Indian manufacturer in the defense and aviation sector TATA Advanced System Ltd. (TASL) will receive a solution heat treatment line. It is dedicated for the aviation industry and will meet the requirements of the latest aviation (AMS2750F) and material (AMS2770) standards.
This order, the third of its type from North American manufacturing parent company SECO/WARWICK to TASL, will be the largest production line for aircraft skins in the history of both companies. The equipment will be used for the production of aircraft skins, empennage and center-wings boxes. The line includes a rapid quench VertiQuench® electric furnace (drop-bottom type), mobile quenching tank, rinsing tank and additional equipment including a chiller and loading baskets.
Vice President of the Aluminum Process and CAB Business Segments
SECO/WARWICK Group
Source: SECO/WARWICK
The working zone of the furnace is L7500 x W3000 x H3000mm, with the capacity to process huge sheets of aluminum. Such a large working zone reduces the number of joints in the skin. The line, as designed, will meet the client's requirements, ensuring a guaranteed +/- 5°C load temperature uniformity, load cooling in either a polymer or a water quench, and will remove the polymer sediment remaining after quench. Additionally, the system can be used for artificial aging in the furnace.
Abhishek Paul, manager and head of supply chain management of TASL said, "The new line, apart from its size, will meet a number of guidelines that will allow us to produce the highest quality airplane components that will meet the expectations of our final customers - a vast portfolio of OEMs and Tier-1s in the aerospace and defense industry. We are also confident that [the company] will be able to meet the project timelines and handover the line well within our project timelines."
"For us," explains Piotr Skarbiński, vice president of the aluminum process and CAB business segments at the SECO/WARWICK Group, "this continued cooperation directly means that the client is satisfied with the quality and efficiency of [our] equipment, services and our partnership. We hope that this partnership will continue into the future."
