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Autoclave delivered to composites facility
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AEA product story
Edited by the Manufacturingtalk editorial team
Jan 9, 2008
A GBP 80,000 autoclave cures carbon fibre composites under high pressure and heat and forms part of a composites facility within a modern, environmentally controlled clean room.
Rojac Tooling Technologies, based in Wednesbury, West Midlands, UK, has acquired a GBP 80,000 autoclave supplied by Autoclaves of Yorkshire.
Rojac will use the autoclave as part of a new composites facility within a state-of-the-art environmentally controlled clean room and will be in production next month.
Rojac is a designer and manufacturer of advanced tooling and components for the aerospace, automotive, marine, defence and Formula One industries and has embarked on a major investment programme to 'sharpen its edge' competitively in producing a new generation of tooling equipment and carbon fibre composite parts.
The 7m x 2.1m autoclave cures carbon fibre composites under high pressure and heat.
The facility will enhance the worldwide services already provided by Rojac in carbon composite pre-impregnated tooling, and low volume and prototype parts for the aerospace, automotive, marine, rail and civil engineering industries.
Duncan Blakemore, managing director of Rojac said: "Components made of advanced carbon fibre composite materials are lightweight, have a high strength to weight ratio.
Aerospace and Formula One are leading the way in their use.
The market price of carbon fibre reinforced plastic saw a 150% increase during 2005 primarily due to increased use in the civil aerospace industry".
He added: "I believe something like 80% of the working parts the wings and fuselage of the new Boeing 787 are made using carbon composite materials.
Our new facility will give us a stronger edge competitively in high technology sectors such as these".
Rojac has extensive experience in the manufacture of mould tooling, jigs and fixtures, master models, patterns and prototypes for a diverse variety of tooling components.
Market demand is growing for carbon fibre composite materials because they are also recognised as ideal for manufacturing consumer goods such furniture, motorcycles, bicycles, laptop computers, and sporting equipment.
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