Rhodes Interform, a specialist in bespoke hot and cold composite and metal forming machinery, has installed a composite forming facility at the University of Sheffield’s Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre (AMRC).
The aim was to design, develop and manufacture a composite press to assist a wide range of UK companies in composite development.
The facility comprises a 10,000 kN hydraulic press with six axis loading, high pressure resin transfer molding (RTM), twin die transfer tables, thermal fluid heating system and die splitter. It covers a range of composite forming including open and closed moulding, RTM, prepreg, compression moulding and thermoplastics. The project attracted funding from the Government’s Advanced Manufacturing Supply Chain Initiative (AMSCI).
This story is reprinted from material from Rhodes Interform, with editorial changes made by Materials Today. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily represent those of Elsevier.
