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HMC Upgrade Follows Promise of Nacelle Work
01 Jan 2005
A £250,000 investment in a horizontal machining centre (HMC) at the Freshwater works of Patrick Engineering, on the Isle of Wight, follows an agreement reached with their main customer, GKN Aerostructures in East Cowes, guaranteeing engine nacelle component production for four turbo-prop aircraft programmes until 2008.
The first parts to be produced on the Japanese-built Okuma MA-50HB, installed by UK agent, NCMT, in August 2004, were engine mounting structure nacelle components, four of which are fixtured on a cube on each pallet. The titanium components, which require three set-ups, were for the Dash 8 400 turbo-prop and are required in aircraft sets of four, there being 22 aircraft orders for 2004 with options on 24 more for 2005.
www.patrick-engineering.co.uk
