AEROSPACE—Through innovation and product development, Menon actively addresses the problems that face the aerospace industry on a daily basis.  Platforms being supported by the Company are shown. Both military and commercial airliners are supported by the Company.

•    Solving Aircrafts’ Contaminants problem: MENTOR-200
Contaminants in composite prepregs and final structure lead to degradation in mechanical properties of the part.  This may lead to loss in human lives as well as the aircraft during operation. 

The Aerospace Division takes pride in building innovative products to solve the most difficult problems in the field for next generation aircrafts.  Working closely with the US Department of Defense and major prime contractors in the aerospace arena, the Company built the MENTOR-200, an imaging system, to detect contaminants in the early uncured prepreg stages, in the presence of tooling, cured parts and other stages in part production.  Any foreign object that is not resin or fiber is termed contaminants or FOD.  Thus FOD may be paper, plastic, metal shavings, release films, and other materials.

•    Solving Aircrafts’ Heat Damage problem: MENTOR-300
During service, heat damage may result due to fuel burn or over-cure of the structure due to uncontrolled heating during repair.  There are many reasons for heat damage while aircraft is operational in the field.  The most important issue is to detect “incipient” or “early onset of” heat damage since this can lead to an intelligent decision to repair or replace the part prior to catastrophic failure. 

The Aerospace Division takes pride in building innovative products to solve the most difficult problems in the field for next generation aircrafts.  Working closely with the US Department of Defense and major prime contractors in the aerospace arena, the Company built the MENTOR-300, a spectroscopic system, to generate data from the composite.  A proprietary algorithm and calibration curve gives quantitative results regarding incipient heat damage.