Measured from the sample
No documents to start from. Each part was photographed beside a scale, traced in CAD, measured by hand and sent for NDT analysis.
Sample photos, traced in CAD
Su-30MKI ground toolbox
An imported toolbox, rebuilt and now made in India.
The Su-30MKI’s ground tools were imported, expensive to replace and came without drawings. We rebuilt them from the samples and saw them through HAL’s approval and trials on the aircraft.
- Client
- HAL, through its tooling vendor
- Used by
- Indian Air Force ground crews
- 16devices rebuilt from samples
- 205parts, each with its own drawing
- 25+sets made in India and delivered
Instruments, not just parts
Crews use these to set the aircraft’s flight controls, so every copy had to read exactly like the original.
Machined, printed, cast
CNC machined and refined against the samples. Shapes too costly to machine were 3D printed as patterns, sand cast and machined to size.
