Markets & Applications - Aerospace

Gravity Fuel Valve

Component material : Peek

Key points :
High End Eng Thermo Plastic materials offering high temp & chemical resistance within critical aerospace fuel valve application.

Tooling Type:
Full hardened production tooling designed by LGGC

Market : Aerospace
Volumes : Low/Medium size batches
Export / UK : Customer usage Worldwide

LGGC Production inputs :
involved at initial concept design & conducted material trials & fully tooled product.
Components assembled onsite within LGGC facility & full lot of traceability for all items individually packaged.

Fuel Switch Enclosure

Component material : PPS

Key points :
Engineering Polymer for short term high temperature usage - Thermo Plastic

Tooling Type:
Fully hardened production tooling customer supplied

Market : Aerospace
Volumes : Low/Medium batch size
Export / UK : Worldwide usage

LGGC Production inputs :
LGGC received tooling & concentrated on initial supply whilst also integrating now tooling to allow further similar products to be manufactured from the same tooling by designing change over parts to minimise tooling costs on subsequent projects.

Solenoid Cover

Component material : Epoxy

Key points :
Engineering polymer with excellent high temp & electrical & chemical resistance

Tooling Type:
Fully hardened production tooling designed by LGGC

Market : Military application
Volumes : Low Volume
Export / UK : U.S. End of line customer

Switch cover

Component material : PBT Thermoplastic

Key points :
Rigid & strong thermoplastic

Tooling Type:
Low volume production tooling on Manumold moulding machines

Market : Aerospace
Volumes : Low
Export / UK : Worldwide usage

LGGC Production inputs :
On initial component enquiry it was apparent that the low volume & multiversion aspects of product lent itself to a single dedicated tooling system which produces parts which are then CNC machined onsite to customer specific requirements.

Terminal block mounting place

Component material : DMC Thermoset Polymer

Key points :
Excellent electrical properties

Tooling Type: Customer tooling

Market : Aerospace
Volumes : Low batch sizes
Export / UK : Worldwide

LGGC Production inputs :
LGGC manufacture all overmould inserts, of which there are over 15 parts onsite & fully assemble and overmould final product including final machining - therefore customer orders 1 part.

End cap

Component material : PPS - Thermoplastic

Key points :
Medium volume moulded product with high tolerance machining to finish product

Tooling Type:
Customer Composite Tooling

Market : Aerospace
Volumes : Medium batch
Export / UK : Worlwide

LGGC Production inputs :
LGGC inherited tooling from customer & upon sample procedures highlighted non conformance, then implemented corrective actions to allow production to customer to be maintained.