We manage the entire manufacturing process: draping tools, blank cutting, machining or trimming jigs, and assembly jigs.
This enables us to produce composite shutters and panels using bio-based natural fibers in any shape and size.
Compression molding of thermoplastic matrix composites relies on the transition between physical states: melting and solidification.
The raw material comes in the form of rigid sheets, which we must process by following these steps:
- Heating thermoplastic sheets to make them malleable.
- Cold compression molding.
- The workpiece is cooled by contact with the tooling, which is cooled by the press platen. The drop in temperature causes the material to transition from a malleable state to a rigid state. Pressure must be maintained for several tens of seconds to prevent any shrinkage or deformation of the material.
- Ejection and finishing of the part by trimming.