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Located in the heart of the UK’s
“Motorsports Valley”, Formtech Composites is situated in a
bespoke ex-F1 facility which has the highest level of equipment
and infrastructure available including two Aeroform autoclaves,
large oven, fully pressurised clean room with large freezers, a
fully equipped trim and assembly area and final inspection
facility. The facility is an expansion of Formtech’s German
machining centre which boasts a large range of specialist
machining equipment such as Matsuura 5 Axis machining centres
with pallet loading, spark and wire eroding machines, jig, teeth
and cylindrical grinding
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Process Equipment
Formtech Composites has two state of the art Aeroform
autoclaves with full temperature and pressure control. The
systems are fully calibrated and temperature mapped to aerospace
specifications and has full logging and traceability on cures.
The largest Aeroform oven at
Formtech Composites provides an internal working section of
2700x2500x2000mm in size and is fully controlled up to 200°C for
post cures, debulking and adhesives.
A smaller 550x450x840mm computer controlled oven provides
another level of flexibility in manufacturing which gives
Formtech the ability to provide more optimised services to
customers.
Autoclave Specifications
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Specification
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Large
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Small
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Diameter (m)
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2.35
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1.3
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Table
Length (m)
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3.60
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3.2
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Max
Pressure (BAR)
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8
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15
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Max
Temp (°C)
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210
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400
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Heating Method
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Gas
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Gas
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Thermocouples
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36
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18
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Vacuum Ports
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12
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6
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Clean Room
The fully pressurised clean room consists of 170m2 of working
area with two large freezers capable of storing a large amount
of stock. Formtech operates an aerospace level of operations
with all staff using protective overalls and hats. The clean
room has a full air lock system with standard mats to provide a
true clean environment for manufacture.
Another part of the continual drive to increase efficiency
and quality in order to deliver value to money to our customer
is through the use of Formtech’s Gerber DCS-2500 ply cutting
machine which allows optimisation of “kit” cutting for multiple
jobs minimising waste and increasing accuracy and quality.
Other Facilities
For more information on Formtech
Composites other capabilities check out the following links:
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