| This week is all about Fastener Tech tm 2011 finishing this wednesday 15th. You can check every day on their website for latest infos and photos.
In Asia, Material Prices continue to ease for the coming months, following for part the drop in Auto Sales in China.
Bombardier invest in a sophisticated way to assemble fasteners :
“In as little as 32 seconds, each robot can drill a small hole and then precisely rivet or hammer a fastener to the aluminium-lithium fuselage. For the composite fuselage sections, the process takes 53 seconds to drill, add a sealant and then a fastener. Four robots, working with one operator each, can join the fuselage sections for a CSeries aircraft in 17 hours. Advanced vision control systems ensure that each hole is drilled within 0.01 inch (0.254 mm).”
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Of course many other news as usual
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Enjoy the reading, enjoy your week!
Daniel Rivalin
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Worldwide Fastener Weekly News June 6th – 12th 2011
