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orking with a European launch customer, Temple Al-
len Industries (Rockville, Md.) has developed new
sanding tools designed to reduce worker stress and
vibration injuries during sanding operations on composite
aircraft wingtops and helicopter rotor blades.
Temple Allen's new CE-certifed Wing-Top Sander system
(pat. pend.) operates much like a powered foor buffer, per-
mitting workers to stand erect rather than work on hands
and knees. The lightweight equipment is reportedly easily
carried up scaffolding to wing surfaces. The system operates
pneumatically (a requirement in most aircraft production
settings) and incorporates robust, dual-inline orbital sand-
ing heads, a vibration-absorbing boom and an optional fuid
delivery system. Like Temple Allen's recently introduced
EMMA robotic sanding systems (see end note), the wingtop
sanders accommodate a range of sanding pad sizes and or-
bital speeds as well as an integrated dust-collection system.
A second solution, for surface preparation of rotorcraft
blades, is a modifed version of its EMMA system for fxed-
wing aircraft and wind blade operations. A sanding chal-
lenge, the blades present varying paint thicknesses (based
on previous repairs/maintenance) and incorporate copper
mesh immediately below the surface for lightning strike pro-
tection (LSP). Inadvertent gouging of the blade surface dur-
Health concerns spur ergonomic
sanding innovation for aircraft
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