We are looking forward to participating in this year's Manufacture Forward Conference & Expo, presented by the Pacific Northwest Aerospace Alliance (PNAA). The event includes knowledge-sharing that relates to all levels of aerospace production, from the shop floor to the accountant's office, a representation within that industry that we believe aligns with the different impacts our technology offerings can have when introduced into the supply chain.
Real-World Demands
We have always maintained a high degree of focus on the real-world demands the aerospace industry puts on CAD operators and other technicians. Our software products incorporate many distinct and proprietary features that make it easier to handle the unique demands placed on aerospace contract manufacturers and the OEMs who work with them.
We were interviewed by Northwest Aerospace News Magazine, a prominent publication similarly focused on the region's industry concerns, on this very topic not long ago. You can watch the complete interview on YouTube; it covers some real specifics of aerospace manufacturing and how Kubotek Kosmos has responded. Here's a brief excerpt:
"[Our users] have a back and forth with [their] customer on any changes that they recommend based on 'This will reduce cost, if we make these little changes.' That kind of back and forth is what KeyCreator CAD is good at, because it frees the model up from a lot of the original constraints that were put on it during the design process."
Involved at Multiple Levels
KeyCreator, our Windows-based CAD product, is just one of our offerings that is well suited for aerospace manufacturing. Kubotek Kosmos also provides a suite of CAD file utilities that are uniquely tailored for the high reliability demands and high cost of scrap that characterize the industry.
Our Validate and Revision products have been developed specifically with aerospace component production in mind. They allow for an efficient evaluation of customer-supplied models compared with the model as represented in the supplier's own CAD/CAM/CAI systems (which often differs from that of the customer) to ensure down to the finest tolerance that there are no unexpected variations. This type of check is a requirement of some of the biggest aerospace OEMs, such as Boeing's D6-51991 standard.
Both Validate and Revision are build on our proprietary 3D Framework modeling kernel, which also is available for license by other software development teams. This is the third branch of our offerings which align with the aerospace segment, as developers working on quality systems or other manufacturing functionality can add industry-leading performance by building on our kernel.
So whether you are using CAD software, responsible for effective model-data management of client-provided files, or developing software involved in manufacturing that requires efficient processing of complex 3D data, we look forward to talking shop with you at the PNAA Manufacture Forward Conference & Expo in October!
