Products & Capability

PRODUCTS & CAPABILITY

SANDERS COMPOSITES INC. SPECIALIZES IN THE MANUFACTURING OF CARBON AND GLASS FIBER REINFORCED BMI, PHENOLIC, EPOXY AND SILICONE RUBBER COMPOSITE STRUCTURES. 
WE ALSO EXCEL IN SUPPLYING CUSTOMER-SPECIFIC SOLUTIONS AND HAVE BUILT A REPUTATION FOR RESPONSIVENESS, INNOVATION AND DEVELOPMENT.

To deliver the quality of product and technical support our customers require, the focus at Sanders Composites is very clearly on engineering and production expertise; with a ratio of 1:5 Engineering to Operations staff we are driven by the desire for continuous improvement of product and expansion of our range. Our multi-disciplined team include Aerospace, Structural, Mechanical, Chemical and Environmental engineers - comprehensive expertise for comprehensive and expert solutions we'd say!

Sanders Composites continued investment in our manufacturing facilities allows us to offer the highest quality fabricated composite details and assemblies, built to the most demanding specifications - and has meant that we are consistently recognized as a top performer by leading aerospace customers, supplying zero-defect product with on time delivery.

WORKING IN PARTNERSHIP – AND COMMITTED TO MAKING IT WORK

A defining quality of the team at the Sanders Composites is that we listen. We listen so that we can understand a client’s needs and requirements above and beyond the supply of product – in order for us to be able to develop a unique partnership formula that works on every level.

Here’s a case in point of how we listened and responded to some very specific project requirements…

A particular customer has a proprietary manufacturing specification for space critical parts that no known composites supplier could meet. To process the parts to the specification, the work scope commenced by building a new clean room manufacturing cell inside Sanders’ current manufacturing facility. Tight tolerance on the environmental controls was a must, namely extremely low humidity to process a space grade composite foam core well known to be susceptible to moisture.

In addition to the stringent environmental controls, Sanders Composites added two laser projectors in the cell.

The custom-built work cell is used to manufacture 24 production structural parts for a space application. Manufacture includes kitting, layup of the laminates and core, autoclave cure, post cure, ultrasonic inspection, CNC machining and installation of inserts on the majority of the parts.

Since completion of the installation Sanders Composites has been supplying production parts to a fixed process, manufactured uniquely to our customer's specification.

Our initiative enabled the customer to close down their internal cell, freeing up the manufacturing space to support other internal projects.

Definitely a win-win all round!

A COMPELLING VALUE PROPOSITION

Over 30 years of experience and expertise combine to provide effective and timely solutions from production to delivery, no matter how detailed.

A COMPELLING VALUE PROPOSITION

WHAT WE DO

CORE MATERIALS
  • - Honeycomb - including Aramid, Nomex, Kevlar, Aluminium
  • - Rigid Foam
  • - Phenolic
PRE-IMPREGNATED FIBER SUBSTRATES
  • - Unidirectional & Woven Carbon
  • - Woven Glass
  • - Woven Kevlar
RESIN SYSTEMS
  • - Epoxy
  • - BMI
  • - Phenolic
  • - Polyimide
  • - Silicon (Segregated Clean Room)
DUCTS

Up to 72” Length, Silicone Gaskets & Seals Bonded & Riveted, Mechanical Assembly, Painted Interior Airflow & Exterior Surfaces.

PLENUMS

13”- 42” Diameter, Mechanical Assembly, Integrated Acoustical Elements

FUSELAGE INTERIOR PANELS

Kitted, Laid-up, Cured, Trimmed, Painted, Mechanical & Electrical Assembly, Decaled, Panels Prepped & Kitted for Customers Assembly (50” x 60”).

OUR TOOLING CAPABILITIES

We are proud of our production facility & capability, continuous investment in people & equipment has always been our policy.

- Soft and Hard Tooling
- Master Models
- Fiberglass Production Lay-up Tooling
- Bond and Assembly Fixtures
- Trim, Drill, and Routing Tools
- Rubber and Viton Intensifier Cauls

OUR MARKET SECTORS INCLUDE...

 

Space Exploration

 

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles

 

Aerospace