Our capabilities and services
We work directly with customers to deliver solutions rapidly, cost effectively and with outstanding quality. With innovative design and proprietary manufacturing processes, we have the ability to meet customer needs from start to finish.
Facilities
ST Advanced Composites continues to invest in its facilities by offering advanced equipment options and state of the art facility features. Our 1200 sqft facility in Livermore, Chennai has been designed to accommodate our needs as a composite manufacturing company, featuring defined work areas to keep operations organized.
Facilities Equipment List:
- 1200 sqft shop floor
- Curing Oven
- Cold storage system for prepreg
- Hydraulic hot press
- General machineries
Manufacturing
ST Advanced Composites is a comprehensive one-stop composites shop. With the benefits of an on-site manufacturing facility, we are able to meet design requirements from start to finish with a focus on meeting deadlines and production schedules. We embrace solving technical challenges and we understand that project requirements can and will change. ST Advanced Composites aims to offer the most current capabilities and available services.
Processes include:
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As composite materials and manufacturing processes continue to evolve, the use of composites will transform how industries approach new concepts. To stay ahead of the curve, ST Advanced Composites aims to offer the most current advances in our capabilities and available services. If you don’t see a manufacturing or fabricating process noted above please contact us for more information.
Product Development Consultancy
ST Advanced Composites specializes in creating products using innovative design and proprietary manufacturing methods that fully utilize the potential of composite materials while staying within the constraints outlined by our customers. Essentially a build-to-print house, ST Advanced Composites works directly with customers to deliver solutions rapidly, cost effectively and with outstanding quality.
Research and development
Through research and development, businesses can experience growth and develop breakthrough ideas and processes, ST Advanced Composites can assist in moving ideas forward. Whether you are developing a new product or improving an existing one, ST Advanced Composites has the experience, expertise and resources to facilitate your needs.
Tooling and machining consultation
Our experience with composites allows us to offer advice on tooling and machining processes needed to make informed product decisions. Our relationships within various industries let us provide assistance with:
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Prototyping
STAC’s rapid prototyping services include design and development to help quickly move your concept from design to production. Whether it’s a new product, redesign or concept, our specialists approach each project with cost-conscious solutions. We can work from a concept, sketch or CAD drawing to produce prototypes for evaluation and accurate testing.
Prototyping methods include:
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Our press allows us to develop manufacturing processes using small scale design, saving time and money. Let us help keep start up costs down and verify processes before moving into large scale production by prototyping your concept today.
Composite Materials Testing
Expert composites testing services are vital to advance composite technology, helping you to maintain a competitive edge in a quickly evolving industry.
Composites’ testing plays a vital role across the composites supply chain and product life cycle. A range of challenges in regard to safety, quality, process control, regulatory compliance and performance are encountered. Whether you are an end user, overcoming these challenges can give your business a significant commercial advantage.
Composite Materials Characterization
Our composite characterization services include a variety of test capabilities, materials processing and regulatory compliance determination.
Some tests include mechanical, physical, electrical, optical, thermal, flammability, exposure, emissions, barrier, surface, and chemical which identify the characteristics of your raw materials (such as resins, films, adhesives, fillers, prepreg) or laminates such as thermoset composites and thermoplastic composites. We test for properties such as toughness, hardness, resistance to cracking, strength, cure, flame resistance, heat resistance, temperature limit, impact strength, viscoelasticity, ductility, tensile stress, compressive stress and shear stress.
Technical Support
Technical support from a highly dedicated team of professionals, It is vital to our success that we work in close partnership with our customers and key to this is our ability to offer world-class customer support. Our team consists of only highly experienced, time served personnel who are able to offer design assistance, material selection advice and work with customers to develop optimum solutions to challenging problems.