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- Title
Molded composites cut cost of unmanned aerial vehicles.
- Abstract
The article reports that a switch to injection-molded parts from thermoset composites has provided a significant cost savings in the manufacture of unmanned aerial vehicles at Allied Aerospace in Newport News, Virginia. Victrex PEEK, a high-performance thermoplastic, is now the material of choice for the housing, stator, and control vanes on the EMAV, or electric micro-aerial vehicle, according to Victrex USA Inc.. The ability to mold parts with hollow cross-sections translates to high stiffness to weight ratios that are difficult to achieve with metal or thermoset composites on a relative cost basis.
- Subjects
INJECTION molding of metals; THERMOSETTING composites; REMOTELY piloted vehicles; ALLIED Aerospace (Company); THERMOPLASTICS; VICTREX USA Inc.
- Publication
Advanced Materials & Processes, 2005, Vol 163, Issue 5, p13
- ISSN
0882-7958
- Publication type
Article