Magnaplate provides out-of-the-box solution

Citation

(2007), "Magnaplate provides out-of-the-box solution", Aircraft Engineering and Aerospace Technology, Vol. 79 No. 2. https://doi.org/10.1108/aeat.2007.12779bad.022

Magnaplate provides out-of-the-box solution

Magnaplate provides out-of-the-box solution

A Magnaplate customer in the aviation industry recently wanted to apply Plasmadize to a composite spar tool to achieve superb release characteristics obtainable only through the use of this coating. This is not normally problematic, except the composite spar tool was 19ft long and their curing equipment was only 16ft long.

The Magnaplate technical staff, however, solved the problem with typical ingenuity with a truly out-of- the-box solution. Given that only a specific area of the composite spar tool needed coating, the Magnaplate team built a frame, filled it with insulation and then put an insulation board on the back of it. A hole was cut so that the part would slide through the opening, and then fastened the frame to the opening of the equipment. This solution allowed 3ft of the composite spar tool to remain outside the curing device, while maintaining a constant curing temperature inside, thereby enabling the critical area to be coated successfully.

Details available from: General Magnaplate Corporation; Tel: +1 908 862 6200.