Capabilities
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Capabilities

Facilities & Equipment:

Manufacturing                382,000 sq. ft.
Clean Room                    33,000 sq. ft.
Administration                 77,000 sq. ft.

Autoclaves:
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  22'Length, 8'10"width, 8' height, 350º F, 50 psi (#2)
>  20'Length, 6'9"width, 6'7"height, 350º F, 100 psi (#3)
>  40'4"Length, 15'6"width, 12' height, 450º F, 100 psi (#4)
>  8'Length, 4'width, 800º F, 200 psi (#5)
>  50'Length, 10'width, 7 'height, 400º F, 100 psi (#6)
>  30'Length, 8'width, 650º F, 145 psi (#7)

Other:
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  5 Curing Ovens, up to 10' x 25' x 8' high.
>  Automated Water-jet Cutters: 5-axis 24' x 14' x 5' and 3-axis 12’ x 6’ x 1’
>  CNC Router – Thermwood 3 axis, 9.5’ x 6.5’ x 0.8’
>  Auto Prepreg Kit Cutter, 2 each, 60' x 6'.
>  Paint/Spray Booth, 6 each, up to 16' x 25' x 8.5'
>  Warm Rooms, 10 each, up to 39' x 17' x 9'
>  Environmental Control Booths (ECB’s), 17 each from 11’x7’6” to 33’9” x 11’3”

Physical tests
Five physical test machines with diversified group of removable and adjustable fixtures, jaws, blocks, and loading heads capable of performing the following tests:
>  Flat-wise and edgewise compression
>  Peels of all types
>  Flat-wise tensile
Lap shears and inter-laminar shears
>  Core shears and flex shears
>  Long and short beam flexes
>  Tensile of solid laminates and bolts
>  Tube Shears
>  Pressure tests and leak tests
>  Fatigue testing

 Physical test Equipment
>
  Thermo-Gravimetric Analyzer (TGA)
>  Thermo-mechanical Analyzer (TMA)
>  Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC)
>  Muffle furnace (for resin burn out)
>  Heat test/flame test cabinet
>  Infrared spectrophotometer

 Non-Destructive Inspection Equipment
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  Ultrasonic C Scan of composite structures:
>  Boeing St. Louis AUSS V scanning system (nine axis).
>  Boeing St. Louis ADIS II scanning system (seven axis). Envelope:  10’ wide by 8’ high by 28’ long.  Capable of scanning panels up to 56’ long
>  Boeing St. Louis MAUS III Mobil Composite Scanner. 
>  Manual Ultrasonic Testing. Through transmission squirter yokes with up to 5’ depth.  Pulse echo contact of radii and stiffeners.
>  Real Time Film and X-ray of Composites. FeinFocus microfocus X-ray system
>  Level III Services. ASNT certified in Ultrasonic.

 Engineering & Tooling
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  CATIA V4 & V5 and UNIGRAPHICS NX2
>  Composite & Metallic Design
>  NASTRAN & PATRAN Finite Element Modeling
>  Material Allowables & Specifications
>  Fibersim Nesting & Design Validation
     -  Direct output to Gerber (prepreg kit cutter) & OLT
>  Tool Design & Manufacturing
>  Flowjet & Mastercam NC Programming
>  3 Staff Engineers with delegated Boeing MRB authority