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v economist sunmibiine a in our communityuisdoyylprizae 2001 7 canadian asttondut uses mbm components on space walk by roger varley sive materials machined to tolerances sdace to be attached edge are dangerous 4 vt- asthma we can help call the lung association by roger varley v staff writer as canadian astronaut chris hadfield began his second walk irf space tuesday nick ciccone spoke of the pride felt by employees at mbm tool and machine in woodbridge y- after au their work was rightup there with him when hadfield bolted one end of canadarm 2 to the space station he was manipulating mbm components mbm employees do the precision sive materials machined to tolerances of 00001 of an inch some parts require thousands of dollars of specialized material so 5 expensive that its vacuumpacked and sealed while awaiting use because they make only one or two of each part there is no room for error jo reducefthe possibility of costly mis- takes replica parts are first machined using a special resin product when these pass all the necessary space to be attached the fingers which have sensors and special grippers were shipped outr of mbm the day before christmas they will eliminate much of the need for space walks said ciccone which even the astronauts acknowl edge are dangerous while employees watebt television coverage of the canadariwork its different for memcmanforbiaverager canadian j wjr at the start it was excitirigihesaid but now were tiiot dreaming any more txo association this message aroughtto youas a community ser vice of tiit economist suatribune v inspections the real parts are pro- employees ao me precision duc whichare subjected to as many machining on some of the compo a three inspections before leaving the nents that make up the canadian- pi f every screw and washer has to have a pile of certification paperwork said ciccone theres a lot of pressure on us once its there in spacev theres no turning back youcant pulp6ff jhe up made robotic arm hadfield installed on the international space station during his two space walks v we are the leading subcontractor for macdonald detwiller said ciccone the companys general man a beeworkirjparside of to ac it fo7eafrapi spar the- former nam macdonaldx detwiller space adyancedroboticswasthe creator of the original cahadarnvused to manip ulate payloads on the space shuttle since the early 1980s to work with spar you have to have skills because every pro- hand ject is a prototypesaid ciccone that requires a special approach to machining parts for the space pro gram t the parts mbm manufacturers at its 60000squarefoot temperature con trolled plant require the use of expen- 3si inerit1which also produces satellite pafts andcdmponents for the an paircraft industry including landing gear parts for bombardier has an arrays of- computerized- machining equip ment some of the size of a small bus but the parts require such precision that some employees work on them by 3 theres no room in air or space for sharp edges so all the sharp edges are handworked said ciccone v with the robotic arm installed at the space station mbm employees are now looking forward to 2003 when the arms fingers will be shuttled into leaders vnfedy ztxt call for detaimi im 565- this message jj brought to you as a community sejyice of the v- economisttnbune lopkrfor your vision 2026 brochure in the mail this week and the next to seehow you can help shape york regions future over the next 25 years further information will also follow in your local metroland community newspaper and on rogers cable 10 television please contact york regions vision2026 team for more information at planningand development services department the regional municipality of york 17250 yonge street newmarket l3y6z1 9058951207 email vision2026regionyorkonca wwwregionyorkonca 18662582026 toll free