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Carbon Fiber Composite Compression Molding
Who presses my fiber charge between matched heated dies, and what press tonnage and part size can they run?
What it is
Consolidating chopped or continuous fiber charge between matched heated dies under press force. Fast cycle times suit volume production of smaller parts.
Suppliers
Suppliers 3
Companies that perform this process on customer material.
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CTL Aerospace, Inc. VerifiedAS9100NADCAP CompositesNADCAP Materials Testing Laboratories
Compression moulding in carbon fibre. CTL works silica and quartz as well as carbon, glass and Kevlar, which points at radome and thermal protection work rather than general airframe structure. AS9100D and ITAR compliant; the NADCAP scope is stated only as a 'compliant captive laboratory'. Confirm it. No autoclave dimensions or part size limits are published.
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Nammo Composite Solutions ReportedAS9100NADCAP Composites
Compression and bladder moulding. Bladder moulding is how a hollow wound structure gets consolidated from the inside.
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Toray Advanced Composites Reported
Compression-moulded parts and bulk moulding compounds are both named, so the material and the moulding come from one supplier.
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Input material
Forms this process takes in.