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Article: AEROSPACE - Dunlop installs autoclave for production of mouldings
- Article from:
- Advanced Composites Bulletin
- Article date:
- December 1, 1995
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Dunlop Aviation has installed a large autoclave in order to extend its capabilities to produce one piece, large composite mouldings, up to 3.25 m x 4 m in size. The new facility is gas heated, produced by Aeroform and represents an investment of GBP350,000.
The company will use the autoclave initially to produce anti-icing assemblies for the EH101 helicopter being manufactured by Westland for the UK s Royal Navy. Dunlop is a European producer of electronically controlled ice ...