Surface
preparation and finish
Grit
and plastic media blasting, paint booth with overhead conveyor.
Dimensional
Control
Two
LK coordinate measuring machines (CMM) with rotary tables and an
envelope of up to 500 cu. inch.
X-Ray Testing
Two
four axis GE Industrial CT systems with real time imaging capability
and contrast resolution to less than 1%.
Ultrasonic
Testing
State
of the art full immersion and squirter systems allowing pulse echo
and/or through transmission real time high resolution imaging on the
most complex shapes.
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10 axis Boeing AUSS V squirter systems capable of pulse echo and
through transmission, with B and C-scan 3D real time imaging. |
| Two
10 axis Aerotech/Testech full immersion systems with rotary table
capable of pulse echo and through transmission, with C-scan 2D real
time imaging capability. |
| One
5 axis Panametrics multi-scan immersion system capable of pulse echo,
with C-scan and B-scan 3D real time imaging capability. |
Material
Characterization and Quality Assurance Laboratory
Our
2500 sqft. High Performance Material and Quality Assurance Laboratory
has state of the art equipment providing full prepreg, resin and cured
system characterization capability:
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High performance liquid chromatography (HPLC).
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Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). |
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Thermal analysis: (Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), dynamic
mechanical analysis (DMA) and thermal mechanical analysis (TMA)).
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Mechanical testing following ASTM and SACMA protocols.
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