CAD/CAM technology for helicopter components

Hill Helicopters relies on CAD/CAM system "Hypermill" from Open Mind CAD/CAM technology for helicopter components

2025-04-08 Source: Press release | Translated by AI 4 min Reading Time

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Hill Helicopters has developed and manufactured a complete aircraft from scratch. In the search for a CAD/CAM technology that has proven itself in the aerospace industry, they opted for "Hypermill" from Open Mind Technologies.

Various parts of the drive unit are programmed and manufactured with "Hypermill".(Image: Open Mind / Hill Helicopters) — Various parts of the drive unit are programmed and manufactured with "Hypermill".
(Image: Open Mind / Hill Helicopters)

Hill Helicopters is an English manufacturer of light helicopters. The company from Rugeley, Staffordshire, has developed and manufactured a complete aircraft from scratch with a team of over 80 engineers. Hill Helicopters is the developer, designer and manufacturer of the HX50 five-seater light turbine helicopter. "We are bringing light helicopter production back to the UK for the first time in 50 years. To sell an effective light helicopter for private aviation, you have to be in the price range of high-end, high-engined sports cars. You can't rely on existing aerospace industry supply chains to do that. So we had to develop a vertically integrated manufacturing strategy where we make everything ourselves from scratch," explains Dr. Jason Hill, founder, chairman and chief engineer of Hill Helicopters.

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