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New Technical Positions Filled
Quantum Composites continues to grow with newly created technical positions to support its growth in high performance Engineered Structural Composite ESC™ solutions. Randy Zajac has joined the team as Applications Development Engineer and Laura Slingerland as Associate Development Chemist.
Both these new positions underpin the company’s continued focus on providing metal replacement composite solutions through materials development and applications & design engineering support.
Randy Zajac brings eight years of composites Laura Slingerland joins Quantum Composites
engineering experience with TPI Composites, with five years of experience in Material
Gougeon Brothers and Johnson Controls Science and Technical Lab positions
AMC® materials winning on the PGA tour - February 12, 2012
Phil Mickleson secures a 40th PGA Tour win at the AT&T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am using a Callaway Razr Fit Driver. The head of this driver includes Callaway Golf's Forged Composite using Quantum Composites AMC-8593 Advanced Molding Compound.
Quantum Composites forges ahead with
Advanced Molding Compound AMC® applications
Quantum Composites AMC® materials continue to be used in Lamborghini & Callaway Golf Forged Composite applications. An article in Composites Manufacturing reports that Forged Composite is being used in Callaway’s new RAZAR Fit Driver to be released end of this January. The article also confirms that Lamborghini is using Forged Composite in their Sesto Elementos being built solely for track use. The production of these technology demonstrators utilizing Quantum Composites AMC® materials are based on Lamborghini’s success in their monocoque / tub and suspension arms for the original Sesto Elemento concept car introduced at the 2010 Paris Auto Show. The Callaway & Lamborghini partnership continues to develop Forged Composite applications for new Automotive & Sporting Goods products. Quantum Composites continues to refine and improve its AMC® materials technology to support these developments.
Link to Composites Manufacturing Magazine for article
Quality certification to AS 9100C 2009-01 & ISO 9001 : 2008
Bay City, MI - January 10, 2012 - Quantum Composites, the Engineered Structural Composites™ (ESC™) business of The Composites Group, is now AS 9100C : 2009-01 quality certifi ed along with ISO 9001 : 2008.
These certifications cover the design and manufacture of Engineered Structural Composites™, design of compression molded components & related tooling and fabrication of molded component prototypes.
The Composites Group other two businesses Premix, North Kingsville OH
& Hadlock Plastics Geneva, OH have
respective certifications to ISO/TS 16949:2002 and ISO 9000 :2008.
Terry Morgan, CEO of The Composites Group states “Quantum Composites securing AS 9100C : 2009-01 quality certification reinforces our advanced materials business quality capabilities. For twenty years Quantum Composites has been recognized and audited on consistent basis by Boeing, Rolls Royce and other prime contractors in aerospace, military, transportation and other industries.“
Quantum Composites Lytex® Epoxy carbon fiber and glass fiber reinforced materials are used extensively in compression molded parts in various aircraft applications. Other Quantum Composites solutions include glass fiber and carbon fi ber reinforced phenolic, BMI, polyimide & vinyl ester ESC™ materials.
Driving Performance with Advanced Molding Compounds (AMC)
Bay City, MI - May 24, 2011 - New component applications for Automobili Lamborghini S.p.A., and Callaway Golf Company meet demanding criteria for higher strength, lighter weight, and greater design flexibility at lower production costs than possible before.
This announcement is made by Quantum Composites of Bay City, Michigan, regarding a new passenger cell, monocoque structure application for the Lamborghini Sesto Elemento, a technology demonstrator, and new driver head components for Callaway’s RAZR Hawk™ and Diablo Octane™ clubs. Quantum is part of The Composites Group, headquartered in North Kingsville, Ohio.
An AMC® (Advanced Molding Compound) developed and manufactured by Quantum Composites was extensively researched and evaluated through a strategic alliance with Lamborghini and Callaway in conjunction with the University of Washington.
“The result was an advanced, discontinuous carbon-fiber composite that easily flows and fills complex 3-D mold cavities – meeting extremely high material performance criteria while dramatically lowering processing costs,” said Matt Douglas, marketing manager of Quantum Composites.
This AMC®, also referred to as a “Forged Composite™” by Callaway and Lamborghini, includes turbostratic carbon fibers that enhance the material’s superior strength and allow for a better power to weight ratio compared to metal alloys typically used by the automotive and recreation industries.
Callaway’s new driver heads were on display at The Composites Group’s booth at the Society for the Advancement of Material and Process Engineering show (SAMPE) that was held May 23-26 in Long Beach, California. A paper on the research, testing, material formulation and processing was presented at the JEC show in March of 2011 in Paris, France.
This unique collaboration among high-performance companies also fast-tracked the new application and material development process,” added Terry Morgan, chief executive officer of The Composites Group. “As a team, we engineered a material that replaced titanium and carbon fiber prepreg in a Callaway application and an alternate composite for Lamborghini. It proved to be a winning team that you might say is used to being driven to success.”
“We’re excited about the potential of this new carbon fiber reinforced material in high-performance applications, based on the proven success of these new applications, “added Douglas. “We appreciate the confidence placed in us by Lamborghini and Callaway Golf and very much enjoyed working with them on these projects.”
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