Novakinetics
Our Services
Novakinetics offers a full range of composite manufacturing services, from engineering and design*, testing and qualification, to volume production. All our work is conducted to aerospace standards, with documented work instructions, materials traceability, and comprehensive final inspections before product is delivered to our clients.
*Novakinetics engineering and design services are independent of our AS9100 manufacturing quality system.
Composites Production
Engineering and Design*
Novakinetics provides engineering and design* assistance from an engineering team that has many years of hands-on experience with the art of composites. We start with your design requirements and optimize for strength, stiffness, light weight, cost, or an appropriate mixture of those properties. Our favorite tools include Solidworks modeling, 2D CAD, and 3D printing, as well as foam-and-fiberglass mockups.
*Novakinetics engineering and design services are independent of our AS9100 manufacturing quality system.
Tooling
Testing and Qualification
Our Products
Prepreg Advanced Composites
Wet Layup Fiberglass
Cool Seats
Projects
Here are some of our more significant projects:
Air Tractor Ram Air Inlet:
In the early 2000s, Air Tractor was feeling the need to improve the ram air efficiency of its larger PT6 engine installations. Among the design criteria was the need to not increase the vertical cross-section area at the very front of the airplane, so that lateral-directional stability would not be compromised. In other words, we were challenged to create a ram air nose cowl in the exact same footprint as the existing nose cowl! We used the air inlet design criteria from Pratt & Whitney’s PT6 installation manual and crafted a quick foam-and-fiberglass modification to the existing Air Tractor nose cowl. Initial flight tests showed a significant reduction in ITT temperatures and an improvement in high-and-hot engine performance over the original air intake design. Refined versions of this cowl were adapted for production and have been in service ever since.