Performance plastics are used in numerous aerospace applications to improve safety, reduce costs, save fuel and improve passenger comfort.
Applications
- Landing gear components
- Electrical and thermal insulators
- Transparency to electromagnetic signals
- Windows, canopies, dust covers
- Interior wall panels and luggage compartments
- Ventilation ducting and seals
- Trays and tray tables
- Pipes and tubing
- Fasteners
- Mirrors
- Wiring conduits
- Bushings and bearings
- Seals
- Collapsible air duct ribs
Advantages May Include
- Lightweight
- Reduced maintenance
- Design flexbility (colors, textures)
- Thermoformability
- Corrosion resistant
- Chemical and impact resistant
- Good insulator
- Easily fabricated
- Broad range of being temperature resistant
- Flame, smoke and toxicity resistant
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