High-end carbon-carbon (C-C) composites represent a new material of choice for a variety of high-temperature aerospace applications from rocket nozzles to nose cones and disc brakes for commercial airliners and military jets. Currently the high cost of these materials has limited their use for markets where performance and quality take precedence over cost. NCC, along with team members Purdue University and Honeywell Aircraft Landing Systems have developed a robotic system that could reduce the production costs of lightweight, heat resistant composite materials. These efforts have the potential to make C-C composite materials affordable enough for a broad range of applications from engine parts to biomedical devices.
You may want to view a recent paper co-written by a NCC specialist by clicking on the title
Manufacture of Functionally Gradient Carbon-Carbon Composites