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Process Control Equipment For applications that demand precise temperature control, Mokon offers a full range of heating and cooling systems. • Water Systems up to 380°F (193°C) • Heat Transfer Oil Systems up to 700°F (371°C) • Custom-engineered solutions Visit us at CAMX - Booth #ZA106 Maximum Flexibility. Maximum Control. mokon.com/CW15 Designed to Perform. Built to last. The wings for the frst Airbus A350- 1000 commercial aircraft have entered the assembly stage at the Airbus (Toulouse, France) manufacturing site in Broughton, North Wales, UK. Although the Airbus A350-1000 wing has the same span as the A350-900 aircraft that is already in service, 90% of the parts that make up the A350- 1000 have been modifed, and its trailing edge has been extended to resize the wing for the plane's addi- tional payload and range. At 32m long by 6m wide, therefore, the largest A350 XWB aircraft's upper wingskin is also the largest single part made from carbon fber composite material currently in use in civil aviation today. The upper wingskins for the A350- 1000 were designed and developed at the Airbus facility in Filton, near Bristol, where a number of other systems are designed and tested, including the plane's fuel systems and landing gear. The high-performance wings of the A350 XWB aircraft family reportedly make the plane faster, more fuel-ef- cient and (for the passengers) quieter. The wing design includes several streamlined features. Among these are droop-nose leading edge devices and new adaptive dropped-hinge faps, which increase the jetliner's fuel efciency at low speeds. To improve fuel efciency at higher speeds, the A350 XWB reportedly can defect its wing faps diferentially, optimizing the wing profle and, thus, providing better load control. Largest-ever civil aircraft composite part: A350-1000 wingskin AEROSPACE Source | Airbus 39 CompositesWorld.com NEWS N E W S N S N E W S E N W S W A350-1000 Wingskins