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APPLICATIONS Quatro wins Dreamliner contract QUATRO COMPOSITES has been awarded a contract to certify and produce composite stowage bin fittings for the 787-9 model Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. Quatro Composites and the Boeing Fabrication Interiors Responsibility Center will work together to certify the composite fittings, with entry into service coinciding with the 787-9 Dream-
liner configuration. Quatro’s contract includes tooling, and parts certification, testing and production. Quatro Composites, is an Iowa, USA, based manufacturer serving the aerospace, defence, industrial and medical markets. Quatro Composites; www.quatrocomposites.com
Wally Cento hull completed THE FIRST 100 ft (30.48 m) Wally Cento sailing yacht hull has been completed at Green Marine’s Hythe, UK, facility. The carbon composite hull was released from its female mould, turned upside down and moved into one of the four recently commissioned 38 m long ovens at Green Marine’s new facility in Hythe. The boat will now be faired outside while the boat builders carry on installing secondary structures inside the hull. Green Marine’s project manager Simon Smith says that the company is working on a very tight schedule to complete the Cento on time and launch it in July 2012. “All our build ovens have the extraction system and air filtration of a spray booth,” adds
Marcel Müller, Managing Director of Green Marine. “This way we can provide the optimal and safe work environment for both teams working on the boat. The fact that we can cure the paint system and laminates at any time during this process will save us precious time.” The Wally Cento 100 ft ‘box rule’ class combines high-tech racing performance with spacious and comfortable interiors. The yacht, which is based around a lightweight carbon composite hull, was designed by naval architect firm Judel Vrolijk. • For more information about Green Marine’s boat building activities please see the feature on pages 39-43 of this issue. Green Marine; www.greenmarine.co.uk
Aurora delivers unmanned aircraft structures AURORA FLIGHT Sciences has delivered the first complete ship set of composite structures to Northrop Grumman Corporation for the US Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) programme. Aurora manufactures the aft fuselage, forward nacelle, mid nacelle, aft nacelle and V-tail
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The MQ-4C is the Navy version of the RQ-4 Global Hawk aircraft used by the US Air Force for surveillance and reconnaissance tasks. The BAMS aircraft is expected to make its first flight in 2012. Aurora, a builder of robotic aircraft and other aerospace vehicles, has been a member of Northrop Grumman’s Q-4 Enterprise team since 1995. Aurora’s Global Hawk work includes all of the aircraft’s composite components except the wing and radomes.
The BAMS UAS. (Picture © Northrop Grumman.)
Aurora Flight Sciences; www.aurora.aero
Tank repair service AMERICAN FIBERGLASS Tank Repair (AFTR) has launched a field service operation to focus on the repair of composite nozzles, composite tank leaks, shell cracks, as well as internal corrosion coat restoration on composite vessels. Jeff Colner, Senior CS Engineer at AFTR, states that most common jobs involve “calls from facilities engineers and treatment plant operators about municipal and industrial facilities with sodium hydroxide, sodium hypochlorite, ferric chloride, potable water, wastewater or process chemical tank issues.” Colner reports that the company has also recently serviced composite syrup tanks for the largest soft drink manufacturer in the country, inspected tanks for an acid processing facility, worked with an international
assemblies of the MQ-4C BAMS UAS aircraft at its composites manufacturing facility in Bridgeport, West Virginia. The structures are then shipped to Northrop Grumman’s facility in Palmdale, California, for final assembly.
general contractor on a new power plant, and installed a new corrosion coat on an industrial process trough. Repairs attempted with the wrong materials and the wrong repair practices are the biggest problem, according to Colner. “It’s not uncommon for us to find a resin used on a potable water application that does not meet NSF/ANSI 61 standards. Bad things can leach into water used for drinking, washing or food processing. Materials used and the curing process of the laminate repair are very specialised. When the materials still are not fully cured and safe to put into service a month later, AFTR may get called.” AFTR; www.americanfiberglasstank.com www.reinforcedplastics.com
liner configuration. Quatro’s contract includes tooling, and parts certification, testing and production. Quatro Composites, is an Iowa, USA, based manufacturer serving the aerospace, defence, industrial and medical markets. Quatro Composites; www.quatrocomposites.com
Wally Cento hull completed THE FIRST 100 ft (30.48 m) Wally Cento sailing yacht hull has been completed at Green Marine’s Hythe, UK, facility. The carbon composite hull was released from its female mould, turned upside down and moved into one of the four recently commissioned 38 m long ovens at Green Marine’s new facility in Hythe. The boat will now be faired outside while the boat builders carry on installing secondary structures inside the hull. Green Marine’s project manager Simon Smith says that the company is working on a very tight schedule to complete the Cento on time and launch it in July 2012. “All our build ovens have the extraction system and air filtration of a spray booth,” adds
Marcel Müller, Managing Director of Green Marine. “This way we can provide the optimal and safe work environment for both teams working on the boat. The fact that we can cure the paint system and laminates at any time during this process will save us precious time.” The Wally Cento 100 ft ‘box rule’ class combines high-tech racing performance with spacious and comfortable interiors. The yacht, which is based around a lightweight carbon composite hull, was designed by naval architect firm Judel Vrolijk. • For more information about Green Marine’s boat building activities please see the feature on pages 39-43 of this issue. Green Marine; www.greenmarine.co.uk
Aurora delivers unmanned aircraft structures AURORA FLIGHT Sciences has delivered the first complete ship set of composite structures to Northrop Grumman Corporation for the US Navy’s Broad Area Maritime Surveillance Unmanned Aircraft System (BAMS UAS) programme. Aurora manufactures the aft fuselage, forward nacelle, mid nacelle, aft nacelle and V-tail
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The MQ-4C is the Navy version of the RQ-4 Global Hawk aircraft used by the US Air Force for surveillance and reconnaissance tasks. The BAMS aircraft is expected to make its first flight in 2012. Aurora, a builder of robotic aircraft and other aerospace vehicles, has been a member of Northrop Grumman’s Q-4 Enterprise team since 1995. Aurora’s Global Hawk work includes all of the aircraft’s composite components except the wing and radomes.
The BAMS UAS. (Picture © Northrop Grumman.)
Aurora Flight Sciences; www.aurora.aero
Tank repair service AMERICAN FIBERGLASS Tank Repair (AFTR) has launched a field service operation to focus on the repair of composite nozzles, composite tank leaks, shell cracks, as well as internal corrosion coat restoration on composite vessels. Jeff Colner, Senior CS Engineer at AFTR, states that most common jobs involve “calls from facilities engineers and treatment plant operators about municipal and industrial facilities with sodium hydroxide, sodium hypochlorite, ferric chloride, potable water, wastewater or process chemical tank issues.” Colner reports that the company has also recently serviced composite syrup tanks for the largest soft drink manufacturer in the country, inspected tanks for an acid processing facility, worked with an international
assemblies of the MQ-4C BAMS UAS aircraft at its composites manufacturing facility in Bridgeport, West Virginia. The structures are then shipped to Northrop Grumman’s facility in Palmdale, California, for final assembly.
general contractor on a new power plant, and installed a new corrosion coat on an industrial process trough. Repairs attempted with the wrong materials and the wrong repair practices are the biggest problem, according to Colner. “It’s not uncommon for us to find a resin used on a potable water application that does not meet NSF/ANSI 61 standards. Bad things can leach into water used for drinking, washing or food processing. Materials used and the curing process of the laminate repair are very specialised. When the materials still are not fully cured and safe to put into service a month later, AFTR may get called.” AFTR; www.americanfiberglasstank.com www.reinforcedplastics.com