Aircraft Composite Tank Technology EDO Fiber Science has been a leading producer of potable water and waste tanks for commercial airliners since 1967. Many of the commercial aircraft in use today use EDO potable water tanks for their fresh drinking water. Water and waste holding tanks are available in a variety of standard and custom shapes and sizes for commercial and military use. Because of EFS's extensive capabilities in liner forming and filament winding, tanks can be configured for the complex shapes required for available aircraft spaces while being economically produced. EFS provides the design and integration of critical tank components like quantity sensors, rinse nozzles, inlets, outlets, and filters.
Composite tanks can also be conformal inside an aircraft to make optimum use of the space available.
Both require numerous secondary penetrations for installation of quantity sensors, rinse nozzles, filters, heaters, inlets, outlets, and other hardware. These filters allow the vacuum source to draw waste from each lavatory to the EDO-supplied composite holding tanks, without allowing waste material past the tank and into the vacuum system. As part of its total product support commitment to its business with Boeing, EDO Fiber Science provides repair services for water and waste tanks produced by EFS and most other suppliers. EFS is proud of its rapid turn-around on tank repairs and offers limited warranty coverage wherever possible. EFS is FAA and European JAA certified to fully overhaul and repair most composite tanks, even if produced by another manufacturer.