November 17, 2008 – Vermont Composites, Inc. (VCI) of Bennington, Vermont is pleased to announce the addition of low pressure Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) equipment to their manufacturing resources. The company is currently using it to develop “RTM Light” capabilities on a selection of parts.
RTM is the process of infusing resin under pressure into dry fibers preformed and preplaced in a closed cavity mold.
“RTM offers the potential of lower costs on certain higher volume parts.” said Jim Sharkey, Executive Vice President & General Manager, “and VCI will soon be able to offer the benefits of this option to our customers where applicable.”
VCI designs and fabricates advanced composite structures for the aerospace, medical and industrial markets. The company is registered to ISO9001:2000 and AS9100 and is Nadcap accredited for composites processing. Manufacturing methods include conventional and laser guided hand layup, autoclave, oven and press curing, RTM Light molding, CNC machining, finishing, painting and assembly. Support functions include product design, analysis and testing plus tooling design and fabrication.
Products manufactured by VCI include: components for the aerospace and aircraft industries such as light weight fairings, radomes, electronic enclosures, and other composite structures used in aircraft, launch vehicles, and spacecraft. VCI makes radiolucent medical imaging tables and other composites structures used in diagnostic imaging, surgical, and therapeutic applications. Some of their imaging components are also used for security screening systems applications. In addition, they make composites components for the industrial market. For further information, contact Peg Baratto, peg.baratto@vtcomposites.com