Consulting

We have decades of experience working with composite materials. We can help you with all aspects of your project. We can help with material selection, mold and fabrication strategies, and materials processing.

Fiber and Resin Properties

We have worked with various fiber types including fiberglass, carbon, and aramid. We primarily work with epoxy resins and have experience with high-temperature systems.

Design

Using CAD software and our knowledge of composite properties, we can help you design parts to meet your need. Whether it is a ground up design or reverse engineering an existing part, we can help!

Prototyping

We can help with mold design and fabrication to create new parts efficiently and successfuly.

Fabrication

We have a basic machine shop consisting of a vertical mill, lathe, and saws which allow us to fabricate molds and cut and finish composite parts.

Toll Autoclave Processing

If you already have the materials and molds but need an autoclave to process your parts, we can help with that too.

Resin Infusion Processing

A great way to make large parts. This out-of-autoclave process uses vacuum to draw room-temperature curing resin through dry fibers to create a higher quality part than is possible with wet lay-up.

Small-scale Production

Our autoclave and industrial ovens allow us to manufacture small lots of production items. We focus on unique specialty parts that are difficult to manufacture. Unfortunately we are not set up for large-scale production.

Strand Testing

We have the equipment to take a spool of fiber and create single-strand composites for strength testing in compliance with ISO and ASTM test methods.

Drum Winding

We can take dry spools of fiber and wind them on our drum apparatus with resin to make test lots of unidirectional pre-pregs.

Physical Testing

We have a 20,000 lb test machine that is capable of testing tension, compression, flex, and shear properties of composite structures including sandwich structures. We have years of experience recertifying materials for infrastructure and aerospace repairs.