Spintech Holdings Inc. and its fabrication division Hawthorn Composites are using demonstrator components like this subscale tactical UAV wing to test and validate the use of infusion and preform technologies for more cost-effective aerospace and defense components. Photo Credit, all images: Spintech Holdings Inc.
Prepreg and autoclave cure have been the state of the art for aerospace and defense composite components for many years. Spintech Holdings Inc. (Xenia, Ohio, U.S.) and its fabrication division Hawthorn Composites (Xenia) are seeking to demonstrate that more cost-effective, less labor-intensive aerocomposite parts can be manufactured through the use of existing technologies such as resin infusion and braided dry fiber preforms in new ways.