New Product – Gerster Gussets & Distribution Tapes
Precision workmanship is crucial in building critical products. It becomes even more risky when the process calls for manufacturing products using Vacuum Infusion process. To eliminate these risks, usage of Gerster Gussets and Distribution Tapes are important. Gussets...
New Product – Carbon Tubing Now Available
We're now carrying a full line of carbon tubing. Whether it be Pultruded (unidirectional strands) woven wrapped (twill or plain weave) or filament wound tubing we have what you need. Carbon tubing is useful in many applications from RC cars and trucks to Robotic...
Freezing In Here
At Composites Canada we have just about everything available for our industry, and it’s getting harder all the time to expand our product range. But I just can't leave things alone and I’m pretty excited to introduce our new 18x20 walk in freezer. OK it's pretty...
My Workshop Is Cold!
My garage is cold, and I'm trying to cure some urethane. All it needs is a nice warm hug... A while ago, I wrote about the need to monitor shop temperature, material temperature and mold temperature. It's really important. These days, a go-to device for this is the...
We Have The Best Customers. Literally
Anybody who spends much time around me hears me rant and rave about how good local Canadian manufacturing talent is. Today there's an official announcement that backs this up in a very unusual and surprisingly cool way. For a while now the homegrown AeroVelo team has...
The Future of Composites Mass Production
For me, in this industry, the future is automation. It isn't the first and won't be the last time I write a blog on it. Composites are expensive to build. The biggest reason they are expensive is labor. Even offshore composite parts (don't get me started on...
Sunny Days
SAMPE 2013 is over and it’s time for me to leave the sunny summer coast. Monday I left Toronto sunny and 80⁰F. I get to Los Angeles to rain and 65⁰F. Show’s over, it’s Thursday night and guess what? Raining and 65⁰F. But enough complaining. Sitting on a patio...
Automated Composites
For me, one of the more interesting parts of our industry has been the race to fully integrate composites into the automotive industry. Not so much the flashy clear finished carbon fiber parts showing up on performance cars, but run-of-the-mill production vehicles....
Concrete Solutions
Civil infrastructure: it’s constantly falling apart. Buildings, bridges, and roads, all get built just in time to start a continuous process of deterioration. I complain about it as much as anybody else, but it’s the reason construction on the highways just never...