New Advanced Process - PRIME

Pre-placed Reinforcements Insure Manufacturing Excellence - A new approach for high quality, high volume composites

There are two broad categories of composite materials - one where fibers are pre-placed into a mold and plastic resin flows to create the part, and another where fibers are compounded into the plastic resin ahead of time and then flowed with the resin to fill a mold.

Pre-placed reinforcement composite is the best answer for structural and quality-critical parts because it provides the most efficient use of fibers and the least variation of fiber location and orientation. Pre-placed reinforcement allows product designers to use materials closer to their dimensional limits - resulting in lighter, more efficient, and sometimes more effective parts.

In 2007, MFG's Advanced Manufacturing Center (AMC) embarked on a mission to advance the state-of-the-art of pre-placed reinforcement technology. This initiative started with equipment modifications to reduce energy and material waste. It led to many new investigations including a new binder capable of supporting increased production rates, advances in the use of robots with high tech glass delivery choppers, and improved control systems.

This new manufacturing process at MFG has been named PRIME. For more information on how PRIME may benefit your products and your customers, please contact Keith Bihary at 440-994-5110.
Email: kbihary@moldedfiberglass.com

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