Tooling Technologies has the experience and knowledge to develop a limited access drilling unit for the mating process of the Lockheed Martin F35 program. Tooling Technologies, in a joint design and development venture with Lockheed Martins' Fort Worth facility, has developed and produced a new inline, state of the art drill motor that has significantly reduced processing time while still producing quality holes. This unit utilizes an air over oil concept to produce the force required for self feed, differentiating itself from virtually all gear driven positive feed drill motors currently in use. Tooling Technologies then designed a model utilizing the same force technology of the inline except in a right angle configuration. This model meets the F35 specifications except for the size requirements. The opportunity will be to design a smaller right angle drill using the same drilling technologies of the two previous models. This action will enable companies such as Lockheed Martin Aerospace to capture significant cost savings in the form of reduced processing time (cost per hole) and the reduction and or elimination of scrap and rework. In conclusion, Tooling Technologies has proven it has the ability and personnel to design, manufacture and commercialize the proposed drill.
Keywords: Limited Access Drilling, Air Over Oil System, Limited Thrust, Advanced Drilling, Right Angle Motors, Titanium Drilling, Composite Drilling,
