The Space Launch System (SLS) will be the next heavy-lift launch vehicle for the National Aeronautics and Space Admin. (NASA, Washington D.C.). Composites have been chosen for both the launch vehicle structures and tooling because they offer performance and cost advantages over metals.
Many in the composites industry know that Janicki Industries introduced computer numerical control (CNC)-machined tooling to the marine industry and that it specializes in large, technically complex composite tools. But on a recent tour of its facilities, HPC discovered that this is only the top ply of an intriguing stack of layers.
Sometimes, when I tell someone from the composites industry that I am the editor of HPC, I hear this refrain (or similar): “That’s interesting. You must see a lot interesting composites facilities.” Well, yes and no. Yes, we are invited to visit some great composites manufacturing plants…
Technicians from Janicki Industries in Hamilton, Wash., work in collaboration with NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Va., and NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Ala., to build part of the Space Launch System, NASA’s next-generation launch vehicle.
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) recognized 28 suppliers at its annual Socio-Economic Business Programs (SEBP) awards luncheon held last week in Falls Church. The award recipients were acknowledged for their outstanding performance and support of SEBP, which expands subcontracting opportunities for all classes of small business concerns, including small disadvantaged, women-owned, historically underutilized business zones, veteran,...
By themselves, they don’t look like much — black threads thinner than strands of human hair, almost delicate to the touch. But weave those fine carbon fibers together in a fabric, coat them with a resin to hold them together, and now you have a material with which to build car bodies, airplane fuselages, boat...
2010 Team Janicki finished 131st out of 464 teams. In the Corporate Category the team finished 13th out of 33 teams. Janicki Team Member Janicki Job Title Race Leg Corporate Division Ranking Will Whiton Training Assistant cross country ski 1of 33 Matt Mueller Engineer downhill snowboard 4 of 33 Robbie Parsons Program Manager run 3...
Three of Washington state’s top aerospace suppliers are providing Bombardier’s Belfast factory for the new CSeries jet with sophisticated fabrication and assembly equipment, underscoring the globalization of the airplane industry.
Janicki Industries, a Sedro-Woolley-based engineering firm whose work includes high-end machining for aerospace manufacturers, will open a 50-employee plant in Utah to work on parts for the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter.
Imagine the USA, resounding winner of the 33rd America’s Cup sailboat race, sitting in the middle of Safeco Field. This trimaran would cover the infield. Its 223-foot wing sail would rise eight feet above Safeco’s roof, making it impossible to close.
Hollywood has its share of robots that have risen to stardom and most households know them by name: C-3PO and R2-D2 from Star Wars; Rosie the Maid from The Jetsons; The Fembots from Austin Powers; and WALL-E from, well, WALL-E. And that’s only a few.
Janicki Industries inc., SedroWoolley, Wash., began as a developer and producer of large, 5-axis machine tools and applied them to manufacture large tooling for boat hulls. It then began providing machining services for other industries, including aerospace.