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Design challenge - Technicover Protective Products - Spitfire Propeller Blade Covers
- Edward Oliver
- Jan 16, 2020
- 1 min read
Updated: Jun 13, 2023
Walkerpack's manufacturing brand, Technicover, were asked to design and custom fit reinforced and padded PVC propeller blade covers to a Rolls-Royce owned Spitfire - a British built, single seat fighter plane used by the Royal Air Force and other Allied countries before, during, and after World War II. The team rose to the challenge, using a 3D printed replica blade to achieve a high accuracy and custom fit.
Technicover Protection Products custom design and manufacture a range of specialist industrial flexible thermoplastic solutions which are used across a wide variety of sectors including Aerospace, Space, Power Generation, Ministry of Defence (MOD), Automotive, Healthcare and Sports & Leisure.
To find out more please contact our team: sales@technicover.co.uk
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