Boeing Orders New Cincinnati Machine Composite Tape Layers for 777 and 787 Production.HEBRON Hebron, city (2003 est. pop. 155,000), the West Bank, called Al-Khalil in modern Arabic. Hebron is situated at an altitude of 3,000 ft (910 m) in a region where grapes, cereal grains, and vegetables are grown. , Ky. -- Cincinnati Cincinnati (sĭnsənăt`ē, –năt`ə), city (1990 pop. 364,040), seat of Hamilton co., extreme SW Ohio, on the Ohio River opposite Newport and Covington, Ky.; inc. as a city 1819. Machine announced today that it has received an order for two of its new Version 5 High Contour Tape Layers (HCTLs) and the retrofitting of two existing Contour Tape Layers from The Boeing Company. Boeing Commercial Airplanes Boeing Commercial Airplanes is a unit of The Boeing Company, based in Renton, Washington consisting of the Seattle-based former Boeing Airplane Company (the civil airliner division), as well as the Long Beach-based Douglas Aircraft division of the former McDonnell Douglas , a world premier commercial jetliner manufacturer, will install the new generation automated au·to·mate v. au·to·mat·ed, au·to·mat·ing, au·to·mates v.tr. 1. To convert to automatic operation: automate a factory. 2. composites lamination lamination a laminar structure or arrangement. equipment in their Composites Manufacturing Center in Frederickson near Seattle, Wash., by year-end 2006. Both the new Tape Layers and retrofitted Tape Layers will be used to more efficiently produce composite components for the Boeing 777, now in its 12th year of production, as well as for Boeing's all-new 787 Dreamliner airplanes. This order brings the total number of Cincinnati Machine Automated Tape Layers being utilized for 787 production to seven. Earlier this year, two HCTLs with 6"/12" tape capability owned by Alenia Aeronautica Alenia Aeronautica (formerly Aeritalia) is an aerospace engineering corporation in Italy, a subisidary of Finmeccanica. Aeritalia was originally owned by FIAT. SpA (Italy) were qualified by The Boeing Company. The two were the first Tape Layers outside of Boeing and the first of Cincinnati Machine's new generation contour tape laying machines to be qualified for the production of structural components for the new 787 Dreamliner. Cincinnati Machine will also deliver a Version 5 High Contour Tape Layer to Korean Airlines (Korea) for use on the 787 program. Cincinnati Machine, a pioneer in developing and building automated composites solutions for the aerospace industry, is the leading global supplier of automated composites manufacturing technology with established systems for both tape laying for wing and empennage empennage: see airplane. work and fiber placement for fuselage and highly contoured components. The total number of installed units is nearing 80. In addition to its tape layers and fiber placement systems, Cincinnati Machine consistently delivers superior service and support capabilities. Cincinnati Machine customers rely on the company's expertise to help manage and lower the total cost of ownership. This commitment to service and support contributes greatly to manufacturers' quality and cost efficient productivity. |
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