Aerospace

The global aviation markets are demanding ever increasing product qualification requirements, ensuring that aerospace components are fully compatible with the changing environments in which they operate.

As fuel costs rise further demands are being placed on designers & engineers to come up with weight saving solutions. Increasingly Polymers are being considered as an option to replace metal components. Smithers Rapra can provide a range of services to support this research.

Many aviation products are required to operate in locations where they will be susceptible to accidental or deliberate fluid contamination, where material degradation as a result of fluid susceptibility can lead to premature failure.

Smithers Rapra has the capability to provide fluid susceptibility testing to recognised aerospace standards or customer specific parameters. Our test equipment has been developed & proven on site & is flexible to satisfy demanding testing criteria.

Fluid Susceptibility Testing

Examples of standards that we currently test to are:

• EUROCAE
• RTCA/DO-160
• DEF STAN 00-35 Part 3 Test CN4
• MIL-STD-810

We have available an extensive range of fluids that can be applied over a wide temperature range, via spraying, brushing, or immersion.

Components or material samples of various dimensions & geometry, ranging from fabrics to large components can be tested in various chamber sizes.

Working closely with our customers, we successfully meet the quality & audit needs of the aerospace & defence markets.

Fluid susceptibility testing