F-5 Fabrication Facility
F-5 Fabrication Facility
The ES3 F-5 Fabrication Facility occupies the entire 120,000 square foot F-5 building at the Freeport West Industrial Park in Clearfield, Utah. This ES3 building is located kitty-corner to the ES3 MRDC—our other Freeport West Industrial Park building E-4.
Continuous Fiber Composite Additive Manufacturing
A major advancement in aerospace materials is additively manufactured continuous fiber composites. This technology allows an engineer to design specific structural performance properties with phenomenal strength-to-weight ratios. The 3-D printed or additively manufactured process eliminates the time consuming, costly, and labor-intensive mold and autoclave processing of more traditional composite structures. Perhaps most appealing is that this continuous fiber composite material is recyclable after use, thus it will avoid all the disastrous environmental landfill issues currently being experienced from disposal of today’s used wind power turbine composite blades.
ES3 has two cutting edge continuous fiber composite manufacturing machines at our F-5 facility. Both are located at our F-5 facility.
- The Anisoprint Beta Continuous Fiber 3D Printer.
- The ElectroImpact SCRAM—Scalable Composite Robotic Additive Manufacturing
Ground Support Equipment
ES3 has developed a new aircraft tow bar technology that greatly mitigates the Nose Landing Gear (NLG) damage, and in some cases full NLG collapse, experienced with other tow bar systems.
The F-5 facility is where ES3 fabricates and assembles our improved tow bar systems.
Avionics
ES3’s team of electrical, controls, and software engineers have designed, tested, and flight certified a host of avionic structural health monitoring products for fixed wing and rotary aircraft. These include:
- On Board Weight and Balance Systems
- Brake Temperature Monitoring systems
- Strut Servicing Indicators
- Hard Landing Indicators
- Historical Data Capture Systems
The ES3 F-5 electronics and avionics laboratory is where we perform much of the development, fabrication, test, and quality functions.
This facility is secure and requires advance arrangement for any site visit. Contact us at 801-928-1550 extension 500 to schedule an appointment.
Freeport West Industrial Park
Building F-5
Clearfield, Utah
By Air:
The MRDC is 30 miles North of Salt Lake International Airport (SLC) and 10 minutes West of our Clearfield Engineering
Offices.
By Car from the Salt Lake International Airport (SLC):
- Take I-80 eastbound towards City Center/Ogden/Provo.
- Take Exit 117 I-215 northbound towards Ogden.
- Merge onto I-15 after 6.5 miles and remain North.
- Take Exit 332 Antelope Drive in Layton.
- After Exiting turn left off of the freeway and head West for 2.2 miles.
- Turn right on 300 West (3rd Street) in Clearfield and head North.
- Continue North on 300 West for ½ mile
- Turn Right on E Street
- Drive East for 200 feet, then turn Left on 5th Street
- F-5 will be on the left side.
The main entrance is on the West side of the building in the North Corner.
LOCAL ACCOMMODATIONS:
Several hotels within 1 mile driving distance include:
Hilton Garden Inn Salt Lake City/Layton
762 West Heritage Park Blvd
Layton, Utah, USA, 84041
1-801-416-8899
www.hilton.com
Holiday Inn Express Layton I-15
1695 Woodland Park Drive
Layton, UT 84041
801-773-3773
www.hiexpress.com