The aircraft parts industry is defined as companies that focus on the aerospace parts market. These include, for example, Phoenix Specialty Mfg Co. Phoenix Specialty knows how exacting the Aircraft parts industry standards are in the aerospace business.

1. Aircraft parts industry
The aircraft parts industry is defined as companies that focus on the aerospace parts market.
These include, for example, Phoenix Specialty Mfg Co. Phoenix Specialty knows how exacting
the Aircraft parts industry standards are in the aerospace business.
Phoenix Specialty, we’ve been making washers, shims and precision stampings for the Apollo
Moon landing vehicles, the Space Shuttle, the Mars Rover, and the GE jet engines used on
Boeing aircraft for years. Let us use our experience to help you with the standard or custom
washers, shims and stampings you need for your aerospace applications.
No matter what your quantity needs, we can provide you with any size and shape washer, shim
or stamping made from a wide variety of aircraft-quality materials and manufactured to your
tolerance specifications and other measures of quality.
Phoenix Specialty knows how exacting the aerospace manufacturing standards are. Celebrating
our 106th year, Phoenix Specialty has produced quality aerospace components such as washers,
shims and precision stampings for major leading aerospace companies.
Among the projects Phoenix Specialty aerospace manufacturing parts have been a component of
are the Apollo Moon landing vehicles and the Space Shuttle which was a crewed, partially
reusable low Earth orbital spacecraft operated by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space
Administration (NASA). Its official program name was Space Transportation System, taken
from a 1969 plan for a system of reusable spacecraft of which it was the only item funded for
development.
The aerospace industry is divided into two main sectors: the civil sector and the military sector.
The military sector has declined sharply since the end of the Cold War.
There has also been a decline in overall expenditures in the aerospace industry in general. This
trend has led to consolidation and restructuring worldwide. The aftermarket sector today is a
substantial source of income. All Aerospace primes and suppliers have a major stake in this
market.
Aircraft parts industry Internal retainer ring

2. Industry: Aerospace – Engine Assembly
Application: Internal retainer ring
Quantity: 800
Material: Inconel 718
Die Type: Compound, short run
Challenges: Part wall thickness and material thickness are equal. Inside diameter cut length is
greater than the outside diameter cut length. Part is sectioned through one side. Special tooling
design considerations were given to tool steel selection, tool life, timing, and heat treating
processes.
Special Operation: Special inspection fixture was designed in order to inspect the part in the
restrained condition.
Special Services: Heat Treat to Spec.
Special Packaging: None
Special Requirements: None
Summary: Phoenix Specialty worked with the customers engineering group to assist in the
development of a more robust Internal retainer ring that would solve the issues they were having
with the original Internal retainer ring part. After numerous meetings and several design changes,
a new part was produced that passed all simulations and testing.
The new part went into production four months after Phoenix Specialty was brought in to assist
with this project.
A retaining ring is a fastener that holds components or assemblies onto a shaft or in a
housing/bore when installed in a groove. Once installed, the exposed portion acts as a shoulder
which retains the specific component or assembly. Circlips are a type of retaining ring.
Self-locking retaining rings may be installed in applications where there is no groove.
Retaining rings are typically made from carbon steel, stainless steel or beryllium copper and may
feature a variety of finishes for corrosion protection depending on the type of environment in
which they are used, this particular Retaining ring was produced out of Inconel 718 which is a
aircraft alloy. Phoenix Specialty maintains a large inventory of raw material to help meet the
needs of customer who require quick turnaround, especially when development or prototype
work is concerned.

3. Tapered section retaining rings decrease symmetrically from the center to the free ends,
remaining circular when contracted or expanded within the limits of normal use. This assures
contact with the groove along the entire periphery of the ring. These rings may be installed
axially (horizontally along the center point of an axis) or radially (externally along the radius of a
circle). Depending on the size of the ring in question, it may be manufactured in one of two
ways:
For smaller rings: using a die and stamping on a press from a coil of steel or copper
For larger rings: wire forming, in