Manufacturing Components for the Aerospace Industry
Fictiv accelerates innovation and simplifies sourcing for aerospace – from prototype to production.
Instant pricing & DFM
Design & Manufacturing Guidance from Industry Experts
ISO 9001:2015 quality certification
Tight tolerances & 2D drawings accepted
In-Network Finishing, Joining and Assembly
Aerospace Manufacturing from Prototype to Production for New Product Development
Fictiv only supports manufacturing of aerospace parts for non-export-restricted projects.
Prototyping
Rapid turn-around times for early stage designs with a wide range of 3D printing technologies and urethane casting.
Rapid turn-around times for early stage designs with a wide range of 3D printing technologies and urethane casting.
Detailed prototypes for complex geometry
Rapid Urethane Casting
Looks-like models
Rapid Multi Jet Fusion 3D Printing
Engineering Validation Testing
Iterate quickly on high-precision, functional prototypes with tight-tolerance CNC Machining, Gear Hobbing, and Rapid Design Molds.
Precision gear manufacturing
High quality design options for Design of Experiments
Rapid Design Molds with steel tooling at low quantities
Optimize material properties for your design
Wide selection of materials available for CNC Machining
Design Validation Testing
Validate part strength, functionality, and aesthetic finish with production-grade injection molding at prototype speeds and CNC machining with a wide range of finishing options.
High quality parts for testing strength and vibration
Rapid Design Molds with steel tooling at low quantities
Validate appearance and durability of surface finish
A wide range of post-processing options available for CNC Machined parts
Production Validation Testing
Prepare your designs for scale, with production-grade manufacturing capabilities at low volumes and advanced quality control services with transparent documentation
Rapid delivery of production quality parts to verify manufacturing method
Production Tooling at low volumes
Test fixtures to verify functionality and yield of production-ready parts
CNC Machining with fast lead times
Production
Seamlessly transition into production, with end-use parts delivered rapidly and adoption of your precise quality requirements into the Fictiv manufacturing system.
Tight tolerances on precision metal parts at production quantities
Precision CNC Machining with tolerances as tight as +/- 0.0002 in
Custom plastic parts for production in quantities from 10 – 1M units
Injection Molding with a wide range of secondary operations
Custom quality inspection plans and volume discounts
Available with Fictiv Enterprise
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Fictiv Expert Guidance on Aerospace Product Development
Abhishek Das is a Fictiv Customer Program Manager with over 7 years experience in aerospace design and manufacturing and Samson Olanrewaju is a Fictiv Technical Applications Engineer with over 10 years of aerospace engineering experience.
Here are their top tips:
- Fundamental Principles:
- Understand the basics and fundamental principles behind aerospace engineering, including aerodynamics, fluid mechanics, materials science, and propulsion systems.
- Material Research and Testing:
- Focus on learning about the materials you are using. Research them and test them out.
- Understand the finishing processes and why you should choose one over the other.
- Software Proficiency
- Gain proficiency in industry-standard software like ANSYS, MATLAB, SolidWorks, etc.
- Understand how to leverage these tools to your advantage.
- Don’t overlook surface modeling as it can be a powerful tool in your engineering arsenal.
- Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD):
- Develop a great understanding of CFD, as it can reduce design iterations.
- Design for Manufacturability:
- Consider manufacturability when designing any part.
- When setting up a model tree in CAD, keep the process flow in mind.
- Stay updated with current manufacturing technology improvements.
- Hands-on Manufacturing Experience:
- If you have access to a machine shop, try manufacturing processes yourself.
- Geometric Dimensioning and Tolerancing (GD&T):
- Learn to master geometric tolerances early on; this prevents excessive use of direct limit tolerances.
- Consider tolerance stack-up early in assembly design.
- Prototyping:
- Utilize 3D printing for prototyping CNC machined parts.
- Gain as much hands-on experience with prototyping as possible.
- Poka-Yoke Principle:
- Apply the poka-yoke principle when designing fixtures/jigs, theorizing about manufacturability, and determining how to assemble parts.
Why Aerospace Companies Choose Fictiv
10x Tighter Tolerances
Fictiv can machine parts with tolerances as tight as+/ – 0.0001 in -10x greater precision compared to other leading services.
Increased Productivity
Engineers get time back by not dealing with immature supply chains or lack of supply chain staffing in their company and get parts fast.
With quotes in minutes and parts in days, aerospace engineers can reduce cycle times by as much as 50% with Fictiv.
World Class Quality
Fictiv provides aerospace parts for leading aerospace enterprises, verified to be compliant with ISO9001 quality standard by a certified registrar. Also, our network includes AS9100 certified manufacturing partners, as needed.
Nadcap special process certified finishing shops integrated in our fortune-500 network.
Honeywell Aerospace
Using Fictiv, the manufacturing engineering team at Honeywell Aerospace was able to cut down the lead time for a critical component in the RE100 Auxiliary Power Unit (APU) from 22 weeks to just 3 weeks.
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