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title: Aerospace Tooling and Prototyping in Barcelona | Ineo
description: Manufacturing of assembly jigs, handling grippers, and aeronautical validation mockups since 2000. Ground support solutions.
date: 2018-11-29
url: https://ineo.es/en/services/sectors/aeronautics
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# Technical Prototyping, Tooling, and Components for Drones and the Aerospace Sector

We manufacture geometric validation prototypes, visual mockups, assembly jigs, and dimensional control tools for the aeronautical industry and the drone sector from our plant in Terrassa, Barcelona.

**We support engineering, quality, and operations departments in the aerospace sector in optimizing their manufacturing, assembly, and ground verification processes**. From our centralized facilities, **we focus exclusively on providing technical tools, workshop tooling, and functional prototypes that facilitate ergonomic validation, subassembly pre-assembly, and exact dimensional control**. Our activity is aimed at **supporting industrial infrastructure and on-site development phases**.

Our production plant is configured to deliver positioning tools, drilling templates, and high dimensional stability mockups under rigorous specifications. Additionally, we apply industrial 3D printing for the rapid manufacturing of functional components, casings, and optimized structures for drones (UAVs).

We work hand in hand with your engineers and operations technicians to lighten the weight of mechanical tooling through the integration of advanced technical polymers, ensuring high wear resistance in workshop environments and total quality control at the source.

### Rapid Prototypes and Functional Validation

We develop high-precision geometric prototypes and structural mockups for design validation, kinematic mechanism studies, and cabin accessibility testing. We produce physical replicas that faithfully reproduce the volumes of the original CAD. Thanks to our track record starting in 2000, we help engineering teams verify physical interferences and clearances before releasing the investment for series molds or tooling.

![image](https://www.ineo.es/media/com_sppagebuilder/placeholder/ineo-services-aeronautic-sectors-model-alstef-768x768.jpg)

### Assembly Jigs and Workshop Elements

We supply customized workshop tools, robotic handling grippers, and technical support cradles designed to support and assemble complex structures in the production lines of aerospace suppliers (Tier 1 and Tier 2). We implement agile manufacturing flows that allow for robust tools in reduced lead times. These protective plastic and metal support solutions facilitate safe handling, protecting the surfaces of real parts from scratches and optimizing cycle times in the factory.

![image](https://www.ineo.es/media/com_sppagebuilder/placeholder/ineo-services-aeronautical-sectors-handling-claws-768x768.jpg)

### Templates and Dimensional Control Tools

We design and manufacture drilling templates, technical guide elements, and control gauges for line-side dimensional inspection. We understand that precision is a mandatory standard in this sector; therefore, our tools are configured with stable materials that minimize thermal and mechanical deviations, ensuring that each inspected real part strictly complies with established tolerance margins.

![image](https://www.ineo.es/media/com_sppagebuilder/placeholder/ineo-services-aeronautic-sectors-drill-templates-768x768.jpg)

### Additive Manufacturing and Prototyping for Drones (UAVs)

In our Terrassa plant, we apply industrial 3D printing to accelerate the development of the unmanned vehicle sector. We manufacture everything from functional prototypes and high-strength casings to lightweight assembly tools and custom dimensional control tools. We shape your aerial mobility projects with maximum agility and geometric precision.

![image](https://www.ineo.es/media/com_sppagebuilder/placeholder/ineo-services-aeronautic-sectors-drone-mjf-sls-768x768.jpg)

## Advanced Technologies Applied

Centralized Manufacturing Capability: Industrial additive manufacturing technologies combined with molding and machining for high-precision mechanical tooling:

#### SLS Technology (Selective Laser Sintering)

We process high-performance polyamides (pure or filled with glass beads), ideal for manufacturing lightweight tooling and large-scale templates that require superior structural rigidity and geometric stability.

![Image](https://www.ineo.es/media/com_sppagebuilder/placeholder/ineo-services-aeronautic-sectors-guide-sls-768x768-rivets.jpg)

#### SLM Technology (Metal 3D Printing)

We produce final mechanical components for fixing or positioning tools directly in stainless steel or aluminium, achieving complex geometries impossible to replicate via conventional machining.

![Image](https://www.ineo.es/media/com_sppagebuilder/placeholder/ineo-services-aeronautical-sectors-utiles-fixation-slm-768x768.jpg)

#### Vacuum Casting (Silicone Molds)

Perfect for manufacturing pre-series and components for mockups or control consoles, providing excellent surface finishes, custom colours, and technical textures.

![Image](https://www.ineo.es/media/com_sppagebuilder/placeholder/ineo-services-aeronautical-sectors-consoles-models-casting-768x768.jpg)

#### Technical Post-Processing

We adjust critical tolerances through combined precision machining operations in contact areas and implement industrial surface finishes such as textured technical paints or the insertion of metal components.

![Image](https://www.ineo.es/media/com_sppagebuilder/placeholder/ineo-services-aeronautic-sectors-post-processing-768x768.jpg)

### Certificate ISO 9001:2015

**Registration Number****: 0.04.18119**
TÜV Rheinland Ibérica Inspection, Certification & Testing S.A.

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## Customer Benefits

**Lightening of Technical Tooling:** We replace heavy traditional metal structures with tools made of high-resistance polymers, drastically improving operator ergonomics on assembly lines.

**Strict Dimensional Precision:** We ensure that each template or control gauge faithfully complies with the geometric tolerances indicated in the design thanks to our internal verification systems.

**Reduction of Delivery Times:** We supply critical workshop tools in just a few days, avoiding operational bottlenecks or delays in validating your assembly lines.

**Proximity Technical Support:** All manufacturing is coordinated centrally in Terrassa (Barcelona), facilitating direct communication between engineers, rigorous quality control in each phase, and reliable logistical deliveries.

#### Use Cases / Ground Applications

**Drilling guide templates:** Rigid tools that position exact drilling points on panels or structural skins.

**Workshop support and transport cradles:** Custom structures designed to house and protect cylindrical components, blades, or fuselage sections during internal plant movement.

**Cabin Mockups for Ergonomics:** Full-scale replicas of consoles, panels, and interiors to physically validate operator and crew accessibility.

**Technical Ground Support Equipment (GSE) mockups:** Scale models for functional validation and commercial exhibition in the aeronautical sector.

**Fixed dimensional control tools:** Custom gauges that quickly check whether the contour of a manufactured part exactly matches the theoretical CAD model.

**Light handling grippers:** Customized terminal components for robotic arms intended for holding metal or fiber profiles without damaging the material.

## Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)

Get your technical questions answered about our manufacturing processes.

No. Our technical scope focuses on supporting ground industrial processes. We manufacture validation prototypes, aesthetic mockups, workshop tools, and plant dimensional inspection tools.

We combine the geometric benefits of additive technologies with subsequent precision machining. This allows us to adjust the key contact areas of the tooling to meet the strict tolerances demanded by your quality department.

By designing optimized tools with internal cellular structures, we substantially reduce tooling weight compared to solid steel alternatives. This reduces operator physical effort, lowers the risk of workplace accidents, and prevents impact damage to real parts.

We use polyamides and technical filaments with fiber or glass fillers that exhibit extremely low thermal expansion coefficients. This ensures that tools and templates maintain their dimensional stability within the usual conditions of the industrial environment.

### Do you need to optimize your plant processes with custom tooling or validate a new aerospace design?

Contact the Ineo technical team. We develop and manufacture technical prototyping solutions, workshop tools, and dimensional control tools that guarantee the operational precision your sector demands, swiftly and from our plant in Terrassa (Barcelona).

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INEO PROTOTIPOS S.L.

C/Avenc del Daví, 6 Pol.Ind.Can Petit

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