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Composite Technologies
MFG Galileo Composites's composite team has been producing ground-based radomes since inception
and offers customers comprehensive composite processing capabilities. Currently,
the company employs more than 20 dedicated composite technicians. A certified
training program is in place to teach all technicians both composite material theory
and provide hands-on training. To leverage the experienced workforce, MFG Galileo Composites
regularly deploys lean manufacturing tools through process improvement teams to
ensure smooth and efficient production and part flow with minimal waste.
Materials
- Fibers including glass, Kevlar, quartz, carbon
- Resins including epoxy, polyester, vinyl ester
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Processes
- Wet lay-up
- Prepreg
- Resin Infusion
- Vacuum bag molding
- 5-axis machining
- Finishing and painting
- Tool design & fabrication
- Metal fabrication
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Tool Design & Fabrication
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All tools are made
in-house
- Master patterns
- Composite lay-up tools
- Trim & drill fixtures
Short lead times for
tooling
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Facilities
- 40,000 sq. ft. state-of-the-art facility
- Prepreg processing oven
- Paint booth
- Dedicated booths for gel coating, lay-up, part finishing
- Fully-equipped metal fabrication shop
- 5-axis CNC machine (10' x 20' x 7')
- Laser Tracker
- In process and final inspection stations with test equipment and custom engineering measurement devices to ensure radome panel compliance to design specifications
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5-axis CNC Machining
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Allows very short lead
times on new designs
Available as a sub-
contracted service
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MFG Research |
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MFG Galileo is the only composite radome specialist that is supported
by a dedicated materials research and testing lab, and part of
a larger corporation dedicated to composites manufacturing.
MFG Research supports each of MFG Galileo’s radome projects with
its 60-year track record of groundbreaking R&D and problem solving
skills. As a key component of MFG Galileo, MFG Research houses
testing capabilities including mechanical, physical, environmental,
flammability, electrical and chemical properties, thermal analysis,
FTIR, dielectric analysis and optical microscopy. It has in-house,
on staff professional engineers that ensure a critical eye throughout
testing. MFG Research is certified via A2LA as an accredited laboratory
per ISO/IEC 17025 which includes 40 testing accreditations.
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