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[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Why do aircraft parts need to be sterile?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 1 month ago (1 children)

It’s not for it to be sterile, it’s to manufacture composite parts. They get vacuum bagged, then put into the autoclave and heated under pressure to bond all the layers extremely tightly.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 month ago

Thanks!

[–] theilleists 6 points 1 month ago

For airborne contagions. Next question.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

It is more for heat treatment of the metal after forming it, or for coatings that require it.