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The company Jamco Aerospace Incorporated bet by the MMC of Carl Zeiss

The inspection, key in the competitiveness in the aerospace industry

Gari Bilbao, Carl Zeiss IMT Iberia, S.L.Or.11/10/2012

The complex industrial technology aerospace has changed enormously in the last forty years. Some changes that have carried to check to the company Jamco Aerospace Incorporated how of crucial results the incorporation of qualified equipment of inspection in all the process of manufacture to keep the competitiveness inside the aerospace industry. With this aim, Jamco decided to have Carl Zeiss as partner, purchasing two MMC (machines of measurement by coordinates) Zeiss to guarantee the precision of his processes in each step.

Jamco Aerospace Incorporated Offers a complete service in the process of assembling of pieces for equipment of aviation.

Jamco Aerospace Incorporated Operates mainly inside the aerospace industry, of which come from 95% of his commissions, whereas 5% remaining of his work devotes to the industry of the transport. This company characterises , besides, for offering a complete service in the process of assembling of pieces for equipment of aviation. A task for which has big companies inside his wallet of customers such as Northrop Grumman, Boeing, Spirit Aerosystems or the American Government, among others.

More information in less time

In 2006, the company gave account that it needed equipment that offered a greater efficiency and precision in the inspections to be able to keep like a competitive operator inside the industry and fulfil, besides, with the normative ISO 9001/ACE 9100, certifications that require of a big documentary process.

In this sense, the precision of the three-dimensional and the calibrate manual with which worked Jamco were not the sufficiently effective, in addition to having a software that had presented some changes in the market. Thus, the company needed a new MMC that it was comparable in size to the previous, but with an improved technology of measurement.

Jamco Purchased two MMC Zeiss to guarantee the precision of his processes in each step.

“The technology of inspection has extended quickly and think that the key finds in improving the quality in all the process of production, of another way the final review would be useless”, signals Jack Lee, CEO of Jamco, to argue the needs of his company.

After realising a deep analysis, Jamco Aerospace Incorporated decided that the Contura G2 10/21/6 VAST XXT RDS of Carl Zeiss was the option that more adjusted to his inspections. The VAST-XXT RDS is designed to measure small characteristic and numerous angles, being able to reach 20.736 positions in increases of 2,5 degrees. A technology of scanner that allows to obtain, besides, more information in less time, what helps to reduce costs, improving the efficiency of the company.

The Vast-XXT RDS of the Contura Zeiss is designed to measure small characteristic and numerous angles, being able to reach 20.736 positions in increases of 2,5º.

Greater efficiency

The technology Zeiss has helped to Jamco to achieve increase his quarry of customers, improving his precision and efficiency, since the MMC allows them reach tolerances between 5 and 10 thousandth of inch. Whereas the three-dimensional employee by Jamco previously was able to measure 100 points in a period of time of 2-3 hours, the system of scanning of Carl Zeiss attracts 1.000 points in so alone 1 or 2 minutes roughly to the day.

With the implantation of this technology, Jamco measures in the actuality thirty pieces to the day, of which the majority usually measure 12 inches and possess critical shots that require inspections from among 30 and 40 minutes. With Zeiss, Jamco Aerospace Incorporated has increased his efficiency, since the operarios can realise multiple tasks to the time that realise said inspections.

In this way, the systems of Carl Zeiss guarantee to Jamco the sufficient hygiene as to realise a greater number of inspections and projects, as well as the measurement of greater pieces. “The guarantee of quality purchased in all the process of production offers us a greater confidence in us same and also to our customers”, ensures Jack Lee.