CAMX 2017 preview: MasterWorks
MasterWorks (Taneytown, MD, US), a Hexagon Composites Co., is displaying a range of composite products from the aerospace, commercial and oil/gas industries.
MasterWorks Inc. (Taneytown, MD, US), a Hexagon Composites Co., is displaying a range of composite products from the aerospace, commercial and oil/gas industries. New this year, MasterWorks is featuring a Type IV composite overwrapped pressure vessel (COPV) developed for the aerospace industry. This demonstrator unit has successfully passed numerous tests including cycle, vacuum cycle, burst and cleanliness verification, and is currently undergoing long-term permeation testing. Also features will be filament winding machines, fiber tensioners, resin baths, curing ovens, payout tooling, mandrel extractors, cut-off saws, pressure test systems and material handling equipment. In the booth, a tensioning system will again be a focus as capability has increased to include tensioning on the gram scale at high-speeds. Booth C23.
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