32 AEROSPACEMANUFACTURING
With the installation of a
new dedicated Takisawa
machining line, UK-based
motorsport engine
specialist Cosworth
is pushing on into the
aerospace market, providing
forged pistons to leading
piston-powered aero-engine
supplier Lycoming.
Matt Bailey reports
From the race track to
the airfield
M
ore well known for its high performance automotive “Over the years we have developed in-depth knowledge of
engines, Cosworth has secured a contract to supply engines, engine components and engine management systems,”
forged pistons to aero-engine manufacturer Lycoming. says a company spokesman. “This has been successfully used
The contract is worth $20 million over a seven year period, to supply engines to some of the most successful Formula One
and is to supply forged pistons for production engines and teams and vehicle manufacturers. Our unprecedented success
replacement parts demand. Cosworth will also provide in the high performance market has fuelled customer demand
engineering services to support the programme. from diverse market sectors.
Since it was formed by Mike Costin and Keith Duckworth In addition to the traditional
in 1958, Cosworth has grown into a leading motorsport engine markets, Cosworth is engaged
manufacturer, with a string of driver and manufacturer titles in designing and developing,
to its credit in a range of formulae. The company moved to engines and components
its Northampton base in 1964, with a staff of approximately for marine, locomotive and
40 people. Today Cosworth is regarded as one of the top aerospace applications.”
employers in the area, its head office is home to leading edge Over the next seven months
engineering, world class manufacturing and comprehensive Cosworth says it will invest in
test facilities in 11 separate factories which house some of the excess of $2 million, to install a
most technologically advanced design, manufacture and test medium volume, forged piston,
equipment that the engineering world has to offer. Takisawa manufacturing
Cosworth says it uses its motor sport pedigree and centre to meet the additional
performance technology expertise to provide engineered demand. The state-of-the-art
Milling | Takisawa MAC-V40 vertical
solutions for a growing customer base across diverse industries. manufacturing cell will enable
machining centre
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