Photos: (Above) A spar-lamination machine will be used to make 777X wings out of carbon-fiber material in Everett. (Left) The machine will lay carbon fiber on a form, which will then be baked inside an autoclave, creating parts for a 777X wing at the Composite Wing Center. dozen of various sizes managed by Boeing Fabrication and Boeing Defense, Space & Security in Missouri, South Carolina, Utah and Washington in the U.S.; multiple sites in Australia; and Manitoba, Canada. They essentially are industrial ovens that use high pressure and heat to bake composite materials into hardened airplane parts. 10 | BOEING FRONTIERS
Frontiers September 2016 Issue
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