Fuel Costs represent the highest of all operating costs for aircraft, so it's unsurprising that in the past decade, the demand for more technologically advanced and fuel-efficient commercial aircraft has risen drastically.
Although engine technology and aerodynamic enhancements provide for vast fuel savings, weight reduction continues to deliver the ultimate payoff for aircraft fuel effiency. A heavier aircraft requires additional lift and thrust to fly no matter how efficient or aerodynamic the engines and airframe.
So significant is the effect of weight on fuel costs that the American Society of Mechanical Engineers estimated in 2013, "companies can expect to achieve and overall cost savings of 25% to 50% by converting to plastic parts."
Thermoplastics like PEEK and ULTEM make for fuel-efficient parts and components, reducing operating costs and extending flight range.
Low-observable aircraft and counter-stealth sensors benefit greatly from the stealth of radar absorbent materials.
Thermoplastics possess extreme chemical and thermal resistance, meeting challenging requirements and hostile conditions.
AIP offers a complex quality assurance process from concept to completion. We focus on product quality, fast delivery and cost-effective options. Our decades of experience in aerospace machining allow us to offer you our guidance and expertise every step of the way.
Whether you need guidance from your product’s initial vision
or require the highest precision for your project’s set specifications,
we address quality at every step of the custom plastics machining process.
We take pride in making sure your parts are manufactured better than specification every time.
“AIP is the one! From a customer design standpoint, we really haven’t dealt with any competitors who can handle the tooling or do the same things from a machining standpoint.”
-Associate Engineer
JBT Aerotech
