FOCUS ON WATERJET
Standing on the waterjet machine is the Radius Aerospace team with project leader , Elizabeth Robinson . On the floor is the Water Jet Sweden team with U . S . sales manager , Christian Svensson , in the middle .
THE WATER MARGIN
“ Large-scale , five-axis processing enables the benefits of the waterjet process to be utilised in the finishing of fabricated structures ; pressed parts ; moulded composite parts and other 3D parts .”
Aerospace fabricator , Radius Aerospace , has ordered a new , customised FiveX waterjet cutter for delivery from Water Jet Sweden .
Radius Aerospace fabricates and manufactures a broad portfolio of aircraft and aerospace structures , components , sub-assemblies and systems . It works across the aerospace industry including commercial , private and military aviation as well as the industrial gas turbine market . Its work is focused on core manufacturing specialties of aircraft structures ; engines ; rotorcraft ; defence applications and turbines .
Its six active manufacturing facilities work independently and in combination with one another to deliver aerospace and energy products . The manufacturer ’ s fabrication sites in the United States are in Hot Springs , Arizona ( also its headquarters ); Phoenix , Arizona ; Shelbyville , Indiana and Fort Worth , Texas . In the UK , it has facilities in Sheffield and Shrewsbury . The company boasts more than 1,000 employees and almost one million square feet of manufacturing space .
The manufacturer focuses on several core services including forming ; welding ; bonding ; machining ; processing and assembly . Its facilities work strategically and in concert with each other to fulfil the forming ; bonding ; fabrication ; welding and structural assemblies needs of major aerospace and aviation brands and companies . Specialty capabilities include specialty alloy welding ; Titanium hot forming and SPF ; bulge forming ; complex assembly ; chemical milling ; Titanium Sol-Gel ; metalto-metal and composite bonding ; complex machining ; hydroforming ; stretch-forming ; processing and assembly .
The ± 0-120˚ waterjet cutting tool controlled with a joystick and a touchscreen operator panel .
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