CORE BUSINESS
The EC-Group is a global player in the field of advanced and demanding composites products. We offer technical solutions based on advanced composites adapted to the needs of our customers: we can develop solutions to your exact requirements, or we manufacture products precisely to your specifications. Just how it fits best for you and your production strategy.
PRODUCTS & SERVICES
• Advanced composites parts production
• Machined and/or formed composite parts
• Design and manufacturing of tools and moulds
• Completion of drop-in parts (inserts, reinforcements, extruded profiles, priming, grinding, coating)
• Autoclave processing
• Resin infusion and resin transfer moulding processes for interior and structural parts
• Final assembly of complete units
• Kevlar®, Nomex®, Glassfibre and Aluminium Honeycomb (with or without perforation)
• Sandwich panels (flat and curved structures)
TECHNICAL MEANS
• RI – resin infusion
• Autoclave
• FSW – friction stir welding
• Coating
• CAD/CAM software
• CNC milling centers
• Sandwich panel production
• Honeycomb production
• Quality control and measurement tools
• Laboratory for mechanical tests
• X-ray chamber
MAIN CUSTOMERS
ESA, QinetiQ Space, Airbus Defence and Space, Boeing, Thales Alenia Space, MDA Corporation, Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt (DLR), SENER
MAJOR SPACE PROJECTS
Ongoing Projects
• EUCLID: Aluminum External Panels manufacturing
• PROBA Next (P200): Aluminum structural panels, CFRP solar array substrates, Solar Array substrates
• PROBA-3: Aluminum structural panels, CFRP solar array substrates, Solar Array substrates
• PROBA-3: Optical bench
Heritage
ESA PROJECTS
• Small Geo: CFRP and Aluminum Structural Panels, Transport boxes and Heat Pipe Test Panel for the Platform
• PROBA-V: Aluminum structural panels, CFRP solar array substrates, Solar Array substrates
• BepiColombo: High Temperature Aluminum Core (Flight Hardware)
• Perforated Hoenycomb core: Qualification of perforated honeycomb types for Space application
• Quartz-Glass honeycomb core and sandwich panels: RF transparent glass fibre sandwich panels
STUDIES
• Light-weight, torsion-free structural panel with excellent surface properties
• Development of CFRP radiator panels with integrated fluid tubes
• Manufacturing of Honeycomb panel with embedded heat pipes for telecommunication satellites
• Study for structural CFRP thermal conditions
PROJECTS
• Abrixas: Support panel for solar arrays
• BIRD: Solar Array support panels
• Herschel & Planck: Sub-Platform Test Dummy and Solar Panel Test Dummies
• Astrosat100: Structural Panel, Aluminum face sheets
• TET: Solar array panels, Payload panel
