HyPerComp Engineering
Design, analysis, testing, prototyping and manufacturing of composite filament wound, high-pressure tanks and cylinders, linerless tanks, CNG Type 3 and Type 4 storage tanks, hydrogen storage tanks, cryogenic tanks, damage-tolerant tanks, ballistic-tolerant, insensitive munitions, plus tank/cylinder certifications.As Seen In CompositesWorld
New 250°F/120°C No Oven No Autoclave epoxy
Designed for room-temp infusion and filament winding with 2-hr no-heat-added cure or 15-30 min heated cure without post-cure for flexible processing of marine, industrial and energy structures.
Biz Briefs: HPC November 2012
News briefs from Vexxel Composites, Associated Industries, MTorres, BAE Systems and EADS.
Vexxel Composites expands Utah CNG facility
Vexxel Composites, sister company of HyPerComp Engineering, has invested $4 million in capital improvements toward the manufacture of composite compressed natural gas tanks.
Next-generation pressure vessels
The first commercial tank in the elusive Type V category and a larger but lighter Type IV CNG tank presage new growth of filament winding in the storage of compressed gasses.
Carbon fiber filament winding resin system
3M has launched a line of matrix resins for filament winding of carbon fiber composites.
Fuel cell-powered UAV completes 23-hour flight
The U.S. Navy's Ion Tiger unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) features a carbon fiber composite pressure vessel for hydrogen storage manufactured by HyPerComp Engineering Inc.
The outlook for composite pressure vessels
Environmental and economic pressures continue to drive growth in the market for composite pressure vessels used in personal and public transportation applications.
The markets: Fuel cells (2011)
Reinforced thermosets and thermoplastics are likely candidates for the eventual materials of choice used to make the bi-polar plates, end plates, fuel tanks and other components in fuel cell systems. Fuel cell technologies of several types are designed to offer a “clean” (near-ze
Orion: Composite tanks' ticket to space?
Research, development, testing prove composites can contain cryogens.
An update on composite tanks for cryogens
More automation, improved materials bring composite fuel tanks for space applications closer to reality.
Towpreg Proves Cost-competitive For Wound Pressure Vessels
Design group's new winding option streamlines new pressure vessel development.
- Thermoset materials
- Adhesive bonding
- Filament winding
- Prototyping
- Infrastructure, composite
- Pressure vessels
- Rods
- Tubes
- Other composite structures
- CAD/CAM/CAE design
- Civil engineering
- Finite element modeling/analysis (FEM/FEA)
- Materials analysis
- Product design
- Consulting
- Consulting, business development/acquisition
- Consulting, materials
- Consulting, process development
- Consulting, procurement/purchasing/specification
- Consulting, other
- Testing
- Testing, materials
- Testing, product
- Testing, structural