“This year, we plan to complete the development project and productionise Boeing’s specific parts,” says Aeromet’s general manager of Kent operations, Mike Twyman. Boeing had been interested in A20X for some time, so we’ve been working with them to obtain their material specifications and we’re now in development for production parts - it’s a very exciting time for the company.”Īeromet submitted its material for Boeing approval at the end of last year and by early 2017 received its formal approval to cast A20X before entering immediately into a development project with a part for a Boeing 777X. “There have been two trips in the last six months where the DIT has welcomed Aeromet as part of its group of companies that have all got something to offer. It’s a great relationship but most importantly, when we say we’ve got a great idea that will help them, Boeing are willing to listen because they are very open to ideas.”Įmbraer Phenom 300 winglet: A single piece casting previously machined from solid as a two-part piece and then weldedĪeromet clinched the Boeing deal following a UK suppliers’ trip hosted at the OEM’s Seattle production facilities, Washington State in 2016, which was supported by the UK Government’s Department for International Trade (DIT).
“Boeing has been a customer of our Worcester site for some time. “Whilst A20X has been in development for some time it has now become a mature commercial readily available alloy,” begins Aeromet’s business development executive, Adam Lucas. In addition to the contract extension, Aeromet has secured a new contract to supply parts for the Boeing 777X, largest and most efficient twin-engine jet in the world. Specialising in supplying a range of cast parts for the aerospace and defence industries, the company recently expanded its Boeing relationship by securing its biggest ever set of orders by being awarded an extension to its existing long-term agreements covering the supply of parts for the Boeing 737, 767 and 777 aircraft.
Spread over the three UK sites of Sittingbourne, Rochester and Worcester, Aeromet offers a diverse range of capabilities including aluminium and magnesium sand castings, aluminium investment and SOPHIA high property castings. Like an ancient alchemist using arcane methods to turn base metal to gold, Aeromet International may well have discovered the proverbial philosopher’s stone of aluminium alloys in the form of its new A20X aluminium-copper alloy for high strength airframe and aero engine components. Today’s metallurgists constantly strive to discover the right mixture of chemical ingredients to produce an alloy with the kinds of mechanical properties coveted by today’s aerospace designers.
0 kommentar(er)
