Airbus's Premium Aerotec division has taken delivery of a new autoclave it will use in manufacture of forward fuselage sections for the A350 XWB. The autoclave, priced at €6 million ($8.6 million), is 27m (89ft) long and 8m high, and will be installed in a new A350-dedicated production hall at Premium Aerotec's plant in Nordenham, Germany. The first cure cycle is scheduled for the turn of the year, and the autoclave should be fully available for production from the spring of 2010. Between 2009 and 2011, Premium Aerotec is investing €360 million in infrastructure for A350 aerostructure production.
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Source: Flight International
