Airborne UK

Airborne UK is an engineering, design and manufacturing company specializing in composite materials. Our unique capability is to take concepts through from initial design, through prototyping, scale up and the application of automation for high volume, cost effective manufacture.

Airborne UK wish to make composites affordable through application of automation. This can be individual process automation such as pick and place, ply sorting or automated potting of honeycomb; or bespoke end to end automation solutions for specific requirements.

Last update: Wed, 14 December 2022

Trading Name: Airborne UK

Address: Membury Airfield,
Lambourn,
West Berkshire,
RG17 7TJ

Website: http://www.airborne.com

Telephone: 01488 72224

Membership: Composites UK

Markets
Aerospace
Agriculture
Automotive
Construction
Cross Sector
Defence
Electronics: Consumer
Energy
Highways
Leisure
Marine
Medical
Mining
Oil & Gas
Rail
Renewable Energy
Satellite and Communications
Space
Sport
Sustainable Composites: Furniture/Lifestyle
Truck, Bus & Industrial
Upholstery and Apparel
Utilities: Water
Wave & Tidal Energy
Wind Energy

Organisation Activities

  • Business Support/Knowledge Transfer
  • Equipment
  • Manufacture & Assembly
  • Product Design
  • Research & Development
  • Software

Organisation Markets

  • Aerospace
  • Automotive
  • Construction
  • Defence
  • Leisure
  • Marine
  • Medical
  • Motorsport
  • Oil & Gas
  • Rail
  • Space
  • Truck, Bus & Industrial
  • Wave & Tidal Energy
  • Wind Energy

Raw Materials Used

  • Bagging Films & Fabrics
  • Balsa Wood
  • Carbon Fibre
  • Curing Agents
  • Epoxy Resin
  • Foam - Rigid
  • Foam - Syntactic
  • Glass Fibre
  • Release Agents

Semi-finished Materials Used

  • Adhesives
  • Gel Coats
  • Non-Crimp Fabrics
  • Specialist Resin Formulations
  • Thermoset Prepreg
  • Tissues & Surface Veils
  • Woven Fabrics

Equipment Used

  • AFP
  • Ansys
  • ATL
  • Automation Software
  • Clean Room
  • Composite Tooling
  • Cure Monitoring
  • End Effector
  • Infusion
  • Laminating Aids
  • Machining
  • Mechanical Testing
  • Metrology
  • Mixers (e.g. for SMC/BMC)
  • Oven
  • Press
  • Robots
  • RTM
  • Surface Equipment

Equipment Produced

  • AFP
  • ATL
  • ATL Head
  • Automation Software
  • End Effectors
  • Robots

Equipment Distributed

  • AFP
  • ATL
  • ATL Head
  • Automation Software
  • End Effectors
  • Robots

Equipment for Hire

  • AFP
  • ATL
  • ATL Head
  • End Effectors
  • Robots

Processes Used

  • Adhesive Bonding
  • Gel Coating
  • Mechanical Fastening
  • Oven/Autoclave Curing
  • Post-Cure
  • Preforming
  • Prepreg Hand Lay-Up
  • Surface Finishing
  • Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Moulding
  • Welding