Capabilities and Materials Expertise

Klinger Engineering's knowledge of and experience in composites tooling and manufacturing utilizing prepreg, vacuum infusion, wetpreg, and hand lay-up processes in cored and non-cored structures, as well as our ability to finish parts to a Class A finish in our 70' long baking paint booth, means that we can work with a wide variety of composites and related materials.

Process Capabilities:

• vacuum assisted resin transfer molding (VARTM)
• pre-preg
• wet-preg
• wet lay-up
• gel coat or painted finish available

Design:

• Define requirements
• Materials selection, laminate and cored
• Finite element analysis design and optimization
• Basic Laminate Strength Analysis
• Fatigue
• Bolted and Bonded Joints
• Local Buckling

Resins:

• epoxy
• vinyl ester
• poly ester
• phenolic
• polyimide

Fibers:

• carbon and graphite fibers from standard modulus (nom. 34 Msi) through ultra high modulus (nom. 120 Msi) fiberglass
• kevlar

Unitape and Fabric Prepreg

Out-of-Autoclave Processing modified epoxy resin prepreg

Preforms

Sandwich Structures:

• honeycomb
• aluminum and aramid
• foam
• balsa