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INDUSTRIES WE SERVE
Plastics for the Aerospace Industry
From cabin interiors to landing-gear components, aerospace runs on engineered plastics: they cut weight, resist flame and corrosion, and stand in for metal wherever every gram costs fuel. Colorado Plastics stocks the aerospace-grade materials Front Range aerospace companies spec, and machines them to your drawings under an ISO 9001:2015 quality system with material certs on request.
Common Aerospace Applications
Landing gear components
Windows, canopies, dust covers
Trays and tray tables
Mirrors
Seals
Good insulators
Interior wall panels and luggage compartments
Pipes and tubing
Wiring conduits
Collapsible air duct rib
Transparency to electromagnetic signals
Ventilation ducting and seals
Fasteners
Bushings and bearings
Why Plastics Win
- Lightweight
- Reduced maintenance
- Design flexibility (colors, textures)
- Thermoformability
- Corrosion resistant
- Chemical and impact resistant
- Good insulator
- Easily fabricated
- Broad range of being temperature resistant
- Flame, smoke and toxicity resistant
Materials We Supply
- Acetal (POM)
- Acrylic (PMMA)
- Acrylonitrile-Butadiene-Styrene (ABS)
- Fluorinated Ethylene Propylene (FEP)
- Perfluoroalkoxy (PFA)
- Polyamide (PA)
- Polyamide-Imide (PAI)
- Polyarylsulphone (PAS)
- Polycarbonate (PC)
- Polyetheretherketone (PEEK)
- Polyetherimide (PEI)
- Polyethylene (PE)
- Polyimide (PI)
- Polyphenylene oxide (modified PPO)
- Polyphenylene sulfide (PPS)
- Polytetrafluroethylene (PTFE)
- Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC)/Acrylic
- Thermoplastic composites (phenolics)
HOW WE SUPPORT AEROSPACE
Stocked, cut to size, and machined to your drawings
Sheet, rod and tube in the grades this industry specs, no full-sheet minimums. CNC routing, laser cutting, bending, welding and machining under our ISO 9001:2015 system (Cert No. 23746), with material certs and first article inspection on request. Prototype to production.
