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Exterior Structures. From casting to finishing access doors, Astronics’ vertically integrated manufacturing provides unique value to customers at lower costs. Our capabilities include: Aluminum die-castingComposite with honeycomb core and Titanium-bonded face sheetCarbon-fiber injection molding Titanium machiningAluminum machining NADCAP-accredited chemical and bonding processing Product Information Fuel Tank Access Door with Drip Stick Since the 1980s, Astronics has provided access doors for The Boeing Company. On most aircraft, over 40 fuel tank access doors are housed under the wing to enable quick access for fuel system maintenance. In manufacturing access doors, all of Astronics’ processes are utilized. Using raw ingots of A380 aluminum, the drip-stick access door starts with die casting and goes through several CNC operations. In contrast, a honeycomb bonded composite access door begins in the plastic injection molding process using highly engineered aerospace resins. Both doors are processed through several NADCAP bonding operations to adhere phenolic rings, seals, and a drip-stick (for fuel sensing). NADCAP- accredited processes are used to provide chromate conversion and finishing operations. The access door undergoes painting, where a fuel-resistant finish and topcoat are applied. A fuel seal is bonded on the access door prior to hardware (nut/nut retainer) installation and a pressure test is performed. Quality inspections are performed throughout to conform to customer specifications. Kitting of final assemblies provides customers with the most efficient delivery and installation.

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Founded in 1904 near Milan, Manifattura Testori recently celebrated 115 years of activity. In more than a century it has brought to life many ambitious and important projects, bringing Italian taste and craftsmanship around the world from the beginning of the 20th century: the so called “made in Italy”. In the historic site in Novate Milanese, still today the operating headquarter of the Company, in the first decades of the past century, the production concentrated on fabrics for interior furnishings and, subsequently, on those for railways: in the 1930s, Testori created prestige fittings for the Orient Express, the famous train that travelled from Paris to Constantinople and became a symbol of luxury and comfort. In the 1950s Testori began working with the aviation sector, initially with Air France and Alitalia and later with other world leading airlines. A very significant achievement for the Company was the supply in the 1970s of the interior furnishings of the supersonic Concorde, which demanded very new material technologies. Manifattura Testori is the ideal partner to create “made in Italy” design environments for Aviation interiors. Testori offers consultancy from graphic design to the creation of prototypes through to the development of the final product including all necessary certifications and, on request, preparation of finished products. Manifattura Testori is one of the few companies in the world with the certifications required for the aviation sector and can carry out in its internal laboratory the main fire/smoke and physical-mechanical tests.

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