ACTA is a composite design and fabrication company founded in 1984. It has over 100 skilled employees and specializes in composite parts for the aerospace and defense industries. Key capabilities include design, tooling, production, assembly, quality inspection, and rapid prototyping. ACTA has AS9100 and NADCAP certification.

1. Company Overview
October 2012
ACTA Corporate Proprietary Information

2. Location
•16 miles from I-70
•40 miles from I-15
• Railway 30 miles– soon
to be 5 miles
•FedEx and UPS deliver
and pickup 2 times each
day

3. Company Overview
 Composite Design & Fabrication since 1984
 Core Competencies: Design, Tooling, Build,
Assembly
 Integrated Parts & Assemblies for Aerospace & Defense
 High-Volume Production
 Rapid Prototyping – Engineering & First Article Build
 In-House Capabilities = Cost-Effective, Quick-Moving, On-Time &
Budget
 AS9100C and NADCAP Accreditation
(Composites)
 SBA Small Business
 100+ Skilled Employees

4. ACT Customers

5. Key Management
 Dr. Roland Christensen, Founder, CEO, Chief Engineer
 Founded ACT in 1984; also founded Freedom Innovations & Christensen Arms
 Previous: VP Engineering Fibertek, EDO Fiber Sciences, Hercules Inc.
 Jason Christensen, President
 15+ years aerospace composite design & manufacturing
 MBA, MSME & BS Manufacturing, BYU
 Loren Anderson, Vice President Engineering
 25+ years engineering and design
 High volume, repetitive, Lean applications
 Marc Blakely VP Sales
 20 years aerospace operations, sales, program management, composites
manufacturing
 BS, US Air Force Academy & MBA, University of Chicago
 Andy Hill, VP Program Management
 Previously General Manager and Quality Manager for ACT Aerospace
 Program Manager for Mentor-Protégé program with NAVAIR and Bell Helicopter
 Brent Wallace, CFO
 Bank Controller & CFO
 Public Accounting, Grant Thornton

6. Sister Companies
 Carbon Barreled
Hunting Rifles
 $10 Million Revenue
Business
 Co-located with ACT
Aerospace
 www.christensenarms.com

7. Sister Companies
 Freedom Innovations
 Prosthetic feet and knees
 Over 100 sets/day shipped
 $30 Million + Revenue
Business
 Founded/grown by Roland
Christensen & Family
 80% sold in 2007
 Remaining 20% sold in
2012
 Still located on-site at
ACTA

8. Engineering Capabilities
 Composite Engineering Design
 Complex Integrated Assemblies
 C4ISR Pods, External Fuel Tanks, Aircraft, UAS,
and Rotorcraft Structure
 Design for Manufacturability
 Skilled in supporting high-volume manufacturing
runs to AS9100 standards
 Rapid Prototyping
 In-house capabilities and experience allow for
quick/decisive response
 Stress and Materials Analysis
 In-house Structures DER, Materials & Processes
DER
 Allows for complete engineering package
substantiation
 Can create and deliver external loads reports,
structural substantiation reports

9. Composite Production Capabilities
Laminate Construction
 25+ hand lay up technicians Filament winding
 All prepreg/vacuum bag trained  6 ft in diameter x 50ft
 250º, 350º, 450º systems
 4 axis
 Can produce +300 lbs/day autoclave
cured laminate Laser Ply Placement
 3D Laser Projection
Autoclave curing (120 psi 450º)  ~18’x18’
 All computer controlled (ASC)
Large Oven curing
 4’ x 6’
 (8) sizes up to 8'x8'x14‘
 6’x6’
 7.5' x15’  New 9’ x 22’ oven
 10’ x 55’  Max temperature of 500º
 12’ x 40’ Paint Booth
Composite Compression molding  10’ X 14’ X 6’
 19”x24”x14” (35 ton) CNC Ply Cutting
 24”x12”x8” (2) (15 ton)  (3) 288”x52”
Freezers (-20ºF)
Composite Bladder Forming  All computer controlled and monitored
Resin Transfer Molding (SQRTM)  54’x14’
 20’x8’

10. Production Support Capabilities
 Quality Inspection
 Level III – In house  CNC Machining
 FARO Laser Tracker CMM  CAM driven machining
 Full line of Metrology Equipment  (1) 5 axis router – 10’x20’x4’
 (1) 5 axis router – 12’x8’x4’
 Non Destructive  (5) 4 axis mills
 (2) Phased Array C-Scan  (2) CNC lathes
 (2) A-Scan
 Bond Testing
 TTU  Complete Welding Fabrication
 Immersion Tank (4’x40’x2’)  TIG, MIG, ARC, etc
 Testing  Fully equipped machine stop
 MTS 55 kip
 R/I Composite Material
 INFOR Visual ERP System
 Fatigue
 Tension/Compression
 Pressure
 Diamond DMA
 Thermal Analysis
 Environmental Test Chamber
 48”x48”x54”
 -40º to 375º

11. Analysis, Materials, Quality/Testing
Support
 Structures and M&P DER on staff
 Structural and Vibration Analysis
 Typically support R&D programs with full stress reports
 Part 23 and 25 experience
 Full Internal Test Lab
 Robust Materials/Quality Testing Capability
 Testing conducted daily for:
 Bell Helicopter
 Cirrus Design
 Honda Aircraft Company
 Agusta Westland
 Others
 FAA Material Site Qualification achieved for Toray
T700/2510 system
 Allowables testing currently in process for another system

12. Door Assemblies

13. Filament Winding
• For this program ACTA built/certified:
• New Class 2000 clean room
• New 4-axis winding machine
• New oven
Filament Wound Fuel Tank

14. Cirrus G3 Wing Main Spar
 Parts
 Over 2000 delivered to
date
 Spar: 40 feet part length
 ~70 lbs each
 (4-16) per week
 Autoclave cure
 100% C-scan (immersion)
 Description
 Full FAA conformance to
CFR 14 part 23
 Toray Material Site
Qualification
 Documentation

15. Various Assembies
ACTA routinely produces various small assemblies
• Composite structure
• Full assembly (Nut cages / bonding)
• Complete NDI / NDT to be completed
• Fabricate all tooling in house

16. Primary Structure
 Parts
 130 different parts for
V-22, UH-1Y, ARH, V-
22
 Autoclave cure
 Hand lay up
 Class I parts
 Description
 Stiffeners, intercostals
 Ballistic panels
 Bonded core panels
 Assembly

17. Sandwich Structures
Structural Panel – Sandwich Construction

18. External Pod Structures
 External Stores Pod
 Fabrication
 Machining
 Tooling
 Assembly
 Description
 Designed and fabricated all
tooling including stress
analysis, composite lay up,
drill/trim, and assembly
fixtures.

19. Wing Box Assemblies
Large Assemblies – Wing Structure
• Composite / core structure
• Full assembly
• Complete NDI / NDT
• Fabricated all tooling in house

20. Aero Shell Structures
Aero Shell for Large Structure – Cored Panel with Curvature

21. Compression Molding
• ACTA produces several
thousand compression
molded parts per year

22. Engineering / CAD Systems
 CAD/solid modeling
 CATIA V5 (6 Seats)
 CATIA V4 (1 Seat)
 Solid Works
 Pro/E
 FEA
 MSC Nastran
 ELFINI
 Cosmos/GeoStar
 CAM
 CATIA V5
 Master CAM
 Computer Aided Composite Design
 CATIA V5 CPM and CPE
 Proprietary Laminate Analysis Programs

23. Facilities / Capacity
 130,000 + 50,000 (new)
square feet of
manufacturing space
 50,000 square feet
available for new projects
 3 different facilities

24. NDI Capabilities
• OmniScan
• (2) OmniScan Phased
Array
• C-Scan
• A-Scan
• S-Scan
• Bonda Scope (Bond
testing)

25. NDI Capabilities
• Through Transmission
Unit (TTU)
• Computer
automated
• 2540 mm x 1067
mm scan area
• Scan up to 305
mm/sec
• Fully self contained
• Flat/Core panels

26. Summary
 Highly Experienced and Successful Company
 Rate Production of Complex Structures and
Assemblies
 Composite Design, Analysis, Tooling, Production
Experts
 Vertically Integrated with Strong In-House
Capabilities
 CNC Machining, Tool Design, etc.
 Result: Lower Costs and Decreased Cycle Times
 AS 9100 / NADCAP
 AS 9100 (2006)
 NADCAP (2010)

27. Contact Information
Applied Composite Technology Aerospace
425 East 400 North
Gunnison, UT 84634
Marc Blakely – Vice President
marcb@actaero.com
303-520-6379