Value Added / Shapecore
Shapecore® is machined ready for final pre-fit and bonding.
Whether you need honeycomb parts to support a production aircraft or a single part for an MRO; Texas Almet is ready to assist.
Texas Almet's familiarity with honeycomb and foam cores, adhesive core splicing / stabilizing / septumizing, as well as final assembly foam / film adhesive bond requirements, allows our customer to minimize fit-check and pre-fit times.
Purchasing complete "drop-in" honeycomb parts from Texas Almet allows our customers to focus on their core competencies of final bonding and assembly.
Value-Added processing begins with honeycomb or foam core material. Using conventional CAD/CAM techniques combined with our staff's extensive composites manufacturing expertise, Texas Almet then forms, bonds and machines a completed detail.
Texas Almet's process capabilities include:
- Slicing & sawing
- Precision handwork rout, trim and chamfer operations
- NC programming, in-house tool design and fabrication
- HOBE® machining
- 5-axis NC tool and part machining
- Oven processing
