Wheelabrator Group Peening and Surface Engineering Solutions

Wheelabrator Impact Finishers celebrated being the first shot peening subcontract supplier in the UK to win the supply chains for the 21st century (SC21) bronze award at the SC21 Task Force Conference at the Williams F1 conference centre in Oxfordshire.

A new video from Wheelabrator presents the team and the operations of the Wheelabrator Technology Centre, Metelen, in Germany.

Wheelabrator engineers have developed a new Robot Peener to deliver three times faster process time with complete process reliability.

Wheelabrator Plus is pleased to have continued its important certification AS / EN 9100 aerospace quality management system accreditation to perform sub contract finishing of customer parts at its Birmingham site.

Wheelabrator has extended its successful Module8 concept for a new generation of wet blast machines.

Wheelabrator is delighted to add another important certification to its portfolio by recently gaining the prestigious AS /EN 9100 aerospace Quality Management System accreditation to perform sub contract finishing of customer parts at its Birmingham site. Not only has it achieved this high-status

High pressure and extreme temperatures are definitely something that materials sent into space need to cope with. The fuel tanks for the European carrier rocket “Ariane” are an important component of the aerospace project and have high complexity and extraordinary safety requirements.

Peen forming by blasting with steel shot is now carried out by Dassault Aviation at their Seclin site (northern France) to correct the distortion of mechanical parts after their shapes have become altered during the manufacturing process, or to complete the shape of the Falcon 7x wing panels afte

Under the Ministry of Defence, specifically the Air Force, Atelier Industriel de l‘Aéronautique (AIA) based in Bordeaux, France is responsible for the industrial maintenance and overhaul of the Aeronefs engines. AIA had to renew their shot blasting machines as most of their equip

Wheelabrator continues to provide innovative peening solutions to Skills Inc., in its Auburn, Washington facility. With a September 2008 installation of a Wheelabrator Inline Peening machine; this is the company’s second Wheelabrator installation in 3 years. Skills Inc., a supplier to major aircr

The Wheelabrator Technology Centre in Charleville-Mézières, France, designs, develops and manufactures a wide range of a multi-axis shot peening equipment. In addition to their renowned MP range (CNC machines), the MPR (robotised shot peening machine) range offers optimal solutions for various sh

Wheelabrator Group has successfully delivered and commissioned a MPD 15000 CNC peen forming machine to Beijing Aeronautical Manufacturing Technology Research Institute (BAMTRI) in August 2008. This equipment was mainly used for the peen forming and shot peening of large aircraft compone

Leading manufacturer GKN Aerospace Transparency Systems is flying through the cleaning process at its UK site in Birmingham. Thanks to Wheelabrator Group, it has seen a 66 per cent reduction in the time taken to remove oxides from tooling parts at its factory in Kings Norton, UK. GKN Aerospace pu

Shot peening is a cold working process used to enhance the fatigue resistance of highly stressed metallic components such as compressor blades, aircraft structural parts and transmission systems. Any metallic component that is subjected to cyclic stresses within its elastic limit can benefit from

A quality blast result is key to customer satisfaction, but it is not the only deciding factor for aerospace companies when making equipment purchasing decisions. Efficiency and cost are also high on the priority list. The double-frame technology blast machine from Wheelabrator Group offers you f

Impact Finishers, the sub-contract division of Wheelabrator Group has passed an in-depth examination to receive the aerospace industry’s acclaimed NADCAP accreditation. The distinction applies to Impact Finishers sub-contract shot peening facilities in the UK at Slough and Coventry. La

The Wheelabrator Group Technology Centre in Charleville, France, specialises in the development and manufacturing of shot-peening machines and 'airblast precision equipment' dedicated to the aerospace industry. The range, principally CNC machines and robotic systems, offers a set of successful an

In 2002 MTU Maintenance bought surface preparation equipment from Wheelabrator Group for their new plant in Zhuhai China. The package included one shot blast machine, one shot peening machine, two wet blasting/peening machines and four hand blasting cabinets. Three years later MTU came

Stressed out aerospace companies can take to the skies after Wheelabrator Group announced it had signed an exclusive deal with high-tech French peening specialists Sonats, bringing a new range of machines to Asia. Sonats' innovative technology is similar to traditional shotpeening processes, usin

The Wheelabrator Group has successfully delivered and commissioned a wing-peening system for the XAIC aircraft-manufacturing company, located in X'ian, China. The new MP 20,000 machine will be mainly used for peen forming and saturation strengthening of wing-skin panels of large-sized civil airpl

The Wheelabrator Group has successfully delivered and commissioned a wing-peening system for the XAIC aircraft-manufacturing company, located in X'ian, China. The new MP 20,000 machine will be mainly used for peen forming and saturation strengthening of wing-skin panels of large-sized civil airpl