Aerospace Manufacturer Cuts Production Time by 83 Percent

Abstract

INSTALLATION of a Bridgeport BPC 380H, eight‐pallet horizontal machining centre at Fairey Hydraulics Ltd, Heston, Middlesex, has reduced by 83 percent, from six months down to one month, the lead time to produce a valve body used in the BAe 146 flight control system.

Citation

(1988), "Aerospace Manufacturer Cuts Production Time by 83 Percent", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 60 No. 6, pp. 23-23. https://doi.org/10.1108/eb036630