Marshall Aerospace
Marshall Aerospace are one of the UK’s leading independent aerospace contractors. The Cambridge based company is a Boeing supplier and are involved in the design and manufacture of Boeing 777 systems, and Hercules aircraft.
Marshall Aerospace is one company that is leading the way in modern manufacturing methods, having done away with time-consuming and inaccurate process of inspecting flat components visually using foil lofts. In it’s place the company are using the Planar 2D inspection system.
“We have virtually eliminated the need for drawings, resulting in savings throughout the production process.”
Company Profile
Size
€150M
Location
UK
Machine
P65.50
“it takes just a fraction of a second for the overhead digital camera to take a picture of the part and a few minutes for the Planar software to compare the measured data against the Catia CAD model...we have virtually eliminated the need for drawings, resulting in savings throughout the production process.”
Kevin Patterson, Manufacturing Support Manager Marshall Aerospace
