Our Capabilities

Globally recognised accreditations

Advanced composites manufacturing facilities


Quickstep services international defence and commercial aerospace customers from our 16,000 sqm state-of-the-art composite manufacturing plant at Bankstown Airport in Sydney.  Our AS9100 Rev/ISO9001:2015 quality standards accreditation recognises our commitment to quality.

In 2011, we received  QPL qualification from Northrop Grumman Corporation for the F-35 Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter manufacturing program.

Our facilities position us as Australia’s largest independent advanced composite manufacturer, capable of almost all facets of composite parts production.

 

Production engineering

Quickstep capabilities


  • Production engineering, manufacture and testing of advanced composite components to aerospace and defence-quality standards
  • Full Catia V5 6R2018 with CPD workbench for composite ply development, integrated with manufacturing and testing equipment
  • CAD/CAM workstations with CATIA V5 6R2018 and DELMIA V5 integrated
  • Precision milling machines – one Breton five-axis: bed 4.5m x 2.5m x 1.5m, and one Breton five-axis: bed 8m x 3.5m x 1.3m; temperature controlled
  • Coordinate measuring machine – Wenzel 3m x 6m x 2m; temperature controlled
Machines of Quickstep
  • NDT ultrasonic inspection, two-axis NDT, TT and UT and 10-axis NDT and TT
  • Autoclaves – two Bondtech 3m x 8m and one Scholtz 5.2m × 13.5m
  • Batch oven – GTD oven 2m x 3m x 7m
  • Over 2,200 sqm of temperature and humidity-controlled clean rooms
  • Laser ply projectors – eight Virtek and eight LAP heads
  • Ply cutting machines – one Gerber DCS 2500-54, one Gerber GTXL and one Eastman Eagle C125
  • Three spray paint booths, one prep booth and one cure oven
Test Laboratory in Quickstep

Test laboratory


The Quickstep materials and processes laboratory is a Lockheed Martin approved test laboratory.
The lab is equipped with:

  • Instron 5982 universal testing system 100kN with environmental test chamber to 350°C
  • Mettler-Toledo dynamic mechanical analyser DMA861e
  • Olympus microscope BX51 with camera output and Prior ProScan III robotic stage
  • Mettler-Toledo differential scanning calorimeter polymer DSC
  • Struers LaboForce-100 polisher grinder
  • Rondol 10 tonne platen press
  • LabAire 1500 fume cupboard

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