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As part of Boeing's premier bidder program, Elbit was well positioned to gain the contract to supply the largest main deck cargo door for the Boeing 777 Freighter and 777-8 Freighter.
Investing over $5 million dollars in a fifth vacuum heat treating facility in the US gives Solar Atmospheres of Michigan the space for further growth. Nine furnaces will relocate, and be joined by two new ones.
JINPAO Precision Industry's new high pressure fluid cell press will lower production costs when manufacturing the aerostructure, aerosystems and interiors parts for various types of aircraft.
Aerospace casting manufacturer Doncasters Group will benefit from high vacuum capabilities, state of the art controls and increased automation with Teach Pour technology. Installation will be later this year.
The Quintus Flexform process uses a combination of a single rigid tool half, in conjunction with a flexible rubber diaphragm subjected to high hydraulic pressure, to form sheet metal parts with accuracy and repeatability.
Piper Aircraft is to install a high pressure (11,600 psi) hydroform press from Quintus Technologies capable of producing a million sheet metal parts a year, replacing a 40-year-old ASEA press.
Sheet metal parts at Russian Helicopters' Ulan-Ude plant will be manufactured on a modern digitally-controlled elastoforming press for the Mi-171A2/A3 and Ka-226 types of helicopters.
