Engineering resin flys high at aircraft expo
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Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team
Apr 10, 2006
High-performance engineering resin and sheet materials shown at Aircraft Interiors Expo can help aircraft OEMs develop next-generation aircraft interior components.
GE Plastics showed its latest products for the aircraft interiors industry at the Aircraft Interiors Expo.
These high-performance engineering resin and sheet materials have been designed to help aircraft OEMs develop next-generation aircraft interior components.
Beyond interiors, GE Plastics also offers advanced thermoplastic materials for critical applications such as structural components, passenger window and seat assemblies, lighting, and wiring components.
These products were also at the show.
The increasing use of GE's thermoplastic resin and sheet materials in the aircraft industry is being driven largely by the fact that these products can help aircraft OEMs meet key challenges of weight reduction, resistance to impact and chemicals, high heat performance, flame retardancy, smoke and toxicity properties versus competitive materials, and overall performance.
The firm can offer specialised materials with a combination of properties required by different interior, exterior, mechanical and systems components.
At Aircraft Interiors Expo, GE displayed several applications featuring Ultem polyetherimide (PEI) resin, a work-horse material known for its profile of high-performance properties, including inherent flame resistance with low smoke emission, strength and chemical resistance.
This resin is already widely used in aircraft interior applications, such as personal service units, retractable video displays, window trim and air valve panels.
Applications featuring Ultem resin on display on the GE stand included a passenger service unit, gasper air valve panel, air nozzle assembly and window trim.
Ultem PEI sheet provides design flexibility, mechanical properties and flame, smoke and toxicity performance.
Ultem 1668A sheet, a material also on display, can be thermoformed, pressure-formed, twin-sheet formed or used in flat or cold-formed applications.
In aircraft interiors, this material is used to mould aircraft window reveals, air ducts, seating and flight deck components, galleys, stow bins, and sidewalls.
Ultem 1668A sheet meets commercial aircraft interior requirements, including FAA smoke and flammability testing and toxicity standards BSS7239 and ABD0031, and has an OSU heat-release rate below 65/65.
This material is paintable and is available in a low-gloss version called Ultem 1668L sheet.
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