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News Release from: Hyde Group Automation
Edited by the Engineeringtalk Editorial
Team on 09 March 2006
Automotive firm flies into aerospace
sector
Experience in turnkey automation projects for the automotive and other industries carried forward to key projects in the aerospace sector.
With experience in supplying turnkey automation projects to the automotive and other industries, Hyde Group Automation has spread its wings by completing key projects in the aerospace sector Trends in recent years have seen the successful transfer of skills and technology from a stalling automotive industry to a soaring aerospace sector
This article was originally published on Engineeringtalk on 16 Nov 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Aerospace-related manufacturing and supply companies are beginning to realise the benefits from process improvements achieved through automation, or the use of advanced control systems and robotics.
It is in this area that Hyde is beginning to have an impact, helping UK-based aerospace firms challenge often better equipped European competitors for contracts.
Hyde and its sister company Park Engineering (which provides manufacturing and tooling services from the same premises), are part of the Hyde Group.
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The core business of Hyde Group Automation is to design and manufacture simple or complex special purpose machinery and automation systems from concept and initial design, through to adaptation and integration into full production.
By definition, components used with the aerospace sector are larger than those deployed in most other industries, hence Hyde is involved in a structured programme of heavy investment.
New facilities include a purpose built assembly area that is 30m by 20m, with 9m under crane height, as well as a five-axis CNC machining centre with a 5m bed and a purpose-built temperature controlled co-ordinate measuring facility.
Recent aerospace projects completed by the company include involvement with the installation of the A380 Airbus wing jigs at Brougton, where three sets of 110m long, five-storey high jigs were installed and calibrated over a six month period using three laser tracker work teams.
Another project involved the design and manufacture of a turbulence control screen (TCS) to enable a jet engine to be tested for noise according to CAA regulations.
The TCS consisted of 415 hexagon shaped panels made from stainless steel sheet and honeycomb aluminium.
Upon completion it measured nearly 10m in diameter and weighed 32 tonnes.
Hyde even designed and manufactured a portable building for the TCS to protect it from the weather.
The company also remains active in the automotive sector, recently completing projects that include automated welding and riveting cells, as well as workstations and fixtures for auto seat manufacture and engine transfer lines.
Approvals include ISO 9001 and ASEN 9100 together with Airbus and BAe Systems.
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