Prodrive Composites Ltd

Composite Manufacture for production Automotive, Aerospace, Space, Defence & Marine Structures

Last update: Wed, 14 December 2022

Trading Name: Prodrive Composites Ltd

Address: Precedent Drive,
Milton Keynes,
Milton Keynes,
MK13 8PE

Website: http://www.prodrive.com/composites

Telephone: 01908 776400

Membership: Composites UKSustainability Sub Group Membership

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

  • Automotive
  • Defence
  • Marine
  • Motorsport
  • Oil & Gas
  • Truck, Bus & Industrial

Raw Materials Used

  • Aramid Fibre
  • Bagging Films & Fabrics
  • Basalt Fibre
  • Carbon Fibre
  • Epoxy Resin
  • Fasteners & Inserts
  • Foam - Flexible
  • Foam - Injected
  • Foam - Rigid
  • Foam - Syntactic
  • Glass Fibre
  • Honeycomb
  • Natural Fibre
  • Other Thermoplastics
  • Phenolic Resins
  • Polyurethane
  • Release Agents

Semi-finished Materials Used

  • Adhesives
  • Coatings
  • Consolidated Sheet/Panels
  • Cut Fabric Kits
  • Low Pressure Moulding Compound
  • Machined Core Kits
  • Non-Crimp Fabrics
  • Spread Tow Fabrics
  • Stabilised 3D Preforms
  • Thermoset Prepreg
  • Tissues & Surface Veils
  • Woven Fabrics

Equipment Used

  • 5-Axis CNC Machines
  • Abaqus
  • Autoclave
  • Automation Software
  • Catia
  • Clean Room
  • Composite Tooling
  • Cure Monitoring
  • FiberSIM
  • IDEAS
  • Injection Moulding
  • Machining
  • Metal Tooling
  • Metrology
  • Mixers (e.g. for SMC/BMC)
  • Oven
  • RTM

Processes Used

  • Adhesive Bonding
  • Injection Moulding
  • Mechanical Fastening
  • Oven/Autoclave Curing
  • Post-Cure
  • Preforming
  • Prepreg Hand Lay-Up
  • Resin Film Infusion
  • Resin Transfer Infusion
  • Surface Finishing

Accreditation

  • ISO 16949
  • ISO 9001