Hampson Aerospace Tooling Solutions has demonstrated its new capability to produce composite materials-based aircraft tools at the SAMPE Conference. The event was held from May 23 to May 26, 2011 in Long Beach, California.
Hampson recently improved its capability for producing tools from Bismaleimide (BMI) resin or carbon fiber materials. The company is now producing autoclave cured tools, which is 30 feet long for a customer.
Hampson Aerospace Tooling Solutions owns the world’s largest and most flexible tooling manufacturing capabilities along with its Global Tooling Systems, Odyssey and Coast Composites subsidiaries. The company meets the composite tooling requirements of the current airframers.
Hampson offers fabrication tooling systems for use in the new generation aircraft. These systems are used to fabricate complex metal and composite structures and some of the systems are resin transfer moulds, lay-up moulds, huge fiber-placement moulds and assembly jigs and fixtures.
Hampson’s tools play a major role in several aerospace programs that include PiperJet, HondaJet, CH53, B787, B777, A400M, A380, A350 and V-22. They are used in all three phases: design, pre-production and production.