The INN-PAEK team is celebrating! The project has completed its first year of lifetime in January 2022. It has been 12 months of hard work, in which several milestones have been achieved regarding the development and manufacturing of the first thermoplastic flange Wheel for aeronautics.
During the first year of the project, the AITIIP technology centre team with its scientist and engineers has proceeded to make the first designs of the flange wheel. Once validated, the INN-PAEK consortium started the testing stage with the required inserts to manufacture the Flange Wheel demonstrator.
As time went on, the team started the testing of the inserts, trying different suitable materials. Currently, they are working on the injection process of the soluble inserts.
There is still a long way to go, but progress is already evident.