Defense, Commercial Aerospace and Space
Commercial air travel, scientific space exploration vehicles, and global communications satellites operate in the most dynamic conditions known to mankind. These applications require fully optimized systems that need little to no maintenance and are lightweight to ensure maximum fuel efficiency and payload capacity. Boyd’s engineered materials technologies are deployed to seal, shield, and protect passengers, as well as sensitive instruments which are critical to safe and effective operation.
Innovate to Differentiate Performance
SOLIMIDE® Foam Sustainable Insulation Improves Safety while Lightweighting
SOLIMIDE® is an environmentally friendly, non-toxic, low density, light weight, polyimide foam designed as a high performance thermal and acoustic insulator with a uniquely wide continuous temperature range from below -325°F(-200°C) up to +572°F (+300° C). When exposed to flame, SOLIMIDE® chars rather than burns, creating a burn barrier, will not propagate flame, and emits very little smoke and no toxic fumes. It is neither hydrophobic nor hydrophilic so it doesn’t wick liquid and will float atop resting water. SOLIMIDE® foam is basically inert and doesn’t outgas, is resistant to most petroleum chemicals, doesn’t support microbial growth, is non-toxic, and doesn’t significantly change size going from extreme cold to extreme heat. When used to insulate aircraft fuselage, aerostructures, the cockpit, cabin, and cargo bay, SOLIMIDE® improves passenger and crew safety while lightweighting the aircraft to improve fuel efficiency and progress to sustainability goals.
Reduce Weight to Improve Fuel Efficiency for More Sustainable Aircraft
Allocate weight savings to greater onboard fuel storage for improved range or translate weight savings to better fuel efficiency and operator savings. Boyd’s lightweight, low mass, high performance liquid cooling and insulation systems feature innovative materials with high inherent strength at a reduced weight, fabricated for reliable long-term performance.
Create Safer, Quieter, More Comfortable Aircraft
Engine noise and temperature extremes are two primary factors that impact passenger comfort. Self-supported, ultra-lightweight thermal and acoustic insulation, SOLIMIDE® Foam, acts as a self-extinguishing flame blocker, exceeds FAR 25.856 flammability requirements, and emits very little smoke if exposed to flame. Meaning you can safely minimize engine noise and control extreme temperature exposure to the cabin without adding excessive weight, fire, or toxic smoke risk.
Enhance Comfort and Safety with Human Machine Interface Solutions
Markings, Printed Circuits Electromechanical Assemblies, and Molded Solutions
Between Boyd’s plastic injection molding, display integration, assembly, printed electronic circuitry, and specialty printing, Boyd fulfills the capabilities of multiple suppliers. From warning and safety labels to seat markers, Boyd has the expertise and capabilities to produce a broad spectrum of interior and exterior graphics for the aerospace industry. Boyd offers full-service plastics capabilities including injection molding, decoration, and assembly with our dedicated team. Leverage our breadth of experience designing sub-assemblies and complete functional devices to bring customers the best front panel solution, meeting both functional and aesthetic requirements at a competitive price.
Lower Total Cost of Ownership
Minimize or remove waste in manufacturing with optimized raw material utilization and during aircraft operation with integrated solutions that seal, and protect, designed for highest efficiency fuel and energy use. Reliable components optimize performance and prevent unexpected fleet downtime and fees. Products are designed to optimize service processes and speed during planned maintenance and repair operations for minimized downtime and MRO costs. Boyd’s widely diverse, overlapping technology portfolio enables many competing technologies to co-exist and Boyd to recommend optimal solutions for each application. All of these value drivers give you the best total value solution for your unique needs
Aerospace-Grade Quality Manufacturing
Boyd’s AS9100C certified aerospace manufacturing facilities feature quality management systems with the highest level of aerospace quality assurance throughout design, prototyping and mass production. Boyd aerospace products go through stringent environmental testing to qualify each design in application with rigidly controlled manufacturing processes that assure product consistency, meaning all manufactured components match the character of qualified designs. Highly reliable components come from replicated regional design and production operations. Many AS9100C certified sites are available across North America and Europe for redundant manufacturing processes and robust contingency planning.
SOLIMIDE® Foam vs. Other Open Cell Foam: Fire Resistance Test
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What Goes Into Making Advanced Display Solutions?
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Challenging Environments, Demanding Requirements
Military technology and the defense industry are consistently pioneering innovation as demanding field requirements drive the need for better, faster, more rugged equipment. Defense applications vary drastically in size, usage, and environment; however, all are mission-critical and must always operate at peak performance. Sub optimal performance or failure of these devices or equipment can cost not just time and money but lives and national security. Defense machinery and electronics often involve highly specific features or application needs never seen in consumer or commercial applications, demanding a culture of innovation.
Innovate Force Enablement & Readiness
Expert engineers with decades of innovative design and manufacturing experience in the defense industry are dedicated to help you overcome product limitations by designing solutions for higher power density electronics and higher system performance levels. Leading technology and innovation address the performance demands presented by the world’s leading edge defense electronic systems. Ongoing, long-term research and development partnerships with the world’s most demanding defense organizations and advanced universities drive new lightweight, compact form factor technologies that improve and create competitive advantage in readiness and force enablement.
Improve Reliability in Harsh Environments
Aviation Solutions
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Defense-Grade Quality Manufacturing
Boyd’s ITAR compliant defense manufacturing facilities are certified to AS9100D quality management systems – assuring the highest level of defense-grade quality management throughout design, prototyping, and mass production for reliable, on-specification delivered components. Boyd defense products are validated by product and application specific qualification to assure product consistency and high reliability. AS9100D certified operations are available across many sites in North America and Europe for replicated regional design and production with redundant manufacturing processes for installed and immediately available continuity support to accommodate sudden market demand surge, over capacity or in the event of a critical stop event.Related Products & Resources
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