ACE Knowledge in Aerospace

Aviation:

Structural developments for the regional aircraft Do 328: the lightweight potential of fibre composites was consistently employed here. The CFRP rear fuselage with a tail unit as well as the CFRP pressure bulkhead were worldwide novelties.

Do 328
Do 328
CFK-Rumpfsegment
CFRP-fuselage segment



Space Technology:

It is hard to imagine astronautics without CFRP, titanium and aluminium. Every possibility of saving weight is welcome and is rewarded accordingly. Structural adhesive bonding is a standard process.

Ariane 5 Nutzlaststruktur Speltra / Ariane 5
Ariane 5: Series production of the SPELTRA support structure based on a CFRP sandwich construction


Envisat-Antenne
Earth observation satellite Envisat:
CFRP antenna component