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Design AND CONSTRUCTION ADVICES for plastic components

When designing components for the aerospace industry, the general instructions for design with plastics must be taken into account in addition to the discussed requirements for the material.

In addition, the thermal loads must be considered. In addition to the pure temperature resistance, the thermal expansion in particular is of importance in the design of components for the aerospace industry. Often not only particularly high but also correspondingly low temperatures play an important role. Only few plastics can tolerate temperatures below -40° Celsius. Most polymers embrittle strongly under cryogenic conditions.

Furthermore, in the case of components for the aerospace industry, fire behaviour and resistance to commonly used fluids (hydraulic fluid, turbine oil) should be taken into account. The relevant authorities set strict requirements, particularly with regard to fire properties.

For space applications, outgassing behaviour and material purity (ion contamination) also play an important role, since the components are frequently used in a vacuum and must not impair sensitive measuring instruments.

Back to the list of high-performance plastics that meet most requirements and have already proven themselves in many aerospace applications.

There is demand for high-performance plastics not only for extreme applications in aerospace and defence technology, but increasingly for the wide range of applications in the solar and electrical industries, food and packaging technology, and in biotechnology, pharmaceuticals and medical technology. You can find out more by clicking on the desired industrial sector!