Wichita aerospace machine shop floor

2024 and 7075 from a print

Small airframe parts for Wichita shops.
Rhea Calder signs the cert sheet.

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Brackets, bushings, and rib blanks in 2024 and 7075.
First-article sheet in the bag.

7075 brackets

Milled from plate. Wichita airframe shops. The 7075 brackets dropped into the rib.

7075-T6 plate · first-article sheet · Hydraulic Avenue crate.

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Milled 7075 aluminum aerospace brackets

Bushings

Turned bushings with a first-article sheet in the bag. 2024 or steel as written.

CNC turned · SPC on ID · same crate as the mill work.

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Turned aerospace bushings in a bin

Rib blanks

Short-run 2024 rib blanks for Wichita airframe work. Omar Quist holds the aluminum.

2024 plate · mill fixture · first-article on the granite.

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Milled 2024 aluminum rib blank

2024 mill work

Coolant, chips, tenths. Small airframe parts from a print on Hydraulic.

3-axis mill · 2024-T3 · cert sheet signed.

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CNC mill cutting 2024 aluminum

First article

Rhea Calder programs the mills and signs the cert sheet before the lot runs.

Micrometer · granite · print in the bag.

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Machinist inspecting aluminum brackets

· 2024 plate

Rib blanks and brackets from plate. Coolant on, chips in the pan.

· 7075 plate

Harder aluminum. Same mill, same first-article sheet.

· Cert sheet

Rhea signs it. The bag leaves with the parts.

CNC mill cutting airframe aluminum

Plate mill

7075 brackets

Quoted from a print

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Turned

Bushings

First-article in the bag

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Short run

Rib blanks

2024 plate

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Wichita shop floor

The 7075 brackets dropped into the rib. No rework on Hydraulic.

Buyer, south Wichita airframe shop