Ascent Aerospace Launches HyVarC

Ascent Aerospace introduces HyVarC, a patent-pending Hybrid InVar and Composite mold. HyVarC layup tooling offers a cost-effective, light weight, short lead time solution for prototype and development applications. Sample HyVarC tools will be on display at: •JEC World 2018 in Paris, booth R86 in Hall 5 •AeroDef Manufacturing in Long Beach, California, March 27-28, booth 624 •SAMPE 2018 in Long Beach, California, May 21-24 Sean Henson, Product Manager, will present about this innovation at AeroDef and SAMPE. HyVarC combines a thin Invar backup structure and facesheet with a bonded, high-temperature composite working surface. The resulting tool is 50% lighter with a 20% shorter lead-time than a traditional Invar layup mold, while maintaining the same superior vacuum integrity and dimensional precision. The hybrid mold capitalizes on the desirable performance characteristics of Invar and composites to offer an ideal layup mold for prototype aerospace parts.