Our Services
Design, Testing, Inspection, Engineering and More
Engineering Certification
- ACT Aerospace maintains a good working knowledge of FAA regulations with an experienced DER and Certifications managers on staff.
- Determine method of compliance
- Review applicable regulatory requirements and complete compliance statement
Hand Analysis
- Complete Free Body Diagrams for all structure
- Balance Six Equations of Motion: Bearing, Pull-thru, Bending, Stability, Torsion, Shear
- Complete Standard Stress Checks following methods from sources such as Bruhn, Niu, etc
- Classical Laminate Analysis
- Shear Flow Analysis
- Inputs include area and stiffness
- Input shear and moment loading
- Outputs shear flow
Finite Element Analysis
- Nx Nastran with FEMAP as a pre- and post- processor.
- Experience with laminate, plate, part, rigid (RBE2 and RBE3), bar and gap elements
- Parts loaded with point loads on nodes, element pressures and accelerations
- Analysis completed for linear and non-linear static as well as buckling
- Check strains, stresses, deflections, failure indices, buckling Eigenvalues etc.
Part Design
- Parts built inside of CATIA. Plies designed on the tool surface
- Composite materials defined with appropriate materials properties, thicknesses, etc
- Producibility routine completed to determine if spliced and/or darts are required
- Plies are flattened in the appropriate orientation and ready to input for ply cutting routines
- Ply stack-up definition taken directly from CATIA input
- Detail views shown with ply tables
- Views shown of trimmed part with point tables, lengths, diameters, etc
Assembly Design
- All parts created in space and brought together in an assembly model to check for fit, interference, etc.
- Assembly models include all parts and all hardware
- Location of part given
- Assembly drawings include bill of materials with revisions and quantities
- Details of hardware shown
Tool Design
- Master created with tooling board
- High temp/low temp composite tooling material used for created composite tools
- Tools normally include holes for use in laser placement as well as tool transfer holes
- Tool identification engraved on tools
- Aluminum tools also completed for smaller parts
- Tools include rosettes
- Trim tools created with transfer holes corresponding to lay-up tool adjusted for thermal expansion
- Position of vacuum lines and seals given for machining group
Planning
- Visual planning created that shows how each ply is laid into the tool
- Bagging method defined
- Cure profile given
- Marking requirements given
- Trim requirement given
- Quality inspection points shown
- Assembly planning includes how parts fit together, what hardware is used and any special tools
Testing
- R/I approved by all current customers
- MTS 55 kip
- R/I Composite Material
- Fatigue
- Tension/Compression
- Diamond DMA – Thermal Analysis
- Environmental Test Chamber
- 48” x 48” x 54”
- -40ºF to 375ºF
Quality Inspection
- Leica Laser Tracker “T-Probe” – Mobile
- Zeiss CMM – 40″ x 62″ x 24″
- Romer Arm “Laser Scanner” – Mobile
- Full line of Metrology Equipment
Non-Desctructive Inspection
- Level III – in house
- Nadcap
- NDI approved by all customers
- Matec 8 axis 7′ x 5′ x 5′ TTU
- SDI 2 Axis 100″ x 42″ TTU
- (2) Phased Array C-Scan
- (2) A-Scan
- Bond Testing
- Immersion Tank (4’ x 40’ x 2’)
Ultrasonic Inspection
- (2) OmniScan Phased Array
- C-Scan
- A-Scan
- S-Scan
- Bonda Scope (Bond testing)
Through Transmission Unit
- Computer Automated
- 100” x 42” Scan Area
- Scan Up to 12”/sec
- Fully Self Contained
- Flat/Core Panels
Software
- Multiple seats of CATIA V5, Version 6, Rev 21
- Multiple seats of Solidworks
- FEMAP/NASTRAN