SWITCHING FROM METAL The previous enclosure door was fabricated using metal, resulting in an overweight door that caused a tipping issue when the machine was being restocked and required additional counterbalance for safe operation. This made moving the machine difficult so an lighter weight alternative was sought. CONVERTED COMPOSITE ENCLOSURE The customer required a composite solution that was a direct …
Dry Carbon Fiber & Liquid Epoxy UAV Inlet Duct
PROBLEM –Fabricate a 52” long by 12” diameter inlet duct for a tactical UAV at a lower cost than hand applied carbon pre-preg and an autoclave cure while maintaining equal performance and quality. OPPORTUNITY – Drive down overall cost without impacting performance by delivering a composite inlet duct using dry carbon fiber and epoxy resin infusion with an oven cure. SOLUTION – The tactical …
Switching from Carbon Fiber Prepreg to Resin Transfer Molding
Find out how switching from carbon fiber prepreg to resin transfer molding (RTM) can save 67% per composite fuselage PROBLEM – Fabricate a 1/2 scale UAV fuselage at a significantly lower cost with highly similar weight, performance, and quality OPPORTUNITY – Switch to lower cost materials, out-of-autoclave cure, while deploying novel manufacturing technology SOLUTION – Dry carbon fiber socks, liquid …