News
18.01.08
Rojac at Farnborough 2008
Once
again Rojac will be exhibiting at
Farnborough Airshow which this year takes place from 14 – 20
July 2008.
Farnborough is again set to be the biggest, most internationally
attended aerospace event in the world – a globally renowned
showcase of aerospace equipment and technology. As such it
provides the perfect venue for the world’s civil and military
aerospace suppliers and their customers to meet and discuss,
finalise and announce their business transaction. At Farnborough
2006, there were over 1,480 exhibitors with record breaking
order figures of US$42 billion.
This year also marks a double anniversary celebration in the UK
aviation calendar. The Farnborough International Airshow will
celebrate its diamond anniversary, marking 60 successful years
at the Farnborough Aerodrome. It will also be 100 years since
Samuel Franklin Cody made the first successful sustained,
powered flight in the UK from Farnborough Airfield on 16 October
1908.
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12.12.07
New Composites Facility
Wednesbury Aerospace, Automotive, Marine, Defence and Formula
One technology specialist Rojac Tooling Technologies Ltd,
designers and manufacturers of advanced tooling and components,
has embarked on a major investment programme to sharpen its edge
competitively in producing a new generation of tooling equipment
and carbon composite parts.
Rojac’s latest acquisition is an £80,000 autoclave supplied by
Autoclaves Ltd of Yorkshire.
The 7 x 2.1metre autoclave cures carbon fibre composites under
high pressure and heat. The new machine forms part of a brand
new composites facility within a state-of-the-art
environmentally controlled clean room and will be in production
next month.
The facility will enhance the worldwide services already
provided by Rojac in carbon composite pre-impregnated tooling,
and low volume and prototype parts for the aerospace,
automotive, marine, rail and civil engineering industries.
Duncan Blakemore, managing director of Rojac said: “Components
made of advanced carbon fibre composite materials are
lightweight, have a high strength to weight ratio”.
“Aerospace and Formula One are leading the way in their use. The
market price of carbon fibre reinforced plastic saw a 150 per
cent increase during 2005 primarily due to increased use in the
civil aerospace industry.”
He added: “I believe something like 80 per cent of the working
parts the wings and fuselage of the new Boeing 787 are made
using carbon composite materials. Our new facility will give us
a stronger edge competitively in high technology sectors such as
these.”
Rojac has extensive experience in the manufacture of mould
tooling, jigs and fixtures, master models, patterns and
prototypes for a diverse variety of tooling components. Market
demand is growing for carbon fibre composite materials because
they are also recognised as ideal for manufacturing consumer
goods such furniture, motorcycles, bicycles, laptop computers,
and sporting equipment.
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