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Carbon Fiber Composite Composite Machining and Trimming
My cured laminate needs trimming and drilling without delaminating it. Who machines composite rather than metal?
What it is
Trimming, drilling and edge finishing cured laminate. Abrasive rather than chip-forming: fiber dulls tooling fast, delamination at hole exits is the governing defect, and the dust is a respiratory and electrical hazard.
Suppliers
Suppliers 4
Companies that perform this process on customer material.
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Albany Engineered Composites Reported
Final finishing operations follow demould. Trade reporting describes finishing as part of the cell rather than a separate supplier.
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CTL Aerospace, Inc. VerifiedAS9100NADCAP CompositesNADCAP Materials Testing Laboratories
In-house machining including automated material cutters, 5-axis waterjet and CNC machining centres. CTL works silica and quartz as well as carbon, glass and Kevlar, which points at radome and thermal protection work rather than general airframe structure. AS9100D and ITAR compliant; the NADCAP scope is stated only as a 'compliant captive laboratory'. Confirm it. No autoclave dimensions or part size limits are published.
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Janicki Industries Verified
Five axis machining of composite to an envelope of 100 by 20 by 8 feet, among the largest anywhere.
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Nammo Composite Solutions ReportedAS9100NADCAP Composites
CNC machining of cured composite in house, so trimming does not require a second supplier.
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