Northwest Aerospace News February | March 2018 Issue No. 1 | Page 27

U
nitech Composites is well
equipped to provide a broad
range of products and services
to their customers. Their
equipment list includes six
clean rooms, three autoclaves
(the largest of which is 15’ x
30’), four ovens (the largest
of which is 24’ x 26’), three
4 Axis Haas CNC machines,
three 5 Axis DMS CNC
machines (the largest features
a 25’ x 10’ table) and two 3
Axis routers. Matt Cherrstrom,
director of engineering and
programs at Unitech, advised
us that a seventh clean room
is currently under construction
to support a large multi-year
contract with Lockheed Martin
for components on the F-35
Lightning II Joint Strike Fight-
er, currently the largest military
program in the world.
Unitech employee operating a
15’ x 30’ autoclave.
The company features a
self-contained machine shop
and tooling manufacturing
center and is able to provide in-
house non-destructive testing
(ATTU), automated prepregs
ply cutting, and laser ply place-
ment. Their new automated
prepregs lay-up machine pro-
duces quality superior to hand
lay-up and offers increased
mistake proofing, consis-
tent laminate thickness, and
elimination of bridging, voids
and variability. Cherrstrom
Construction begins on clean
Room #7 to support the
Lockheed Martin F-35 program.
pointed out that this machine
is the only one of its kind and
demonstrates how the company
is committed to investing in
technology to support future
state-of-the-art developments.
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