Company Backgrounder & Fact Sheet
Business Overview
Certified to ISO 9001:2000, Composiflex has been designing and manufacturing advanced, high-performance composites for more than 20 years. Composiflex’s strong suits are a knowledgeable engineering staff, “art-to-part” projects, cost-effective rapid prototyping of parts, a range of modern manufacturing technologies, and material selection expertise – all of which contribute to the company’s reputation for producing composites yielding consistent quality and reliability.
Composiflex was originally founded in 1985 as Composiflex Products and then incorporated in May of 1986 as Composiflex, Inc.
Markets
Specializing in custom-designed composite products, Composiflex currently serves these markets:
- Medical
- Military
- Aerospace
- Ballistics/Armor/Security
- Industrial
- Recreational.
Composiflex Products
- Carbon fiber radiographic imaging tops and cradles, as well as radiolucent patient positioning and retracting devices
- Mammography and radiolucent accessories
- Oncology breast boards
- Biomedical composites using materials such as PEEK and Ultra PEK for use in developmental implant programs
- Rigid and flexible orthopedic and orthotic devices
- Fatigue-tested, e-glass/epoxy, carbon/epoxy and temperature resistant springs for industrial applications and vibrator/conveyer systems
- Industrial automation parts
- Lightweight ballistic plates and shields
- Armor panels for both aircraft and vehicles
- Portable armor systems for law enforcement agencies
- Structural armor for commercial building applications.
Capabilities/Technologies
Composiflex maintains in-house, multi-faceted capabilities to lay-up, process, waterjet cut and finish composite-based products. An overview of Composiflex’s capabilities and technologies includes:
- CAD and Finite Element Design
- Clean room manufacturing
- Rapid prototyping
- Filament winding and multi-spindle winding
- Winding of tubular structures sliced and machined to specifications
- In-house silk screening capabilities
- Large press molding with heating and cooling capacities
- Computer-controlled composite autoclave molding
- Surfcam-programmed, 5 Axis CNC machining utilized for foam, honeycomb, patterns, carbon, aluminum and glass composites
- Waterjet cutting of glass, aluminum alloys, stainless steel, titanium, inconel, foam, phenolic, fiberglass, PVCs, ABS, acrylic, rubber, gasket materials, fiberglass, ceramic and insulation
- Advanced finishing processes for superior aesthetic appeal.
Project Milestones
- Composiflex produces armor panels for aircraft, including one of the most complex aircraft weapons systems in the world – the AC-130U “Spooky” gunship.
- Composiflex, in cooperation with Saint-Gobain, a leader in ballistic ceramics, and Honeywell International, producers of Spectra® fiber and Spectra Shield® uni-directional material, produced an armor package for the High-Mobility Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle (HMMWV), known today as the HUMMER.
- Engineering customer solutions by integrating complementary technologies, Composiflex developed a very accurate, high-tension fiber delivery system for filament winding carbon fiber/epoxy flywheels and permanent magnet rotors. Composiflex specializes in this technique using a computer controlled En-Tec filament winding machine, which can wind structures up to 36” in diameter and 10’ long.
Applications for Advanced Composites
Advanced composites are particularly useful for industrial, military, ballistic, aerospace, automotive, civil, medical and consumer product applications that demand ultra-high performance, lightweight characteristics and corrosion-resistant features. Composiflex uses a variety of resins, materials and manufacturing technologies to achieve desired performance results for composite products, structures and reinforcements.
Location and Contact
Composiflex conducts operations in a 34,000-square-foot facility based in Erie, Pa.
Composiflex, Inc.
8100 Hawthorne Drive
Erie, PA 16509
Phone: (814) 866-8616
Fax: (814) 866-0563
Email: info@composiflex.com
Website: www.composiflex.com
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