Swift's New 30 Foot Autoclave Now Online
SWIFT'S NEW 30 FOOT AUTOCLAVE NOW ONLINE
San Clemente, California – August 31st, 2012
Swift Engineering’s new onsite state-of-the-art composite manufacturing facility is one step closer to completion with the new 10 by 30 foot and 4 by 8 foot ASC autoclaves having come online and being used to produce composite components.
“With the successful installation and subsequent commissioning of the autoclaves, Swift is now one of very few companies in Southern California with the capability to cure composite structures of this size. Already, the new 10 by 30 ft autoclave is booked until the end of this year, both for internal projects and those of our customers. The project’s focus is now on finishing our highly-advanced 3,850 square foot clean room for lamination of aerospace and space grade composite tools and components. We anticipate our new clean room will be operational by December,” said Casper van der Schoot whom in addition to heading-up Swift’s motorsport operations is also overseeing the company’s significant infrastructure and resource expansion.
Swift’s new clean room, along with its two new autoclaves, is housed in a new onsite 10,000 square foot manufacturing facility. This Class 100,000 rated clean room has a high split-level ceiling measuring twelve and sixteen feet in height and will accommodate moulds up to 75 ft long.
In addition to tightly controlled and monitored temperature and humidity values, Swift’s new clean room boasts an advanced and powerful air filtration and circulation system to provide an extremely low level of airborne particles. Swift’s new clean room exceeds any current aerospace standard for the manufacture of composite components.
“Our new clean room is designed to never allow more than 100,000 particles of 0.5 microns or larger per cubic foot of air,” stated Roger Buttacavoli, Swift’s Director of Operations; for contextual reference a human hair is about 75-100 microns in diameter. “The clean room will be airtight and pressurized and feature an airlock, while epoxy coatings make all surfaces washable.”
Following the highly recognized Nadcap accreditation for composites and in anticipation of more stringent industry standards for the manufacture of composites, Swift is further positioning itself to land major space and aerospace contracts with the addition of this advanced composite manufacturing facility.
About Swift Engineering, Inc.
Founded in 1983 and headquartered in San Clemente, CA, Swift Engineering is a leading provider of light weight aerodynamic structures and high performance vehicles. Swift Engineering has diverse experience as a designer, developer and manufacturer of lightweight advanced composite products and concept vehicles. Recent achievements include the Eclipse Concept Jet and an all new one-make chassis for Formula Nippon, the premier Formula racing series in Japan. The company's products support commercial and U.S. national security initiatives in highly complex environments requiring world-class engineering reliability, scalability, flexibility and rapid manufacturing. For more information on Swift Engineering please visit www.swiftengineering.com
Swift Honored With Composite Industry Manufacturing Innovation Award
JEC AMERICAS AWARDS SWIFT FOR COMPOSITE MANUFACTURING PROCESS INNOVATION
San Clemente, California – November 08, 2012
Swift Honored With Composite Industry Manufacturing Innovation Award
Swift Engineering received the coveted composite industry award for best ‘Process Innovation’ by JEC Americas at their fourteenth annual awards held at its convention in Boston, Massachusetts. Initially Swift’s process innovation was used to produce highly-advanced aerodynamic racecar wings; however, now it has evolved its award-winning process for aerospace components for its tier one and tier two clients.
JEC’s Process Innovation Award recognized Swift Engineering and its partnership with material supplier partners Umeco’s Richmond Aircraft Products and Advanced Composites Group, which were both recently acquired by Cytec. Swift created a complex load-bearing, aerodynamic composite structure that traditionally required autoclave manufacturing and developed an out-of-autoclave press mold process that co-cures the external skins and internal spar structure in single one- cure cycle. This shortened process produces structures with excellent outer mold line repeatability, reduces production time by half and thereby reduces manufacturing costs by 30 percent compared to conventional three-piece autoclave process.
JEC launched its Innovation Awards Program in 1998 with the goal of both celebrating and promoting the very best new innovations in composites. Since then, its innovation awards has involved 1,600 businesses, and rewarded 177 companies and 433 partners for their leading contributions toward advancing composites technology and enhancing value for end-users.
For more information about the 2012 JEC Americas Innovation Awards, visit:
1. Rick Heise, Swift Director of Business Development, holds the Process Innovation Award at the JEC 2012 Convention, Boston, MA
2. Swift’s Formula Nippon racecar wings are manufactured using Swift’s innovative out-of-autoclave co-cured press mold process
3. Swift’s development component: 7-blade carbon fiber propeller also produced via its out-of-autoclave co-cured press mold process
About Swift Engineering, Inc.
Founded in 1983 and headquartered in San Clemente, CA, Swift Engineering is a vertically integrated, multi-disciplined manufacturing and engineering company specializing in the design, development and manufacturing of lightweight composite structures, components and vehicles. Swift works to the highest aerospace composite standards and is Nadcap Composites, ISO 9001, AS9100 certified and approved and ITAR registered. Swift’s products, from turn-key complete vehicle design and production to individual component solutions, support commercial and U.S. national security initiatives in highly complex environments requiring world-class engineering reliability, scalability, flexibility and rapid manufacturing. For more information on Swift Engineering please visit www.swiftengineering.com
About JEC
JEC is the largest composites industry organization in Europe and in the world with a network of 250,000 professionals. JEC represents, promotes and expands composites markets by providing global or local networking and information services. Through knowledge and networking, the JEC experts offer a comprehensive service package: the JEC publications – including strategic studies, technical books and the JEC Composites Magazine – the weekly international e-letter “World Market News” and the French e-letter JEC Info Composites.
JEC also organizes JEC Europe Show in Paris – world and European leader, strongly supported by the industry and five times bigger than any other composites exhibition – JEC Asia in Singapore and JEC Americas in Boston, the Web Hub www.jeccomposites.com, the JEC Composites Conferences, Forums and Workshops (including I.C.S., the Innovative Composites Summit) in Paris, Singapore and Boston, and the JEC Innovation Awards program (Europe, Asia, America, India and China).
Swift Joins Sikorsky As A Team Member For Its Revolutionary S-97 Program
SWIFT JOINS SIKORSKY AS A TEAM MEMBER FOR ITS REVOLUTIONARY S-97 PROGRAM
San Clemente, California – December 10, 2012
Sikorsky Aircraft Corporation, a global leader in helicopters and designers and builders of the world's most advanced helicopters for commercial, industrial, and military use, added Swift Engineering as a proud team member of its S-97 Raider program.
Sikorsky’s S-97 Raider is the next-generation attack helicopter using its proven X2 Technology delivering excellent low speed helicopter capabilities with no configuration change to enable high-speed flight. The S-97 can reach speeds of more than 200 knots (253 m.p.h.) and has a flight ceiling of 10,000 feet.
Swift will design and manufacture complex composite structures for Sikorsky’s S-97 Raider, which is poised to revolutionize helicopter aviation. Find out more at: http://raider.sikorsky.com/
About Swift Engineering, Inc.
Founded in 1983 and headquartered in San Clemente, CA, Swift Engineering is a vertically integrated, multi-disciplined manufacturing and engineering company specializing in the design, development and manufacturing of lightweight composite structures, components and vehicles. Swift works to the highest aerospace composite standards and is Nadcap Composites, ISO 9001, AS9100 certified and approved and ITAR registered. Swift’s products, from turn-key complete vehicle design and production to individual component solutions, support commercial and U.S. national security initiatives in highly complex environments requiring world-class engineering reliability, scalability, flexibility and rapid manufacturing. For more information on Swift Engineering please visit www.swiftengineering.com
About Sikorsky Aircraft Corp
Sikorsky Aircraft Corp., based in Stratford, Conn., is a world leader in helicopter design, manufacture, and service. Its parent company, United Technologies Corp., based in Hartford, Conn., provides a broad range of high technology products and support services to the aerospace and building systems industries.
This press release contains forward-looking statements concerning potential production and sale of helicopters. Actual results may differ materially from those projected as a result of certain risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to changes in government procurement priorities and practices, budget plans or availability of funding or in the number of aircraft to be built; challenges in the design, development, production and support of advanced technologies; as well as other risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to those detailed from time to time in United Technologies Corporation's Securities and Exchange Commission filings.
Welcome To Swift Engineering, Inc.
Swift Engineering has a 28 year reputation for world-class composite design, engineering and manufacturing. Swift works to the highest aerospace composite standards and Nadcap, ISO 9001, AS9100 certified and approved and ITAR registered.
Swift's services include tooling and build-to-print composite manufacturing with materials such as carbon fiber, Kevlar, fiberglass and Bismaleimide (BMI). Processes include autoclave, out-of-autoclave and press curing with hand lay-up laminates and cored structures.
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Swift Engineering Mission Statement
To provide our customers with high-performance solutions that add value and sustainable competitive advantage to their business and exceed their expectations in terms of quality, cost, flexibility and delivery; all while generating a reasonable return to our company.
