EADS in Varel
Premium AEROTEC GmbH
Company name: Premium AEROTEC GmbH
Headquarters of Premium AEROTEC GmbH: Augsburg
Website: www.premium-aerotec.com
Premium AEROTEC GmbH
Riesweg 151-155
D-26316 Varel
T.: +49 (0)4451 121-0
F.: +49 (0)4451 121-444
www.premium-aerotec.com
The core business of Premium AEROTEC will focus on structures and manufacturing systems for aircraft construction and related development activities. Premium AEROTEC has set itself the goal of becoming the leading tier-1 supplier for commercial and military aircraft structures within the next few years. In its present, starting configuration, the new company already holds a leading position in its sector.
Core Competence of the Varel plant
The Varel plant specialises in the metal cutting machining of aircraft parts and the development and design of production tools. Flexible manufacturing systems (FMS) and powerful information processing systems are employed to achieve an optimised degree of automation on the production lines. The plant is equipped to process all types of highly loaded, integral structural parts milled in aluminium, titanium and steel.
Manufacture of parts
One particularly demanding activity conducted at the Varel parts manufacturing facility is the 5-axis high-performance cutting (HPC) of milled aluminium integral components. In this high-performance environment, fuselage frames measuring up to seven metres in length are milled in aluminium. As part of the same manufacturing network, the Premium AEROTEC plant in Augsburg is equipped with equally sophisticated high-performance milling machines, used for instance to produce titanium components for the central fuselage section of the Eurofighter. The Varel plant manufactures cut-metal parts (air intake shells and ducts) for the Eurofighter. The first metal cut for the first major airframe component, marking the start of production of the A400M military transport plane, took place during a special ceremony in Varel on 26 January 2005.
The manufacture of production tools in Varel dates back over 60 years. Today, the plant manufactures production tools for all aircraft programs and all process stages involved in aircraft construction: from moulds for carbon fibre composites (fibre lay-up and hardening tools for CFC components) to assembly lines and test rigs and even air transport equipment. Automation and flexibility combined with strict adherence to the highest production standards ensure precise and highly efficient results when manufacturing low-volume parts.
The Varel engineers have considerable experience in the construction of models for high-speed and low-speed wind tunnel testing. The models they build in different takeoff and landing configurations (e.g. position of the wing flaps) are used to test aerodynamic behaviour during different flight phases, in the wind tunnel.
