Eclipse 500 Case Study



Embraer Legacy Case Study
Helping Ideas Take Flight ... From Start To Finish

RCO provides aircraft manufacturers with an alternative to the way it's always been done. Bringing automotive technology, processes, quality and repeatability to the aircraft industry, we are changing the way aircraft seats and interiors are designed, built and installed.  Talk to us about your next program or upgrading your current products to automotive look, feel and comfort.




Full-Scale Mock-Ups
Seats
  • FAR Part 23
  • In-house FEA/FEM
  • High-volume manufacturing processes
  • Innovative design and materials that allow for greatly reduced seat weights - the lightest in the industry

Design Services
CAD Design Flexibility:
Program Management:
  • Unigraphics
  • Alias
  • SDRC
  • CATIA
  • Product Engineering
  • On-Site Meeting Facilities
  • Program Tracking
  • Fixed Cost or Bundle Design

Rapid Prototyping
Services:
Styling Studios For Concept Vehicles:
  • Stereolithography
  • Urethane Parts
  • Vacuum Form Molds
  • Silicone Molds
  • Carbon Fiber
  • First-Up Composite Molds
  • Full Development Cycle
  • Clay Models
  • Concept Sketch to Full-Scale Property

CAD/CAM Capabilities Including:
  • 15 NC Machines
  • On-Site Tool Design
  • EDM



Interiors Design, Engineering And Production

Prototyping
NC Cut Molds:
Injection Molding:
  • Aluminum
  • P-20 Steel (Up to 60,000 Pounds)
  • Up to 2,200 Tons On Site


Specialty Tooling:
Trim and Assembly:
  • RIM
  • Compression Molds
  • Lay-Up
  • Vacuum Form
  • Blow Molds
  • Painting
  • Inspection
  • Final Assembly
  • Sonic Welding
  • Hot Stamping
  • Mock-Ups

Soft Trim Development & Testing
Services:
Testing:
  • Concept Seats
  • Skiving
  • Pattern Development
  • Cut/Sew/Build
  • Lectra Cutter
  • Low-Volume Cut and Sew
  • Pattern Unwrapping (CAD Wrap)
  • ILD/IFO/CLD
  • Slide and Entry
  • Stree/Fatigue
  • H-Point
  • Weight and COG
  • 207/210
  • Jounce and Squirm
  • Robotic
  • Contour/Tolerance Validation
  • Knee Load

Certification Services
Checking & Scanning:
  • Die Models
  • Sheet Metal Parts
  • Plastic Parts
  • Gauges
  • Fixtures
  • Assemblies



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