Drilling Solutions for Aerostructure Suppliers

An airplane is only as strong as the sum of its parts. From the wings to the fuselage sections and everything in between, aerospace suppliers are crucial players in the aerospace industry. Sharon-Cutwell works with Aerospace Suppliers to co-develop drilling solutions that optimize your production and assembly processes. From Tier 1 suppliers building massive structures to component suppliers in search of perfect holes, we aren’t just your partner in production – we’re an extension of your engineering and manufacturing team.

Aerostructures Tier 1 suppliers drilling assembly manufacturing composite fiber structure

Expertise & Technology

Our Wave-Point™ Technology is cutting edge, in more ways than one. This patented technology makes cleaner holes, performs better, runs faster, and can be pushed harder than typical drills.

The ultimate blend of our technology, talent and tooling capabilities, Wave-Point™ Technology will deliver better results at a lower cost-per-hole average.

Aerospace Launch Accelerator

Process development, tooling, testing and launching a new Aerospace drilling project can be extremely complicated and time consuming. Sharon-Cutwell has the launch process down to a science. The Aerospace Launch Accelerator quickly develops, tests and qualifies cutting tools for your challenging Aerospace drilling project – saving you time, money and unnecessary frustration.

AEROSPACE LAUNCH PROCESS:
  • Phase 1: Requirement Definition

  • Phase 2: Process Definition, Tool Design & Quote

  • Phase 3: Tool Delivery, Tool Testing & Process Qualification

  • Phase 4: Production Launch Support

CUSTOMER SUCCESS STORY:

Airbus A350 Cargo Door Project

A major aerospace supplier needed an alternative drilling solution for and composite aluminum cargo door assemblies that they were supplying to Airbus.

  • Needed a solution that was more cost-effective and efficient

  • Sharon-Cutwell drills were tested against their previous drills

  • Supplier was able to run Cutwell drills at twice the speed and half the cost, going from 600 holes per tool, to 1600

What Our Customers Have to Say

“Sharon-Cutwell has been our go-to resource for custom tooling. They have been extremely responsive to our needs and their quality is second to none.”

Operations Manager, Metal & Plastic Parts Fabricator

“I was in a bind, so I reached out to Cutwell looking for some custom carbide woodruff cutters, in a very short turn around.  They were able to quote and design the tools within 24 hours, and offer me an expedited lead time to help me hit my turnkey runoff deadline, in a few short weeks.”

Applications Engineer, Machine Tool Distributor

“Sharon-Cutwell has supported my team as we launched the drilling and assembly of our advanced composite 777X wing. It is their desire to provide truly innovative solutions and commitment to helping us solve our challenging problems that helped us be ready on day 1.”

Senior Project Engineer, Commercial Aircraft OEM

“I was struggling with a difficult taper reamer application on our brake knuckle launch. I searched everywhere and couldn’t find someone who could solve it until Sharon-Cutwell developed an innovative solution that was very easy for me to implement. Now it works flawlessly!”

Project Engineer, Tier 1 Automotive Supplier

“We really appreciate the continuous learning attitude, drive for improvements, willingness to constantly increase your knowledgebase, thru the pushing of the envelope of our product.”

Mechanical Systems Engineer, Commercial Aircraft OEM

PROUDLY SERVING CUSTOMERS AROUND THE GLOBE

Including France, Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Australia, Abu Dhabi & Canada

Ready to Make the First Cut?  We Can Help.

Ready to Make the First Cut?

We Can Help.