One of the UK’s leading providers of advanced technologies is set to host its first ever dedicated aerospace and defence day later this month.
Carfulan Group is opening its £3m Innovation Centre in Foston on 25 November to provide OEMs, suppliers and new entrants to the market with access to its expanding range of solutions that allow companies to work to tolerances that leave no margin, in materials that are hard to machine and, importantly, eliminate time out of inspection, tooling and first article reporting.
Over 100 delegates are expected to attend the interactive event that will see keynote addresses from experts in additive manufacturing, tool presetting and metrology/inspections.
Visitors will also be able to exclusively watch first-hand more than 30 ‘live’ demonstrations, with the opportunity to test out their own products and prototypes.
“We have seen a significant increase in the number of enquiries from the aerospace and defence sector over the last twelve months,” explained Chris Fulton, managing director of Derbyshire-based Carfulan Group.
“This has emerged through repeat business from some of the world’s most well-known manufacturers and several new partners, who are transferring skills that are complementary to this rapidly expanding marketplace.”
He continued: “With this in mind, we felt it was the right time to showcase all the different technologies we offer in one place and encourage a collaborative approach to understanding industry’s ‘pain points’ and how we can assist our clients in overcoming them.”
Carfulan Group offers technologies that help customers measure parts more accurately, design more freely and manufacture more efficiently.
The day-long event will deliver demonstrations of OGP’s multi-sensor metrology on one platform and explore how Stratasys’ latest additive manufacturing systems are using certified materials, such as ULTEM 9085 and Antero, for use in cabin and ducting parts, jigs, fixtures and drill guides.
Zoller’s tool presetting, shrinking and tool balancing capabilities will also be on show, whilst Vicivision’s turned part measurement will be used to accurately measure shafts, pins, fasteners and fittings in seconds.
Mr Fulton added: “The two final showcases will focus on rapid shopfloor inspection equipment from Metrios and ‘auto-ballooning’ software from Discus. The latter shows an automatic ballooning of a drawing through to an AS9102 report, turning days of preparation into hours.
“Whilst this is a dedicated day for the aerospace and defence sector, we are also keen to welcome other industries that may benefit from what we do.”
He concluded: “All our solutions, all our technologies and all our experts under one roof, identifying production issues and how we can unleash new productivity gains for companies, engineers and quality specialists.”
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