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Low‐cost tooling for composite parts: “the LCTC process”

David Cloud (David Cloud is based at the The Boeing Company, Rotorcraft Division, Pennsylvania, USA.)
John Norton (John Norton is based at Vantico Ltd, Cambridge, UK.)

Assembly Automation

ISSN: 0144-5154

Article publication date: 1 December 2001

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Abstract

Describes the development of a low‐cost tooling system for the manufacture of composite aircraft parts. The ability to withstand a high temperature autoclave process and provide a high tolerance life expectancy in excess of ten prototype units were key factors in the development of the system. The process uses a syntactic epoxy moulded over an aluminium core to form the tool.

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Cloud, D. and Norton, J. (2001), "Low‐cost tooling for composite parts: “the LCTC process”", Assembly Automation, Vol. 21 No. 4, pp. 310-317. https://doi.org/10.1108/EUM0000000006013

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