Gondolas covers the structural enclosures suspended beneath airships, balloons, and certain fixed-wing or rotary platforms to house crew, payload, or equipment, encompassing monocoque and semi-monocoque shell construction in CFRP, aluminium alloy, and hybrid composite laminates, together with attachment rigging interfaces, pressure-tight bulkhead integration, and environmental sealing to relevant aviation structural certification standards.
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Sectors serving Airframe Assemblies companies:
Composite Materials •
Fasteners •
Structural Components •
Metals •
Composite Processes & Manufacturing •
Manufacturing Services •
Forming Processes •
Mechanical Hardware •
Tubing, Hoses & Conduits •
Fluid Power •
Adhesives •
Machining & Metal Removal •
Non-metal Materials •
Design •
Seals & Sealing •
Actuation •
Plastics •
Bearings •
Design Software •
Processes •
Metal Processing & Heat Treatment •
Mechanical Connectors •
Coatings •
Shielding •
Additive & Advanced Manufacturing •
Sensors, Transducers & Detectors •
Chemicals •
Environmental Systems •
Computer Integrated Manufacturing •
Technical Consultants •
Electrical Power Systems •
Terminals, Relays & Switching •
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