Autoclave for Aerospace
The use of autoclave in carbon fiber production production was initially mainly used in the aerospace industry, as the cost of launching spacecraft is directly proportional to its weight. Therefore, how to reduce its weight while ensuring spacecraft performance has become the most important issue.Carbon fiber composite materials have been widely used in the aerospace industry due to their high specific strength, high specific modulus, and high temperature resistance range. Almost all spacecraft bodies, interiors, structures, and aviation engines are made of carbon fiber composite materials.In recent years, with the decrease in manufacturing costs of carbon fiber composite materials, military and civil aviation aircraft have also begun to use this material on a large scale to significantly reduce the weight of the body structure, improve aerodynamic elasticity, and improve the overall performance of the aircraft.
According to statistics, carbon fiber composite materials currently account for 70% to 80% of the usage in small business aircraft and helicopters, 30% to 40% in military aircraft, and 15% to 50% in large passenger aircraft. Take the B777 of Boeing Company in the United States as an example, the proportion of carbon fiber composite materials used in this model of aircraft reaches 9%. These advanced composite materials are mainly used in aircraft tail, flap, aileron, radome, fairing, nacelle, floor beam and other components, specifically including: wing box with vertical fixed surface, flat tail box, rudder, elevator, front and rear edge wallboard, floor beam, outer aileron, outer flap, flap, flaperon. The autoclave production process we discussed today is required for rectifying the foreskin, inner and outer spoilers, trailing edge wall panels, engine nacelles, engine support fairing, front landing gear doors, fixed leading edges, radar antenna covers, etc.
