The faceplate panel and button set shown here was designed for use in the cockpit of a commercial aircraft. The panel contains threaded brass inserts for installation into the final assembly, and ring filters which are assembled in the lamp cavities to shift the chromaticity of the LED’s. In addition, the face of the panel is toned to ensure uniform brightness (foot-lamberts) for all the graphics.
Fabrication required the use of our precision CNC CO2 laser cutting and milling capabilities, as well a number of our other advanced capabilities. Other manufacturing processes including liquid honing, ultrasonic cleaning of parts, the use of a thermal insert press, as well as fine detail spray painting. Laser etching and batch oven curing were also utilized in the fabrication of the 15 items included in this product’s BOM.
The finished component measured 9.490″ in length, 5.240″ in width and 0.430″ thick, and met tolerances of +0.000″/-0.003″. Quality was maintained through stringent quality measures which included dimensional, CMM, visual, and gloss level inspections (60° Gloss Meter). Photometer luminance and chromaticity readings, as well as light leak inspection using night vision goggles were also provided.
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