Netters: When I worked for Aerojet in the '80s in facilities supportin the Peacekeeper, SICBM and Polaris program they had a machine the cut carbon & Graphite fabric for some smaller nozzle exit cone parts in a machine that worked somewhat like a cookie cutter to cut the fabric.
Don ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Brian Kraut wrote: > I went to a composite kit manufacturer's shop for a job interview last year. > They had a huge gantry that they used to CNC cut the prepreg graphite that > they used in their molds. Just cut out a bunch of fabric pieces, slap them > in the mold, but on the vacuum bagging film and slap them in the oven. > > They also had a huge CNC gantry machine that they used to cut a very rigid > foam that they made their molds with. I spoke to them about doing a mold > for the new airfoil wing skins, but it is pretty expensive. Just the foam > alone was a few thousand dollars. > > Brian Kraut > Engineering Alternatives, Inc. > www.engalt.com > > -----Original Message----- > From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On > Behalf Of D F Lively > Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 5:48 PM > To: KRnet > Subject: Re: KR> This is a good thing... > > Steve: > > If you have access to a plotter and replace a pen with a carefully set up > cutter( some plotters have them redy made) you can cut stickers, paint mask > and the like. That is how they make the painting Mask for the big boys! I > went thru Douglas aircraft in long Beach while in school and watched them > make one fore a DC-10. > > Don > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > 3343V wrote: > > > bo...@hatconversions.com wrote: > > > Steve, > > > We use a router table to cut and also engrave aluminum for these > > > custom Vet trucks. It will amaze you all the things you can use it > > > for if you buy a sign engraving program. Bobby > > > > That's another thing I want to do with it. Vinyl stickers, too, but that > > will take some experimentation to work out how to cut it. > > -- > > Steve > > 33...@swbell.net > > N3343V- '75 C150M > > N205FT- KR1 #6170 > > He who seeks will find, and he who knocks will be let in. > > > > _______________________________________ > > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > _______________________________________ > Search the KRnet Archives at http://www.maddyhome.com/krsrch/index.jsp > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html
