Carbon Fiber Composite Autoclave Cure

My part needs an autoclave cure. Who has a vessel big enough, and what is the queue?

What it is

Curing bagged laminate under simultaneous heat and external gas pressure, which consolidates plies and suppresses voids. The qualification baseline for most aerospace primary structure, and a hard capacity constraint because autoclaves are enormous and few.

Suppliers

Suppliers 4

Companies that perform this process on customer material.

ACP Composites Verified

Livermore, CA · Converter

AS9100

Autoclave curing of carbon fibre prepreg. Autoclave dimensions not published.
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Collins Aerospace Reported

Charlotte, NC · Service provider
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Nammo Composite Solutions Reported

Salt Lake City, UT · Converter Service provider

AS9100NADCAP Composites

Autoclave and oven cure are both available, so the process can follow the qualification rather than the equipment.
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Spirit AeroSystems Verified

Wichita, KS · Service provider

Largest vessel 70 ft by 30 ft

More than 30 autoclaves including a 70 by 30 foot vessel, one of the largest ever used in aerospace manufacturing.
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Input material

Forms this process takes in.

PrepregInput form

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