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Establishing a Composite Material Repair and Bonding Facility

Establishing a Composite Material Repair and Bonding Facility

Establishing a Composite Material Repair and Bonding Facility

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Hi,
I'm an aeronautical engineer with years of experience in aircraft maintenance and management but only on older aircraft designs with minimal composite material content. I am investigating the options for providing a composite repair capability for an aircraft type that includes some composite components including composite flight contol surfaces. The most obvious options are to out-source the work, develop an internal repair capability devoted to the one particular aircraft type or develop an internal repair capability that can also provide composite repair services to external customers.

I'd be interested to hear from anyone who has been through this evaluation exercise. In particular, I'd be interested to hear their 'lessons learnt' ie the traps and tricks that they missed during their investigation. I'm also interested in tracking down sources of credible independent advice in the field of composite repair and bonded repairs.

Thanks for any tips or leads yo ucan provide....

Tesa

RE: Establishing a Composite Material Repair and Bonding Facility

Contact www.heatcon.com  They have many years of experience setting up composite repair facilities around the world.  They also have offices worls wide.

Good Luck

Composites and Airplanes - what was I thinking?

There are gremlins in the autoclave!

RE: Establishing a Composite Material Repair and Bonding Facility

Also try some of the autoclave manufacturers... there are several that have used/reconditioned units and will give you all kinds of help.  Where are you looking at setting up shop?  This is something I have been looking into as well as I used to work for a large repair station in Tulsa that specializes in composites.  They pretty much have a monopoly going but a lot of customers are mad at them right now, so could be a great opportunity.

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