaguar Cars, returning to Salford University in 1990 to teach aeronautics. He has published and refereed many scientific papers in international journals and liaises with universities, industry and the media in his capacity as an aerospace consultant and External Examiner. He is the Chairman of the Association of Aerospace Universities, a Member of the Council of the Royal Aeronautical Society and serves in a number of other professional committees.
15:00 Paul Cook, Website Publishing Director, FlightGlobal, Reed Business Information Future of Online Recruitment: Online recruitment; considering what to look for when evaluating a good job site (saints and sinners online), hints and tips for companies recruiting online, and a look forward at the future of job sites and online recruitment. About Paul Cook: An Economics (BA Hons) graduate from Birmingham City University, Paul joined Reed Business Information in 1988 on the launch team of Personnel Today. After three years, he went onto work on further publications before, in 1997, leaving RBI to join advertising agency Ogilvy Primary Contact. He rejoined RBI in March 2001 as Sales Director and, over the next five years, went onto a role as Group Sales Director covering virtually all of RBI’s online and offline recruitment media products. At the end of 2006, Paul started his current job as Website Publishing Director, working across RBIs 17 recruitment web sites. Paul also has commercial responsibility for the e-classified business in RBI.
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15:20 – 15:55 Break
16:00 AERO-SKILLS PANEL SESSION Qualified personnel shortages in the aerospace industry – what are the solutions? Hosted by Joanna Leigh, Senior Operations Manager at Performance Review Institute - PRI Europe Panel includes: • Hervé Borenstejn, Senior Vice President Competency Development, EADS • Andy Leather, Director – AeIGT Programmes, A|D|S • Dr Thurai Rahulan – Honorary Chairman, Association of Aerospace Universities (AAU), UK • Neil McKay – Chairman, North West Aerospace Alliance • John Whalley – CEO Aerospace Wales Forum • Paul Shakspeare – West of England Aerospace Forum Q&A to follow
17:00 Chairman’s Closing Address - Rear Admiral Terry Loughran CB FRAeS
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Going behind the scenes The chance to join an exclusive tour of Manchester University’s world leading materials science centre
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2009 Strategic Business Summit have the exciting opportunity to tour the world leading Manchester Materials Science Centre and gain unrivalled insights into the groundbreaking research and development schedules at the University of Manchester’s Henry Moseley X-ray Imaging Facility and its Textile Composites Facility, as well as receive an exclusive overview of the new Composites Certification & Evaluation Facility (CCEF) at the Northwest Composites Centre and tour its Materials Testing & Analysis Unit.
Targeted primarily at the qualification of flight critical parts and representing an investment of £8.2 million, CCEF combines and makes available the world leading aerospace expertise and facilities from the Universities of Manchester, Liverpool, Lancaster and Bolton, and is designed to provide rapid manufacturing techniques (for industry and academia) as well as long term research projects focused on performance and cost benefits. In an exclusive arrangement between Aero Engineering 2009 and the University of Manchester’s Aerospace Research Institute, delegates to the Aero Engineering Strategic Business Summit will be presented with an overview of the impressive facilities available at CCEF, including the Northwest Composite Centre.
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The Manchester Materials Science Centre tour is one of a number of ‘added-value’ technical tour options for delegates to the two day Aero Engineering 2009 Strategic Business Summit. It is limited to 30 places on a first come, first served basis and will take place on Thursday November 12, after the two day Aero Engineering Summit.
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