Pinette PEI to supply R&D composite mfg. platform in Quebec

Chalon sur Saone, France – Pinette P.E.I., a producer of forming presses and production systems for high performance composites, has been contracted by the National Research Council to design, manufacture, and supply an R&D composite manufacturing platform in Boucherville, Quebec. The platform will support the development of thermoplastic and thermoset composite materials using press molding technologies, including stamping, consolidation, and HP-RTM. This platform will be one of the largest in the world available for R&D and capable of processing sheet sizes up to 1.2m x 1.2m at 12,500kN closing force. The platform has been manufactured at Pinette P.E.I. France’s facility, has successfully completed a series of acceptance tests, and is expected to be fully installed and commissioned in Boucherville during the 1st quarter of 2015. 

 

The Pinette P.E.I. composite manufacturing platform is highly flexible by design and capable of serving a wide range of research and technology development projects for a variety of industries. In the automotive and land transportation sectors, Pinette P.E.I. has an extensive record of supplying composite forming systems for both research and high volume production of components. This experience coupled with its leadership in carbon fiber forming machinery for the aeronautic sector provides the National Research Council with a strong technology provider. The automotive and land transportation industries are actively engaged in the development and commercialization of advanced composites to support their production of lightweight vehicles, and the Pinette P.E.I. manufacturing platform is an effective R&D tool toward that end.