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News Release from: Brookhouse Aerospace | Subject: Composites components manaufacture
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk Editorial
Team on 27 July 2006
Composites demand encourages autoclave
addition
Sub-contract manufacturer of composites components for the aerospace industry has added a further, high specification, autoclave to its already comprehensive autoclave capacity.
Brookhouse has added a further autoclave to its already comprehensive autoclave capacity The addition of this sixth, high specification unit will allow the Darwwen company to continue to meet the global trend towards composite components and structures in the aerospace sector, where it is already acknowledged as the UK's largest independent composites assembly company
This article was originally published on Manufacturingtalk on 27 Aug 2004 at 8.00am (UK)
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Brookhouse Composites has installed a second spray booth/baking oven to extend its capability of providing a total composites design, manufacture and finishing service for aerospace industry.
The new autoclave has a 3m horizontal working diameter and a 10m internal working length.
It offers an 8 bar continuous working pressure and 250 deg C continuous working temperature, with pressure and temperature ramp up, cool down and profiling in 20 vacuum zones controlled by a state-of-the-art Aeroform control system, operating with 60 thermocouples fitted to the mould tool and six independent air thermocouples.
At the same time, the existing autoclaves, which range in diameter from 1.83m to 3.25m and in length from 2.4m to 13m, have also been overhauled to incorporate the latest control systems.
The composites manufacturing business at Brookhouse has also seen recent investments in its composites finishing facilities with the introduction of a new CNC router and an additional paint shop, while there has been comprehensive refurbishment of its extensive cleanroom capacity.
Brookhouse's tooling resources have also been enhanced with two more CNC machining centres and further Catia seats, while the company recently gained Nadcap approval and is continually extending the scope and capability of its "captive laboratory" status to new and existing customers.
In addition to its conventional composites manufacturing and repair expertise, Brookhouse is also developing 'out-of-autoclave' technologies for the aerospace sector.
These can often be applied to provide cost effective solutions to composites problems.
Brookhouse is totally focused on the aerospace sector.
It offers design and manufacturing for composites tooling, a facility for the repair of composite components and a capability for design, prototyping, manufacture, testing and finishing of complete composite components.
As a result, Brookhouse can offer its worldwide aerospace customers a global facility to take responsibility for complete parcels of composites development and manufacture projects.
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