PICTURES
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S-61 tail rotor blade in bond fixture having a new pocket installed.

Blade in bond fixture prior to receiving 12 new pockets.

Autec uses ABS exclusively for rotor blade repairs on it's 2 S-61N's operating in the Bahamas on the U.S. Navy Torpedo Test Range.

One of the interesting projects that ABS has been involved with was the Rotary Rocket Rotor atmospheric test vehicle. This spacecraft used Sikorsky S-58 main rotor blades that ABS overhauled and modified with tip jets to control re-entry.
See video clip @ www.airspacemag.com/asm/web/site/QT/rrocket.html. You will need Quicktime to view video, a link is provided on their website.

Milling of the spar to convert a non-BIM S-58/S-55 main blade to BIM configuration. ABS is the only facility in the world capable of completing this re-work.

Electronic balance fixture capable of completing both span-wise & chord-wise calculations.