Click Bond Eliminate the Hidden Costs of Drilled Holes Crack formation Extra weight Galvanic corrosion FOD (foreign object debris) Eliminate installation holes, and you eliminate the problems and costs that go with them. Adhesive-Bonded Assembly Technology WWW.CLICKBOND.COM #NoMoreHoles manufacturer, set to do the series production once we’ve determined how it should be done.” Finland-headquartered Scanfil is one of Europe’s largest contract manufacturers (with over 3500 staff and a turnover of $1 bn). Its subsidiary, Scanfil Åtvidaberg AB, is one of several companies renting factory space in Industrigallerian – the industrial business residence of ACC Group, located in Åtvidaberg – within which about 370 Scanfil staff work to manufacture other types of large UAVs, and other products. “Manufacturing our series here – while also having 15 other companies, including 80% of our sub-suppliers here in Industrigallerian, and doing our r&d here to keep innovating and staying ahead of the curve – means we have a nice, closed loop in this building,” Claes says. “We could not have gotten our development to this brink of series manufacturing and certification without such resources here at our fingertips.” He adds that despite being entirely self-funded to date, a small portion of ownership will be sold to fund the starting costs of series production and to grow the company, particularly the number of staff for tech development, flight operations and sales. One machine already acquired is a large Trumpf laser cutter, to be operated by fellow Industrigallerian resident Minec Produktion AB, which has functioned as a CNC machining specialist to ACC Innovation and will continue as such. “That will be one of the largest cutting machines in Sweden. The worktable is around 4 m long and 2 m wide, so that will be really helpful, not just for the Thunder Wasp GT, but also for other, bigger UAVs we’ll start prototyping five to 10 years in the future,” Claes says. ACC’s manufacturing centre The production area is a closed space, cordoned off from the rest of the building by a set of 25 cm-thick sound isolation walls. The centre of the production floor features a large, open space for
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