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Aluminium alloys in the aerospace industry

02/02/2029

Aluminium has a long and successful history in the aerospace industry. As far back as the 19th century, Count Ferdinand Zeppelin made the frames of his iconic airships from it. Aluminium was chosen as it is lightweight, strong, and has a high resistance to corrosion.

Balloon goes up on UK made threaded inserts

02/02/2029

Sales at Bridgnorth-based threaded insert manufacturer Fitsco have been high this year but have now – quite literally – gone stratospheric.

Supporting Aerospace projects for the long term is getting harder

02/02/2029

With long design cycles and operational life of aircraft, designers have to be assured that parts they design in can be sourced for a long time. 10 years is a minimum, and probably in the end support will be required for multiples of that.

High temperature control for exhaust analysis

02/02/2029

The control of emissions from combustion engines has made several headlines in the past, bringing the subject to the fore on several occasions.

NUM collaborates with Chinese machine builder

02/02/2029

NUM has helped Original Point Machine Tools (OPMT) to develop an advanced 8-axis CNC machining centre capable of processing many different types of materials, including metal, ceramics, glass and cemented carbide.

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Aluminium alloys in the aerospace industry

Balloon goes up on UK made threaded inserts

Supporting Aerospace projects for the long term is getting harder

High temperature control for exhaust analysis

NUM collaborates with Chinese machine builder