Molding, Thermoforming & Compounding
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The Manufacturing Science & Technology Center helps customers choose the best materials and techniques for their product by providing a variety of conformal coatings, thermoforming, and compounding materials using established or custom designed processes. The department provides consulting services for injection molding and rubber compounding projects.
Capabilities:
- Thermoforming: Processing thermoplastics such as polycarbonate, polymethyl methacrylate, polypropylene polystyrene, and ABS; producing holding trays, protective caps, and custom covers
- Injection Molding Consultation: Designing your part to be injection molded, helping you choose the best material for your application, and supporting your interface with injection molding companies
- Tooling: Design and development of the tooling used on your project; experienced with the use of everything from hardened tool steel to stereolithography for tooling
- Material Compounding: Customized rubber, thermoplastic, and thermoset materials can be created by mixing fillers and additives into the stock material using our 2 and 3 roll mills
Resources:
- 2 Roll mill
- 3 Roll mill
- Vacuum thermoformer
- Vacuum laminating press: 50 ton
Accomplishments:
- Conformal coating process was developed to protect sensitive surfaces of BDYE submodules
- Stereolithography used to custom generate molds for customers
Contacts:
Joseph “Tony” Romero
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