|
|
|
|
|
|
 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
| |
| Creating
a waterproof but air permeable high performance coating requires
nine steps. |
|
| |
| Such
commitment to detail is a mark of Oregon Aero quality. |
|
| |
 |
| |
| Outside
service person Bonnie die-cuts fabric, visco-elastic foam
(shown in photo) and leather for Oregon Aero, which designed
the precision steel rule dies used in such manufacturing.
The company also uses computer-driven technology to cut products. |
|
| |
 |
| |
| Eleanor,
sales coordinator, works with customers when they have questions
or place orders. Nearly every Oregon Aero product originates
with listening to customers and solving their problems. |
|
| |
|
 |
Product
Testing and Manufacturing |
 |
| |
 |
VISCO-ELASTIC
FOAM WEDGES
the building block for designing cushions with compound
curves, extruded from our proprietary "Wedge-o-Matic"
wedge machine. Oregon Aero proprietary designs, cutting equipment,
molding techniques and other manufacturing methods make us
the leader in using visco-elastic foam. |
Oregon
Aero develops, uses and adapts cutting edge manufacturing
technology and
we often build our own proprietary equipment. Many of our
products, however are made by hand by individuals. We
also create strategic manufacturing partnerships with
locally available companies in order to remain flexible
and responsive. All Oregon Aero products are
manufactured in the U.S.A.
Oregon
Aero re-invented the machinery that accurately cuts
visco-elastic foam to desired thicknesses. We
designed the "Wedge-o-Matic" machine to extrude visco-elastic
foam into wedge shapes for product designs with compound
curves. We developed a laminating process to
build cushions with compound curves from foam parts
with simple cross sections. We built semi-automatic
forming machines to precisely bend the bands used
in the BLSS® Kit (Ballistic Liner & Suspension
System).
Oregon
Aero proprietary designs, cutting equipment, molding
techniques and manufacturing methods make us the leader
in using visco-elastic foam and other materials.
|
|
| .005"
PRECISION
Commercial thickness tolerance for cutting visco-elastic
foam is ±1/8". But we designed and built a bun
saw (above) which cuts thickness to within .005". (Visco-elastic
foam comes to Oregon Aero as large rectangular blocks called
"buns.") The saw, which cuts simultaneously,
is another reason our product
designs are more complex and effective. |
| PAINLESS
SEAT CUSHION SYSTEMS MADE BY HAND |
|
Each
custom-designed Oregon Aero® Seat
Cushion System, whether for aircraft, land vehicles, or
other applications,
is made by hand. Some aircraft seats are sent to
Oregon Aero, where they are stripped to their frame. The
frame is repaired if necessary, new webbing is usually
installed,
and then a seat cushion system is constructed layer by
layer. For
other aircraft, the Oregon Aero® seat
cushion system is installed by the customer.
|
|
Seat
Cushion Systems are made from several materials, including
visco-elastic foam and
as many as 20 individually shaped pieces. Every seat
cushion system provides pain-free seating. |
| DIGITAL
AND PROPRIETARY EQUIPMENT ENSURE PRECISION |
|
 |
Oregon
Aero uses digital equipment to ensure precision in seat cushion
designs. Photos show the use of a FARO portable, digital measuring
arm to digitally reverse engineer an F-4 Phantom ejection
seat. The engineering data enables the production of an exact
seat model, used to create the custom seat cushion system.
The digital measuring arm produces a digital 3-D image of
any shape, in this case the F-4 seat.
The 3-D image is processed through CAD software
and used by Oregon Aeros computerized milling machine
(in photo background) to produce an exact model of the original
seat in plastic or metal, accurate to ±.002".
Because the digital measuring arm is portable,
Oregon Aero can take it to aircraft when necessary, collect
the seat engineering data, return to the shop and manufacture
the custom seat cushion design.
Oregon Aero proprietary foam cutting machinery
features similar precision (thickness is within .005"),
ensuring that each finished seat cushion system is as precise
as possible. Such commitment to detail is a mark of Oregon
Aero quality. |
 |
COMPUTERIZED
CUTTING MACHINE -
Becky, fabric and finishing coordinator, removes a cut
piece of fabric which will be used to cover a Portable
Universal SoftSeat™ Cushion.The
computer-controlled cutting table above uses a vacuum to
hold fabric in place. The
department also uses an additional computerized high volume,
continuous-output cutting table. |
 |
COMPUTERIZED
MILLING MACHINE
Mike Dennis works at Oregon Aeros computerized
milling machine. The machine, through its linkage with CAD
software in the computer shown at right, produces finished
parts and reverse engineered models of specific seat pans
and structures. Data is loaded onto the computer from various
sources, including the digital measuring arm that produces
3-D images of any shape. |
 |
DIE
CUTTING PARTS -
Mike Dennis looks at one of the hundreds of precision steel
rule dies used by Oregon Aero to but
visco-elastic foam and fabric parts. |
 |
ITS
NOT JUST ABOUT FOAM!
The wide variety of Oregon Aero products requires that
we use a wide variety of materials and manufacturing methods.
Here Evan and Jim, outside suppliers, set up a large clamp
jig to autoclave and bond aluminum parts. The autoclave oven
(at top in photo) lowers over the jig to bake the parts. |
|
|