Cobham Announces North American Slipring Production
Cobham has announced that their Prescott, Arizona facility will become their primary North American slipring manufacturing site, producing components for the wind turbine market and other commercial/industrial/military applications.
Cobham has a long and accomplished slipring legacy. Their Annemasse and Paris, France facilities are two of the world’s foremost producers of slipring technology, with more than 50 years of design, manufacturing, and support experience. In addition to the wind turbine sector, the business specializes in technology for military land vehicles, helicopter applications, food and handling industries, and communications. Designs may be standardized or customized, including low-maintenance slip ring versions capable of several hundred million rotations without component switch-outs.
“We are excited to take on manufacturing of this dynamic and growing product line in North America,” said John Payne, Cobham Aerospace Communications’ General Manager. “Our avionics design and manufacturing experience qualifies us uniquely to produce sliprings, a sophisticated component vital to virtually every industry. In addition, our Arizona location will mean improved delivery and service capabilities for customers throughout North America.” Inquiries about Cobham sliprings should be directed to James Esneault, at james.esneault@cobham.com, or by visiting www.cobham.com/cobham-sliprings.aspx.
About Cobham
Cobham specializes in meeting the growing demand for data, connectivity and bandwidth in defense, security and commercial environments. Offering a technically diverse and innovative range of technologies and services, the Group protects lives and livelihoods, responding to customer needs with agility that differentiates it. The most important thing we build is trust. Employing more than 10,000 people on five continents, the Group has customers and partners in over 100 countries.
About Cobham Aerospace Communications
Cobham Aerospace Communications designs and manufactures navigation, communication and airborne networking products and systems for commercial, business and military aircraft. Our products are in use on Boeing, Airbus, Bombardier, ATR, Bell, Eurocopter, and Agusta platforms and with military forces in more than 100 countries. Cobham Aerospace Communications is recognised as a system provider for intercoms and integrated audio panels, including the Radio Audio Integrated Management System (RAIMS) for the Airbus A380 and A350. The business is also a leader in aircraft lighting, on-board man machine interfaces and microwave systems and components such as diodes and modules, ferrite devices, RF filters, and waveguides. Cobham Aerospace Communications is a Centre of Excellence for slip ring design and manufacture in applications from wind turbines to helicopter rotor de-icing.
SOURCE: Cobham