Stephen Adilukito examining parts for any damage.
Dings and Dents Brody Salazar
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hile the noise of machinery and cutting metal fills the area of one building, the interns of Aeronautics and Commercial Tooling have a much more quiet and detail-oriented environment. Aeronautics and Commercial Tooling is focused on creating reproduction tools, but are shifting their focus on creating parts because of the consistent work they provide. As interns, Ryan Molina and Stephen Adilukito is assigned work in the detailing building, where they work with the tools. They are not tasked with operating heavy machinery or running the waterjet, but he does manufacture several small parts for planes. Because of their size, the job calls for an extreme attention to detail. Even the smallest dent can lead to the whole part being scrapped. This is because every part is “supposed to go up in the sky” according to Molina. They have to check every side of every piece, for dents, cuts that are too deep and other abnormalities. If there are, hundreds of dollars worth of products could go to waste.
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“There’s just an expectation of quality, and they just trust that it will be done,” says Molina.
