Pintle Protection
PINTLE PROTECTION
Problem
To create a pintle protector for leading aerospace company
- Titanium Pintle fitting is constantly damaged during the drilling and bolting operations that occur in this area.
- This leads to costly concession investigation work and increase in rework time.
Solution
- Bespoke cover fitting designed to fit the bush in the pintle fitting.
- Cover designed to fit different variants of aircraft with different bore sizes from Ø140mm to Ø145mm 3D printed built in cam locking mechanism.
- Overall concession reduction of £1000 per wing and rework saving of 2 hours per wing.
- Titanium Pintle fitting is constantly damaged during the drilling and bolting operations that occur in this area.
- This leads to costly concession investigation work and increase in rework time.
