Piran Advanced Composites Ltd

Design, engineering and manufacture of advanced composite solutions for aerospace, automotive, defence and space. Highly specialist solutions for R&D through to mass production. High pressure/high temp autoclaves, large oven capacity. ISO 8 spec clean rooms, 5 axis CNC machining. Tooling, components, jigs, patterns. ISO9001 certified. With three facilities, one being on the Spaceport Cornwall site, Piran Advanced Composites has the capacity to work on large scale programmes.

Last update: Wed, 12 April 2023

Trading Name: Piran Advanced Composites Ltd

Address: Unit 16, Barnfields Business Park,
St. Issey,
Wadebridge,
Cornwall,
PL27 7SE

Website: https://pirancomposites.co.uk/

Telephone: 01841 521011

Membership: Composites UK

Markets
Aerospace
Agriculture
Automotive
Construction
Cross Sector
Defence
Electronics: Consumer
Energy
Highways
Leisure
Marine
Medical
Mining
Oil & Gas
Rail
Renewable Energy
Satellite and Communications
Space
Sport
Sustainable Composites: Furniture/Lifestyle
Truck, Bus & Industrial
Upholstery and Apparel
Utilities: Water
Wave & Tidal Energy
Wind Energy

Organisation Activities

  • Manufacture & Assembly
  • Product Design
  • Research & Development
  • Tooling

Organisation Markets

  • Aerospace
  • Cross Sector
  • Defence
  • Marine
  • Medical
  • Renewable Energy
  • Satellite and Communications
  • Space

Raw Materials Used

  • Aramid Fibre
  • Bagging Films & Fabrics
  • Carbon Fibre
  • Closed Cell Foam
  • Epoxy Resin
  • Foam - Syntactic
  • Glass Fibre
  • Honeycomb
  • Natural Fibre
  • Phenolic Resins
  • Polyesters
  • Release Agents
  • Reusable bagging films
  • Silicone bags
  • Vinyl Ester Resins

Semi-finished Materials Used

  • Adhesives
  • Chopped Strand Mat
  • Cut Fabric Kits
  • Gel Coats
  • Machined Core Kits
  • Non-Crimp Fabrics
  • Spread Tow Fabrics
  • Tissues & Surface Veils
  • Woven Fabrics

Semi-finished Materials Produced

  • Cut Fabric Kits
  • Knitted Net Shapes
  • Machined Core Kits

Equipment Used

  • 5-Axis CNC Machines
  • Assembly Tooling & Fixtures
  • Autoclave
  • CAD/CAM
  • Clean Room
  • CNC Contour Cutting
  • Composite Ovens
  • Composite Press
  • Composite Tooling
  • Cure Monitoring
  • Faro Arm
  • Hand Lay up
  • Hypermill
  • Infusion
  • Inspection Tooling & Fixtures
  • Lamination
  • Machining
  • Metal Tooling
  • Metrology
  • Oven
  • Ply Nesting Software
  • RTM
  • SolidWorks
  • Solidworks professional
  • Test Specimen Manufacture
  • Vacuum

Equipment Produced

  • Assembly Tooling & Fixtures
  • Inspection Tooling & Fixtures
  • Metal Tooling

Processes Used

  • 5-Axis CNC Machines
  • Adhesive Bonding
  • CNC Machining Centres
  • Compression and bladder moulding
  • Dry Lay-Up FR Infusion
  • Gel Coating
  • Hot Press Moulding
  • Machining
  • Mechanical Fastening
  • Out of Oven Processing
  • Oven/Autoclave Curing
  • Post-Cure
  • Preforming
  • Prepreg Hand Lay-Up
  • Resin Film Infusion
  • Resin Transfer Infusion
  • Resin Transfer Moulding
  • Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Moulding
  • Vacuum Infusion
  • Vacuum Press Infusion VPI
  • Wet Hand Lay Up

Accreditation

  • ISO 9001