Seat Backrests
| Key Customers: | Aircraft interior OEMs |
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| Main Objectives: | Structural and non-structural seat components (incl. pipe frames, backrests, sidearms, monitor covers, tables, armrests and closure cover panels). High-performance structures that are light-weight (mass savings of up to 40% over traditional aluminium backrests), high stiffness, excellent fatigue characteristics, contoured shapes, secondary items fitted, cost effective |
| Tasks: | Concepts; design; ergonomics; design for manufacture; tool design and manufacture; material selection and characterisation; stress analysis; fire, smoke, toxicity, and heat release (FSTH) tests; surface finishing |
| Materials: | Carbon fibre-epoxy fibre; foam support |
| Processes: | Autoclave, press |
| Surface finishes: | Matt/Gloss finish, texture finish, glass finish, visual carbon finish, foiling |
