{"id":2482,"date":"2025-06-02T11:16:22","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:16:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.cookebrothers.co.uk\/latest-news\/?p=2482"},"modified":"2025-06-02T11:19:07","modified_gmt":"2025-06-02T11:19:07","slug":"airbus-hinge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cookebrothers.co.uk\/latest-news\/2025\/06\/02\/airbus-hinge\/","title":{"rendered":"High Flying Hinges for Airbus"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cookebrothers.co.uk\/latest-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/header-image-aeroform.jpg\" alt=\"Bespoke Hinges for Airbus\" class=\"wp-image-2483\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cookebrothers.co.uk\/latest-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/header-image-aeroform.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.cookebrothers.co.uk\/latest-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/header-image-aeroform-300x73.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.cookebrothers.co.uk\/latest-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/header-image-aeroform-768x186.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>When North Wales Aeroforms Ltd was asked to supply aerospace engineering company Airbus with a versatile access platform system for access for plane maintenance, they turned to Cooke Brothers to provide hardwearing, versatile, bespoke hinges that would provide strong and stable support for the platforms with a nifty 180\u00ba rotational action and a special finish for extra durability.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cooke Brothers designed and engineered special hinges with two female hinge leaves with a special powdered metallurgy finish block between the two leaves that allows the hinges to pivot 180\u00ba while maintaining optimal stability when it is rotated as the platforms are opened and closed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cookebrothers.co.uk\/latest-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/aeroform-product.jpg\" alt=\"Special Hinge from Cooke Brothers\" class=\"wp-image-2485\" width=\"364\" height=\"246\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.cookebrothers.co.uk\/latest-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/aeroform-product.jpg 728w, https:\/\/www.cookebrothers.co.uk\/latest-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/aeroform-product-300x203.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 364px) 100vw, 364px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Powder metallurgy is a manufacturing process where metal powders are compressed into the shape of a component and then heated, but not melted, in a process called sintering. This gives a strong molecular bond, creating a solid, strong component with an extremely hardwearing finish. This process, which is ideal for producing large quantities of precision parts efficiently, means that Cooke Brothers can make complex, customised, highly detailed parts with minimal waste that are perfect for high-performance applications like this one.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Bespoke Hinge Solutions<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Because <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookebrothers.co.uk\/contact\">Cooke Brothers<\/a><\/strong> is a master hinge maker, designing and making <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cookebrothers.co.uk\/bespoke-products-and-service.html\">bespoke hinge solutions<\/a><\/strong> like this one are all in a day\u2019s work. 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