Deep Hole Drilling for Aerospace Landing Gear Components
Landing gear components are the most structurally critical deep hole drilling jobs I have taken on. Every strut, axle, and pin carries the full weight of an aircraft during takeoff, landing, and taxi. A hidden drilling defect — a chip notch, a deviated bore, a surface tear — can become a crack initiation site that grounds a fleet. The materials are ultra-high-strength steels hardened past 50 HRC, the bores run deep, and the inspection standard is zero defects. ...