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Capabilities

Aerospace Composites facility was established in 2018 to complement the existing metallic capabilities to cater to the growing demands in Aerospace sector. The facility is laid out on nearly 7450 square meter area in U-flow pattern to facilitate smooth process flow integrating all activities from storage of raw material to assembly of large structures under one roof. The facility has been comprehensively planned to provide industrial partnership to the Space, Defence and Aviation endeavors of the country as well as to compete in Global Aerospace Arena.

ATC Composites facility has been accredited with AS 9100D and NADCAP. Highly proficient and experienced human resource in composite manufacturing adds to the core strength of our organization. LMW composites team is being equipped to Design, Develop, Qualify and Manufacture the structural products from given configurational definition and load spectrum.

Major Highlights

The State-of-the-Art facility is comprehensively equipped to manufacture structural composites parts, sub-assemblies and assemblies for Aerospace and Defence applications. The Facility is equipped with

Cold storage (-20℃ ± 2℃)
Clean Room – Low Bay: Height – 6m, Area: 400 square meters, ISO Class 8 (Convertible to ISO Class 7)
Clean Room – High Bay: Height – 12m equipped with 10T EOT Crane. Area: 600 square meters, ISO Class 8
Universal Testing Machine: Capacity – 100kN
CNC Prepreg Cutting Machine
Autoclave 1: 1.3 m Dia and 2.4 m length, Temperature: 450℃, Pressure: 15 Bar
Autoclave 2: 4 m Dia and 6 m length, Temperature: 250℃, Pressure: 10 Bar
NDT: A-Scan
Phase Array Ultrasonic Testing equipment
High assembly bay of 1870 square meters (Size – 85 m x 22 m x 22 m) equipped with two cranes, 10T crane at 18m level and 5T crane at 10m level
C-Scan will be commissioned by April 2022
Hot Air Oven: Size – 6 m x 4 m x 3.5 m will be commissioned by Second Quarter of 2022

Facility

Cold storage
- Cold storage is meant to store the prepreg adhesives and associated materials for composite products at -20℃ ± 2℃ to set the best potential out of them.
- Size = 7m Length x 3.9m Breadth x 3m Height
Universal Testing Machine
- 100 KN INSTRON UTM is deployed to carry out acceptance test to incoming materials as well as characterization of material properties for design inputs.
- It is proposed to be equipped to find out properties at temperature of -120℃ to +250℃.
Clean Room
Low bay
- The processing area comprising two clean rooms one of ISO class 7 another of ISO class 8 level of cleanliness is the nerve center of the facilities.
- ISO Class 7 cleanroom Area - 400sq. meters
Clean Room
High bay
- The processing area comprising two clean rooms one of ISO class 7 another of ISO class 8 level of cleanliness is the nerve center of the facilities.
- ISO Class 8 cleanroom Area - 600sq. meters
Prepreg Cutting machine
- Lectra CNC prepreg cutting machine is used to create ply clips with higher nesting efficiency to conserve material.
- Size = 1.7m Length x 1.82m Breadth
Autoclave 1
- The facility equipped with two autoclaves to cure the laid-up products. This computer-controlled autoclave is linked to digital data accusation system to provide comprehensive cure cycle data for product data package.
- 1.3m Diameter x 2.4m Length
- Pressure = 15 Bar; Temperature = 450℃.
Autoclave 2
- The facility equipped with two autoclaves to cure the laid-up products. This computer-controlled autoclave is linked to digital data accusation system to provide comprehensive cure cycle data for product data package.
- 4.0m Diameter x 6.0m Length
- Pressure = 10 Bar; Temperature = 250℃.
CMM

CNC 3D Coordinate Measuring Machine available in metallics vertical is being shared for dimensional inspection of composite products.
Laser tracker

Laser Tracker will be used for calibration of large assembly kits as well as inspection of the assembly structures.
NDT

The facility is equipped with A-Scan Ultrasonic Equipment and Phased Array Ultrasonic Equipment. C Scan equipment will be commissioned by Apr 2022.
ASSEMBLY HIGH BAY

High assembly bay of 1870 square meters (Size – 85 m x 22 m x 22 m) is equipped with two cranes - 10T crane at 18 metre level and 5T crane at 10 metre level to handle large aerospace structures.