The SDM Laminator with MaxRamp II Platens

Dominating the Aerospace Market

New are our SDM Laminator presses with MaxRamp II platens: temperature ramp rates of 10°C per minute for the shortest cycle times available and increased productivity. Our latest SDM Laminator, delivered to Zodiac Aerospace Tunisia, is our most advanced composite press.

SDM Technology’s Laminator Series of presses has dominated the aerospace market over the last 20 years. Every major aircraft panel manufacturer in the United States, United Kingdom and Europe uses our equipment to manufacture aircraft interior panels. Phenolic faced honeycomb panels, like Boeing’s BAG 5564, are used extensively in aircraft interiors. Our new SDM Laminators will process these panels with the highest physical performance and shortest available cycle times.

Our SDM Laminators feature automatic and manual controls. They include full process control with data acquisition and monitoring, plus internet and PC accessibility for flexible software updates and additions — including multiple bump cycle programming options.

Capability

• Our in-house 1885 Ton, 5-opening Laminator HD applies over 400 PSI on a 5′ × 12′ laminate; platen size 66″ × 148″.
• Process temperatures now span from 90 to 675°F.
• Cooling available with our 140 Ton Stage III Stainless Super Exchangers.
• Heating capacity increased to 2 million BTU.
• Production equipment designed to process laminates at 4,200 to 8,400 PSI at 675°F — SDM has produced current-state armor at these pressures and temperatures in our 1885 Laminator HD.

SDM has produced the highest quality laminates (armor, PPS/carbon and UHMW polyethylene) and honeycomb panels available for military, aerospace or commercial use. Our equipment was used to qualify aircraft floors, military enclosures, interior honeycomb panels, and carbon, Kevlar and Spectra laminates to Boeing, General Dynamics, Lockheed and many others. Difficult thermoforms like PEEK, Spectra, PPS and Nylon are efficiently processed. SDM supplied ArmorWorks with the Kevlar laminates to retrofit the Humvee fleet, and our presses are also used to make large California freeway signs and exterior stone-faced panels for buildings.

New bolster designs and MaxRamp II platen technology have yielded a press with unmatched temperature uniformity (±1.0°C) along with extremely uniform pressure delivery. Combined with our expanded 675°F processing range and supporting SDM Stage III Super Exchangers, no one matches our temperature and pressure capability for processing large composite laminates and honeycomb structures.