Northwest Aerospace News February | March 2018 Issue No. 1 | Page 27

U nitech Composites is well equipped to provide a broad range of products and services to their customers. Their equipment list includes six clean rooms, three autoclaves (the largest of which is 15’ x 30’), four ovens (the largest of which is 24’ x 26’), three 4 Axis Haas CNC machines, three 5 Axis DMS CNC machines (the largest features a 25’ x 10’ table) and two 3 Axis routers. Matt Cherrstrom, director of engineering and programs at Unitech, advised us that a seventh clean room is currently under construction to support a large multi-year contract with Lockheed Martin for components on the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fight- er, currently the largest military program in the world. Unitech employee operating a 15’ x 30’ autoclave. The company features a self-contained machine shop and tooling manufacturing center and is able to provide in- house non-destructive testing (ATTU), automated prepregs ply cutting, and laser ply place- ment. Their new automated prepregs lay-up machine pro- duces quality superior to hand lay-up and offers increased mistake proofing, consis- tent laminate thickness, and elimination of bridging, voids and variability. Cherrstrom Construction begins on clean Room #7 to support the Lockheed Martin F-35 program. pointed out that this machine is the only one of its kind and demonstrates how the company is committed to investing in technology to support future state-of-the-art developments. FEBRUARY | MARCH 2018 ISSUE NO. 1 27