Facilities
The repair or overhaul of these components is accomplished at the Repair Station's facility in Fort Worth, Texas, which is conveniently located near Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. The facility has more than 135,000 square feet of working area, all of which is climate controlled.
Below is a list of the equipment on site that Texas Air Composites utilizes for the repair / overhaul of aircraft parts:
- 4' Sheet metal Brake
- 4' Sheet metal Shear
- Adhesive prime booth (8' x 12')
- Air Compressor (25 & 30 hp)
- Autoclave (6' diameter inside x 18' long; capable of 400 F & 100-PSI)
- Bridgeport Machine
- Clean Rooms (26' x 56' & 16' x 20')
- Etch Line (Qualified to BAC5555)
- Flame Spray Equipment
- Forming Press (48" x 96" & capable of 100 ton)
- Grinding Booth (10' x 20')
- Heated Press (4' x 4')
- Hot Bonder (Wichitec & Heatcon Two Zone)
- Laminating Presses (18" x 18" & 24" X 24"; both capable of 3500 F and 100-PSI bond line pressure)
- Lathe Machine
- Media Blast Cabinet (3 - 3' x 3')
- Measuring Equipment (capable of tolerances to .000)
- MIG Welding Machine
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Ovens (2 - Walk-In & 4 - Small Parts Ovens
- Paint Booths (8' x 25' + 10' x 20')
- Small Parts Oven (1' x 2' & capable of 4500 F)
- Thermoplastic Vacuum Forming Machine (36" x 36")
- TIG Welding Machine
- Vacuum Pumps (15 hp)
- Walk in Freezer (8’ x 8’ x 12’ & capable of –15 F)
- Walk in Oven (8’ x 8’ x 12’ & capable of 4500 F)
