VIDEO: Collins Aerospace optimizes thermoplastics for aircraft parts
Collins Aerospace explains how thermoplastics are integral to the company’s efforts to improve propulsion and reduce costs in aircraft manufacturing. Featured is a nacelle system that will help meet production demand of 80 aircraft per month.
During CAMX 2024, CompositesWorld spoke with Michael van Tooren, senior technical fellow at Collins Aerospace (Charlotte, N.C., U.S.), a Tier 1 supplier in the aerospace industry.
Van Tooren explained that Collins is developing a thermoplastic composite nacelle as a pathfinder part to mature its capabilities.
The company is preparing for the next generation of single-aisle aircraft, which will demand very fast composite processes to meet the scheduled production demand of 80 aircraft per month.
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