The immediate challenge tackled by CFAN was to manufacture the wide chord composite fan blade for the GE90 engine, which powers the Boeing 777 airliner. Today, with over three thousand GE90 composite fan blades delivered, CFAN has developed a unique expertise in building highly contoured, thick laminate airfoils. CFAN has produced composite parts with advanced fibers including carbon, kevlar and fiberglass; thermoset resins including epoxy, BMI, and PMR15; and bonded structures containing metallic or composite honeycomb. Our world class composite expertise and technical capabilities have established CFAN as a leader in high precision advanced composite parts manufacturing and a choice partner for some of the world's most respected aerospace manufacturers.  

As an independent company, CFAN is a full service supplier of build-to-print high performance composite parts. Using CAD/CAM software, two-dimensional flat patterns are downloaded into our ply-cutters, and three dimensional data is laser projected to create a preform. This preform may be cured in an autoclave or a high precision molding press, using a CFAN or customer defined cure cycle. Near net shapes are milled to final dimensions on our CNC machining centers, and our state of the art digital non-destructive testing equipment verifies structural integrity. The parts can be bonded with metal hardware or assembled into a larger component, as required by the customer. 

At our 160,000 sqft. Texas facility located between Austin and San Antonio, cross-functional teams of production associates, engineers and support personnel are committed to identifying and implementing the most cost effective composite manufacturing solutions. Leveraging our technical expertise, we can propose to our customers innovative and cost efficient manufacturing solutions. Using the widely recognized Six-Sigma methodology and Lean Manufacturing concepts, we are able to respond quickly to customer needs and meet the highest quality standards in the industry.