The Boeing 787 is a wide-body jet airliner with a carrying capacity of 210 to 330 passengers. The Boeing 787 Dreamliner is widely known as the first airliner to be made primarily from composite materials, mainly carbon fiber reinforced plastic. However, a lesser known fact about the 787 is that it also makes greater use of titanium than previous commercial aircraft (titanium used in the manufacturing of Boeing airliners is assigned a Boeing Material Specifications number, e.g. Titanium BMS 7-348).
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Orion Launch Abort System
NASA is one of the many prestigious clients that have depended on Rickard Metals for the procurement of engineered and finished products.
Offshore Oil Extraction Equipment
Rickard Metals’ projects can be found not only in space, but also in the deep, high-pressure regions of the world’s oceans.
ISS Static Test Fixture
As an experienced aerospace vendor, we not only provided titanium forgings for the LAS for the Orion capsule.
Naval High-Strength Pressure Vessels
This complex fabrication made primarily of steel was developed for the US Navy.