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UHMWPE Composite · Service

UHMWPE 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

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Companies that perform this process on customer material.

  • Greenville, NC · Mill Converter
    Dyneema

    Hard armor panels are consolidated under heat and pressure. The company's own material describes hard armor product; the specific process is inferred from the product class, so confirm it.

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  • Charlotte, NC · Mill Converter

    Consolidation of cross-plied Spectra Shield into rigid armor panels.

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  • Hebron, OH · Converter

    High-pressure pressing at the Hebron, Ohio site. Recorded at medium: the capabilities page names the process but not the material, and the material link comes from this atlas's own verified record that Integris makes laminate panel in this fibre. Ballistic laminate is consolidated under heat and pressure, so this is the step that makes the panel.

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Input material

Forms this process takes in.

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