Materials & Processes
The materials evaluation team has extensive experience with many different types of materials and has a thorough understanding of a wide variety of materials processes. Ensuring that a material is not only suitable for use in a demanding environment, but maintains reliability with minimal maintenance requires expertise across a wide range of disciplines. This is just as important whether developing and manufacturing a material or procuring one from an outside supplier.
Materials experience includes:
- High temperature structural materials
- Lightweight and composite materials and design
- Plastics and rubbers
- Fuels and lubricants
- Paints, sealants and encapsulants
- Smart structures
Materials process experience includes:
- Welding, brazing and soldering
- Casting and forging
- Machining
- Heat treatment
- Electroplating
- Stealth technology
- Thermal barriers/ablatives
- Corrosion and wear protection
- Structural monitoring
- Material compatibility
- Explosives compatibility
