THERMOPLASTIC HONEYCOMB TECHNOLOGY FLYING HIGH
Thermoplastic honeycomb technology specialist EconCore has joined forceswith Diehl Aircabin to develop aircraft interiormodules via a highly cost-effective process for creatingmodules by thermoformingmono-material sandwich panels in a single step. The partners have produced a
prototype of an aircraft stowage unitwhichwas presented at the Composites Europe 2017 exhibition in Stuttgart on September 19-21. The development brings
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together EconCore’s honeycomb production technologywith a special grade of polycarbonate that has outstanding fire-smoke- toxicity performance. Test reports confirmthe excellent fire resistant behaviour of the final sandwich structures,which
cost significantly less than aramid and other conventional honeycomb solutions. Tomasz Czarnecki, chief
operating officer of EconCore, says that EconCore’s continuous production technology has already been proven in very cost-sensitivemarkets, including packaging, logistics, automotive, and other forms of ground transportation. “We believe that the
aerospace industrywill also welcome costs controlled by our fast, low-energy consuming, in- line integrated process. The fire-smoke-toxicity-qualified honeycomb technology could be extended to awider range of applications, including railway transportation.” The INCOMprojectwas funded via the European Commission.
The interior modules are made using a highly cost-effective process IMMERSION ULTRASONIC TESTING CAPABILITIES EXTENDED
Element has expanded its immersion ultrasonic testing (IUT) capabilitieswith the acquisition ofNDT, one of the UK’s leadingmaterials testing companies, significantly strengthening its non-destructive testing services in Europe. NDT has its headquarters in
Sheffield and is a UKAS and Nadcap accredited laboratory that offers a comprehensive range of non-destructive testing,mechanical testing and metallurgical testing, including inspections for ultrasonic immersion, ultrasonic contact, dye penetrant,magnetic
particle, radiographic and eddy current. “In the last fewyears,we have
invested heavily in building our aerospace testing presence in Europe, including the relocation
Element can now offer a suite of non- destructive testing, thanks to its recent purchase of NDT in Sheffield
of our Sheffield laboratory to a newstate-of-the art facility and the acquisitions of Exova, TEAMS in Seville, Spain, and the materials testing laboratories of DNV GL in Germany,” explained Charles Noall, president & CEO, Element. “Currently there is a very high
demand fromaerospace primes and themedical device sector to provide expanded capacity for IUT andwith this investmentwe are nowable to provide our customerswith a single service provider for bothmaterials testing and non-destructive testing services.”
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