Composite parts
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Aerospace industry carbon fibre composites engineering.

Light, strong and adaptable, carbon fibre composite components and composites production lie at the heart of the modern aerospace industry. Yet challenges remain in harnessing the latest advances within practical and scalable methods of composites production design. 

Derbyshire-based epm: technology offers composites excellence at engineering’s cutting edge.  We can therefore provide high performance composites manufacturing solutions for aerospace components.  

Our process-driven methodology is unique to the industry and has served us well to deliver precision carbon fibre components for jigs, fixtures, tooling manufacture and parts assembly for a wide range of fixed and rotary winged aircraft.

We have a proven approach and are a major supplier for both aerospace composites prototyping and full production.  Why?

Adaptability

We supply only aerospace composites parts that the industry wants – NOT what we think they want.

Many composites manufacturers on so intent on innovating new materials, that they forget to develop effective manufacturing processes that will deliver the aerospace carbon components required by the industry.

epm: technology made its name supplying to the fast-moving, high performance world of Formula One – an arena that is also dominated by tight deadlines and exacting specifications.

We had to develop production techniques to match, ensuring that the practicalities of supplying composite components on the correct scale met fluctuating demands.

That development is ongoing and has enabled us to push back the boundaries of aviation composites manufacturing.

Cost-effective composites design

Composites are key to attaining fuel efficient design and give increased long haul capability, and epm:technology is unlocking the secrets to cost-effective production. Carbon fibre and Kevlar components give flexibility in future product planning because they can be quickly changed to enhance or adjust to your latest aerospace product design.

Investment 

In the current economic climate, aerospace engineering relies on finding cost-effective solutions to their production challenges.

epm: technology is driven to manufacture high performance composites components in an increasingly competitive environment.

Jigs and fixtures, aerospace composites tooling and composite parts assembly.

From an annual £5 million turnover, epm: technology invested £400,000 in 2010 in new composites component equipment.  Already, we have cut 30 hours from our tooling process by micro-managing each job to the nearest hour in a bid to drive up productivity.

The company

Located in Draycott, Derbyshire, in the East Midlands, we are well placed to service one of the world’s largest aerospace engineering clusters.  The region accounts for around 15 per cent of the UK aerospace industry by value and employment, with an annual R&D spend of up to £300m and 25,000 workers.

Combining technical advanced materials expertise alongside state-of-the-art composites production facilities, epm already contributes to the winning formula enjoyed by four Formula 1 teams as well as working closely with World touring cars and British touring car teams. epm also works with a wide range of vehicle manufactures, including Aston Martin, Bentley and other niche vehicle manufactures.

epm:technology, 20 Victoria Road, Draycott, Derby DE72 3PS.

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