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At Carbon Concepts we are proud of the range of manufacturing
technology that we have available. While some of this is drawn in
from the composites industry, much has been developed and improved in house. We believe that it is our continuous development
of an economical manufacturing technology, combined with our understanding
of advanced structural techniques that allows us to provide our customers
with accessible and cost effective solutions.
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WET
LAY-UP (or Contact Moulding in the US) - is still the staple
diet of the moulding industry. While we do offer it if the
customer requires, it is not a process we prefer due to
environmental and cost issues. We would generally advise a
version of the Liquid Resin Infusion methods.
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VACUUM
BAGGING - another favorite of the industry. We have
developed a high degree of expertise with this method. In
particular we are able to offer a proprietary method of
"internally bagging" difficult internal sections.
Carbon Concepts can produce vacuum bag mouldings in any fibre
system, using a wide range of resins, including pre-pregs.
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LIQUID
RESIN INFUSION - At Carbon Concepts we are particularly
proud of our in-house version of infusion mouldings. This
provides a technology that is ecologically sound, gives a high
degree of surface finish, has excellent control of structure,
thickness and resin content and is cost effective. Almost any
combination of fibre and resin can be accommodated. We are now
pleased to offer this technique on highly three dimensional
components.
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MATCHED
DIE MOULDING - We have introduced closed moulding (either
composite or metal tooling) for parts such as canoe padles, that
require a high finish on both sides. We are now able to
provide the CAD/CAM technology necessary to have these tools cut,
in-house. For medium and long production runs, this method of
manufacture can be surprisingly economical
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POLYMER
EXPANSION MOULDING - this is one of the lesser known
methods, where the pressure to consolidate the composite during cure
is applied by an expanding polymer. We have developed our version of
this method to produce the motor bike exhaust tubes.
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