To ensure a competitive edge in the Aerospace industry, aircraft manufacturers must rely on the latest technologies to push the limits of performance, endurance and cost-effectiveness. Terms like aerodynamic coefficient, lift and drag, surface smoothness and compressive stress layer are not foreign to the professionals at SONACA MONTREAL.
We have become a world leader in processing large, machines wing panels by addressing the needs of our customers and adapting the latest technologies to do so.
SONACA MONTREAL Principle processes:
Machining, NDT, Shot peening saturation, Peen forming, Anodizing, Surface treatment, Painting, Manual and Automatic assembly.
SONACA MONTREAL possesses the world’s largest computer-controlled shot peen machine, capable of saturating and pre-forming structure up to 50 ft. (15m) long by 10 feet (3m) wide.
Our expertise, precision level and the repeatability of our equipment ensures the highest level of accuracy while allowing savings on production costs.
Sonaca NMFCanada Process Capabilities:
MACHINING
- Cincinnati Milacron Rail type (3 Gantries / 2 beds).
- 3 spindles, 5 axis @ 30 degrees A & B axis, 40” between spindles.
- Maximum 10,000 RPM, 100 HP/Spindle, 400 IPM.
- Gantry bed #1: 63’ long & 14’ wide.
- Gantry bed# 2: 120’ long & 14’ wide.
- Machining tolerance +/- 0.004”.
- CATIA V4 programming workstations.
- CATIA V5 programming workstations.
- NC Mill and NCL cutter path programming.
- Vericut cutter path inspection software.
PENETRANT & SURFACE TREATMENT
- Level 3 fluorescent dye penetrant
- Alkaline clean, deoxidize and acid etch.
- Chromic acid anodize.
- Dilute chromate seal.
- Capacity: 49’ long X 22” wide 10’ deep
SATURATION SHOT PEEN, PEEN FORMING AND NET TRIM
- One (1), automated, pass through, ten (10) wheel centrifugal saturation shot peen machine. Working zone: 107” wide X 110’ long X 18” thick. (Flat skins no stiffeners)
- Multiple models and makes of portable self contained customized peen forming equipment for multiple curvature axis forming.
- Peen forming, contour and net trim inspection jigs.
- Net-trimming, edge chamfering, and pre-fit of wing skins.
- Cold working of holes using split sleeve and mandrel.
PAINT APPLICATION
- Epoxy and fuel resistant primers
- Polyurethane topcoats
- Anti-wear coatings
- Strippable coatings.
- Chemical conversion coatings
- Lacquers
- Accelerated curing
- Capacity: 2 booths @ 50’ long X 10’ wide
WING ASSEMBLY
- Two (2) Drivematic automated wing skin sub-assembly.
- Working zone: 41’ long X 7’ wide
- Manual assembly of brackets and hardware attachment.
- Fuel tank and gasket sealing.
- Fillet and faying surface sealing.
- Wet installation of fasteners.
SONACA NMF CANADA EXPANDS ITS OPERATION AND ANNOUNCES A $17 MILLION INVESTMENT FOR THE EXPANSION OF ITS MIRABEL PLANT
SONACA NMF CANADA – RECIEVES QUEBEC AEROSPACE ASSOCIATION (QAA) ENTERPRISE OF THE YEAR AWARD FOR 2007
SONACA NMF CANADA OF MIRABEL – COMPANY’S SUCCESSFUL UPTURN IN QUEBEC’S AEROSPACE INDUSTRY
Client : Bombardier CRJ200
SONACA MONTREAL has provided Bombardier with wing panels for the CRJ200 since the launch of the aircraft, representing a volume of 21,600 panels.
Client : Embraer 190/195
We have reached a volume of 50 wing panels per month for this Embraer program.
Client : Israel Aircraft Industries G200
SONACA MONTREAL manufactures up to 110 wing components per month for the Israel Aircraft Industries G150 and G200 programs.