Optical alignment equipment covers instruments and systems used to establish, verify and transfer precise angular and positional references during aerospace component manufacture and assembly, encompassing theodolites, alignment telescopes, collimators, optical tooling bars, optical squares, and jig transits, supporting processes such as airframe jigging, engine build and structural assembly to tight geometric tolerances.
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