THE BOEING COMPANY DEVELOPED AND PATENTED A FIBER PLACEMENT PROCESS IN THE EARLY 1980S AND CURRENTLY HAS TEST PROGRAMS GOING WITH CINCINNATI MILACRON AND HERCULES TO SUPPORT THE HIGH-SPEED CIVIL TRANSPORT AND THE NEW SUBSONIC AIRPLANE DEVELOPMENT. BECAUSE THE MATERIAL CAN BE PUT EXACTLY WHERE NEEDED AND OF THE LOWER SCRAP RATE, WE SEE THIS PROCESS AS ONE OF THE MOST PROMISING TECHNOLOGIES FOR MAKING LARGE COMPOSITE AIRCRAFT STRUCTURE.
| Number of Pages : | 5 |
| Published : | 06/01/1991 |
