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LMM4.4 Requalification of Issoire as a Supplier of AIRWARE 2098 for F16 Fuselage

Wednesday, May 25, 2011: 10:30 AM
Room 301 (Long Beach Convention and Entertainment Center)
Mr. Michael Niedzinski , Alcan Global ATI, Rosemont, IL
Mr. JT Amin , Lockheed Martin, Fort Worth, TX
Dr. Frank Eberl , Alcan Rhenalu, Issoire Cedex, France
Mr. Henri Gerard , Alcan Rhenalu, Issoire Cedex, France
Mr. Ronan Dif , Alcan Rhenalu, Issoire Cedex, France
Sam Houdusse , Alcan Rhenalu, Issoire Cedex, France
AIRWARE TM 2098 has been used for the highly stressed components of F16 aircraft fuselage for the past 12 years. Recent inclusion of a new production facility necessitated requalification of this product to ensure that service characteristics of this critical material were not affected.

Product requalification required validation of the entire process and included variety of tests aimed at verifying that minimum gap exists between the incumbent and new process.

Presentation will detail methodology used and results obtained on 2098 product.

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