Consulting Services
Typical Processes
Heat Blanket & Heat Blanket Process Design
Challenges
- Variable thicknesses and materials, complex geometries, and difficult environments.
- Uniform, spec-compliant cure zone temperatures during ramp and soak while respecting existing structure temperature limits.
- Control thermocouples are often remote proxies, requiring proxy process cycles.
- Small environmental, material, or blanket changes can significantly shift cure-zone temperatures.
Process & Blanket Design Variables
- Control zone locations, watt density by zone, and zone region layout.
- Blanket manufacturing best practices and tolerances that influence design.
- Process cycle optimization, zone TC control points, and key monitoring locations.
Autoclave & Oven
Challenges
- Thermal compliance of parts, particularly with large loads and variable environments.
- Distortion and geometric compliance: parts shrink and warp on tool.
- Porosity and other defects.
Closed Mold
Under construction
Automated Fiber Placement
Under construction
Infusion
Challenges
- Porosity.
- Dry spots from improper infusion.
- Distortion.
Secondary Bonding & Weld
Challenges
- Developing compliant, robust processes that produce required bond strength.
- Minimizing geometric anomalies and distortion.
- Understanding sensitivities and process drivers.
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