Composite Autoclave Horizontal Model Delivered to Guangdong

Composite autoclave horizontal model (also called composite autoclave or carbon fiber autoclave) is the pressure vessel which specially designed and manufactured to fabricate composite material parts. In September 2019, Guangdong customer communicated with our engineer by telephone for composite autoclave. After a brief technical explanation, the customer came to our factory in October and had a face-to-face discussion with the engineer. Finally, according to the size and process of the product produced by the customer, we confirmed the parameters of the carbon fiber autoclave.

Technical Parameters of Autoclave Horizontal

Effective diameter: 1200mm;

Effective length: 2500mm;

Working pressure: 2.5mpa;

Working temperature: 200℃;

Door opening method: hydraulic automatic side door opening.

Autoclave Horizontal System Configuration

The autoclave body, vacuum system, heating system, cooling system, pressurization system, air storage tank, air cooler, water tank, Siemens PLC automatic control system, electric control cabinet, internal and external trolleys are composed.

Program Design of Autoclave Horizontal

The carbon fiber autoclave equipment is automatically controlled by Siemens PLC controller to realize the temperature, pressure, time, vacuum and other working procedures in the high temperature curing process, so as to achieve the purpose of energy saving, high efficiency and environmental protection. The autoclave equipment does not need manual operation and achieves a good working effect when it runs automatically. The program is designed for automatic vacuuming, automatic heating, automatic heat preservation, no manual operation is required after setting the working program. The goods can be picked up directly after finishing, so as to reach purpose of saving labor, energy consumption, and improve work efficiency. The comprehensive production cost of the enterprise can be reduced more than 35% by this design. The temperature value and pressure value in the tank are displayed in real time on the touch screen panel, which is convenient and intuitive. Temperature parameters, pressure parameters, vacuum parameters, time parameters, etc. can be independently set according to product requirements. The temperature data and pressure data in the tank can be transmitted to the computer control box for easy printing.

After four months of careful design and fabrication, this carbon fiber autoclave was successfully sent to the customer site in Guangdong in July 2020. Guangdong customer fully affirmed our design, material selection, structural layout and system configuration, and expressed that they will cooperate with us if there is a need for expansion in the future!

About STRENGTH Equipments

Taian STRENGTH Equipments Co., Ltd is the professional pressure vessel designer, manufacturer and exporter dedicated in supplying finest quality industrial autoclave, storage tank and dish head products and solutions to worldwide customer over 20 years. We have over 80 talented research and development experts, 2 million square meters manufacturing factory and more than 50 sets large-scale manufacturing machines. Our annual industrial autoclave and storage tank output can reach over 300 sets, dished head output can reach over 3000 sets.

STRENGTH Equipments is not only manufacturing high quality industrial autoclaves, storage tanks and dished ends but also providing custom product design, fabrication and after-sale service. ODM, OEM are also available. If you have any questions or inquiries, please fill and submit the following form, we will reply as soon as possible.

How to Avoid Composite Autoclave Machine Accidents?

Composite autoclave machine (also called carbon fiber autoclave) is a kind of pressure vessel equipment. Users should pay special attention to the safety of related pressure vessel operation during its use, except the safety of conventional equipment. The main manifestation is the explosion or explosion caused by the of hyperpressure inside the autoclave machine or leakage accidents, so it is necessary to formulate corresponding precautions in order to safely carry out the production work of autoclave machine curing. There are related autoclave machine explosions and leaks in the past. Today, we will briefly discuss how to avoid autoclave machine accidents.

1. The operator must strictly abide by the technological process and labor discipline, and operate in strictly accordance with the safety technical operating procedures. Not only the operators, but also the management personnel of the enterprise must understand the basic knowledge of autoclave machine, related laws and regulations. The operators of autoclave machine must be trained and certified. The safety interlock alarm device can not changed on the autoclave machine at will. It is necessary to purchase composite autoclave machine products with qualifications for designing and manufacturing autoclave machine .

2. Before production, the autoclave machine must be carefully inspected and the obstacles must be removed in the autoclave machine to make sure that the tank cover is fastened during each production, and the screws should be complete and intact. The auxiliary instruments, signals, pressure gauges, and safety valves of the equipment should be checked regularly. Lubricate mechanical bearings as required. It is strictly forbidden to continue working when the autoclave machine is leaking, the pressure gauges and the safety valve are malfunctioning, or other abnormal conditions. It will need strictly control the feeding amount, speed, sequence, temperature, pressure, etc., to prevent the temperature and pressure in the tank from rising sharply and over-temperature and differential pressure.

3. When the material enters into and exitsoutthe autoclave machine, the bridge rails should be laid flat and straight, the trolley should be pulled and steadily pushed over the rails. Rapid collisions are not allowed to prevent dumping and injury. After the working process of thermo-compression curing is completed, it is necessary to confirm that there is no residual pressure before opening the middle and inlet seals, otherwise it is strictly prohibited to open the tank. Tighten the nuts evenly when the tank seamed, and there should be no air leakage. The air intake should be slow and take attention to the reading of the pressure gauge, also pay attention to whether if the pressure gauge fails. During work, if there is a strong leak in pipelines, valves, instruments and tanks should close the valve immediately and open the exhaust valve, report for repair in time.

4. When people at work, you must concentrate and always pay attention to the operation of the equipment and the surrounding safety. When autoclave machine is working, the operator should patrol the side of the autoclave machine.It is forbidden to stand in front of the tank cover, behind the machine head and the joints of the tank cover. It will also need pay attention to the valve and pipe joints to prevent the high temperature and high pressure in the tank from rushing out and hurting people. It is not allowed to leave the post while working. When filling and unloading cans, you must cooperate closely with the operators and follow the safety operation regulations.

5. At the end of the work, you should turn off the power switch, check whether all buttons and handles are in the zero position. It must close all inlet valves of the autoclave machine and open the exhaust valve. Carefully make process records and handover records. Resting and drying clothes in the autoclave is prohibited. It is strictly forbidden to bake other items in an empty.

6. It should perform regular inspections to ensure the safe and effective use of autoclave machine, safety valves, pressure gauges, and quick-opening alarm devices. Prohibit flames, and ground them well to prevent static electricity.

About STRENGTH Equipments

Taian STRENGTH Equipments Co., Ltd is the professional pressure vessel designer, manufacturer and exporter dedicated in supplying finest quality industrial autoclave, storage tank and dish head products and solutions to worldwide customer over 20 years. We have over 80 talented research and development experts, 2 million square meters manufacturing factory and more than 50 sets large-scale manufacturing machines. Our annual industrial autoclave and storage tank output can reach over 300 sets, dished head output can reach over 3000 sets.

STRENGTH Equipments is not only manufacturing high quality industrial autoclaves, storage tanks and dished ends but also providing custom product design, fabrication and after-sale service. ODM, OEM are also available. If you have any questions or inquiries,  please fill and submit the following form, we will reply as soon as possible.

Shandong Composite Materials Research Institute Staff Come to TAIAN STRENGRH Purchase Composite Materials Reactor

Composite materials reactor (also called composite material autoclave or carbon fiber autoclave) is the pressure vessel specially designed and manufactured to fabricate composite material, it is one of the our hot sale industrial autoclave products.

On the afternoon of 11. 2, 2020, a three-person team from Shandong Composite Material Research Institute visited Tai’an Strength. Upon enter into the workshop, our engineers led the customer to the finished product commissioning area, and explained the whole set of composite materials reactor equipment, mainly from the equipment composition, equipment configuration, working principle, electricity consumption, equipment installation and commissioning, and land occupation. All these can let customers fully understand what kind of process composition the composite materials reactor is and what preparations need to be made. Afterwards, we invited customers to visit the raw material area, inspection area, semi-finished product area and the equipment being manufactured in our workshop. Customers are satisfied with our production capacity.

After visiting the workshop, we accompanied the customer to the company meeting room to discuss the specific requirements and parameters of the composite materials reactor required by the customer. Our engineers answered the questions and concerns raised by the customer in a timely manner. For temperature accurate, we use heat conduction oil. For safety design, we use safety locks. Finally, the customer fully affirmed the configuration and quality of our composite materials reactor and asked us to make a detailed configuration plan then send it to them.

Regarding the detailed customization process of this composite materials reactor, please continue to pay attention to our website news and case updates.

About STRENGTH Equipments

Taian STRENGTH Equipments Co., Ltd is the professional pressure vessel designer, manufacturer and exporter dedicated in supplying finest quality industrial autoclave, storage tank and dish head products and solutions to worldwide customer over 20 years. We have over 80 talented research and development experts, 2 million square meters manufacturing factory and more than 50 sets large-scale manufacturing machines. Our annual industrial autoclave and storage tank output can reach over 300 sets, dished head output can reach over 3000 sets.

STRENGTH Equipments is not only manufacturing high quality industrial autoclaves, storage tanks and dished ends but also providing custom product design, fabrication and after-sale service. ODM, OEM are also available. If you have any questions or inquiries,  please fill and submit the following form, we will reply as soon as possible.

ASME Standard Composite Material Autoclave Reactor Will be Finished

ASME standard composite material autoclave reactor (also called carbon fiber autoclave or composite autoclave) is the most effective and applicable pressure vessel for manufacturing composite material. During the composite material production process, the STRENGTH Equipments brand composite material autoclave reactor can automatically realize the optimal control of temperature, pressure and time, thereby completed the energy-saving, efficient and safe production process of composite materials by the integrated design and fabrication. Composite materials, also called combined material, are made of two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties. The composite material autoclave reactor will produce materials with different characteristics from each constituent when combined at a certain temperature.

In mid-May, we received an inquiry for composite material autoclave reactor from the United States. According to the parameters provided by the customer, the engineer gave suggestions for auxiliary equipment of the carbon fiber autoclave and gave the customer a quotation. After many technical communications, the customer expressed satisfaction with our solutions and services. This composite material autoclave reactor will be used to produce motorcycle parts. The contract was signed with the customer in mid-August and the delivery is expected at the end of December.

Specifications of Composite Material Autoclave Reactor

Effective Diameter: 1200mm,

Effective Length: 1800mm,

Equipment Diameter: 1600mm,

Equipment Shell Length: 3000mm,

Working Pressure: 0.3-1.4MPa,

Working Temperature: 60-200℃,

Door Opening Methord: Hydraulic Automatic Side Opening,

Material: SA516GR70,

Design and Manufacturing Standard: ASME

Composite Material Autoclave Reactor Configuration

①Composite material autoclave reactor body

②Vacuum system

③Heating system

④Cooling system

⑤Control system (SIEMENS PLC automatic control)

⑥Inside and outside trolley

⑦Instrument valve

Composite Material Autoclave Reactor Forming Process

Firstly, the composite material blank, honeycomb sandwich structure or glued structure sealed on the mold are made with a vacuum bag and then placed in composite material autoclave. In a vacuum (or non-vacuum) state, it will be heated, pressurized, and insulated (medium temperature or high temperature). The process of pressure holding, temperature reduction and pressure relief makes it a molding process for products in the required shape and quality state. The composite material autoclave reactor molding process is one of the widely used for composite material structures, honeycomb sandwich structures, metal or composite material bonding structures. When the material is formed, the uniform temperature and pressure environment provided by the autoclave is used to achieve solidification, so the surface and internal quality of the material is high, the structure is complex, and suitable for the huge area materials.

Composite material autoclaves reactor now is widely used in high-tech fields such as aerospace, electronics, weapons, transportation, sports equipment and new energy sources. The composite material autoclave reactor developed by STRENGTH Equipments has the advantages of high temperature and pressure control accuracy, safe and reliable structure, good system stability, low energy consumption, simple operation and maintenance. We also have realized modularization and serialization, which can meet the needs of different fields, different processes and different specifications.

About STRENGTH Equipments

Taian STRENGTH Equipments Co., Ltd is the professional pressure vessel designer, manufacturer and exporter dedicated in supplying finest quality industrial autoclave, storage tank and dish head products and solutions to worldwide customer over 20 years. We have over 80 talented research and development experts, 2 million square meters manufacturing factory and more than 50 sets large-scale manufacturing machines. Our annual industrial autoclave and storage tank output can reach over 300 sets, dished head output can reach over 3000 sets.

STRENGTH Equipments is not only manufacturing high quality industrial autoclaves, storage tanks and dished ends but also providing custom product design, fabrication and after-sale service. ODM, OEM are also available. If you have any questions or inquiries, please fill and submit the following form, we will reply as soon as possible.

Why Choose Horizontal Autoclave to Manufacture Carbon Fiber Parts?

Horizontal autoclave (also called carbon fiber autoclave or composite autoclave) is a professional equipment that is used for carbon fiber materials hot pressed curving. The special designed horizontal autoclave has the characteristics of accurate control and uniform temperature. Now Tai’an Strength Equipments Co., Ltd will give an introduction of why choose horizontal autoclave to manufacture carbon fiber parts.

Firstly, the carbon fiber (CF) is a new type fiber materials with carbon content more than 95% and high modulus. CF is a microcrystalline graphite material made of flake graphite microcrystal and other organic fibers along with the axial direction stacked which is derived from  by carbonized and graphitized.

Carbon fiber materials are more and more widely used for different industries due to its high axial strength and modulus, low density, high specific performance, no creep, ultra-high temperature resistance, good fatigue resistance under non-oxidation environment, specific heat and electrical conductivity between non-metal and metal, small coefficient of thermal expansion and anisotropy, good corrosion resistance, good X-ray transmittance and so on. Due to these characteristics, horizontal autoclave is more and more popular in carbon fiber production industry. In February this year, China has been completely free to develop the first hundred-ton T1000 carbon fiber production line.

The horizontal autoclave equipment is relatively simple and efficient. It is suitable for the formation of large-area complex surface skins, wall panels and shells, and can form various aircraft components. Some manufacturers have customized large horizontal autoclave to place multilayer mold at a time. At the same time, molds can simultaneously form more complex structures and components of different sizes. The most fundamental operation of the horizontal autoclave for carbon fiber materials is to reduce the porosity in the material, and the original pores are filled, which increases the density of the material. The performance is more significant. So if you want to make good use of carbon fiber materials, carbon fiber autoclaves are generally good choice.

About STRENGTH Equipments

Taian STRENGTH Equipments Co., Ltd is the professional pressure vessel designer, manufacturer and exporter dedicated in supplying finest quality industrial autoclave, storage tank and dish head products and solutions to worldwide customer over 20 years. We have over 80 talented research and development experts, 2 million square meters manufacturing factory and more than 50 sets large-scale manufacturing machines. Our annual industrial autoclave and storage tank output can reach over 300 sets, dished head output can reach over 3000 sets.

STRENGTH Equipments is not only manufacturing high quality industrial autoclaves, storage tanks and dished ends but also providing custom product design, fabrication and after-sale service. ODM, OEM are also available. If you have any questions or inquiries, please fill and submit the following form, we will reply as soon as possible.

ASME U2 Certificate Passed Successfully for Professional Pressure Vessel Supplier

Taian STRENGTH Equipment Co., Ltd was certificated as the professional supplier of pressure vessel (pressure vessel manufacturer) of ASME U and U2, 10^th, July, 2020, this is a great day for our company, ASME head office notified us that we have passed  quality system check and test of the ASME institutions, and they agreed to give us the ASME U2 certification and update ASME U certification. This news is not only important to our company, but also for our partners and all customers. This will be the first U2 certification in our city.

U2 certification is a very important for high pressure manufacturing industry. Our previous U certificate can only produce pressure vessel to up to 20MPa, but the U2 certificate can be helpful to us to manufacture the pressure up  to be 68 MPa. This will be a huge improvement in pressure. After we got the U2 certificate, in further our company can meet the customer requirement both in size and pressure requirements.

With the help of the U certificate, we have got many experience in manufacture 0.1-20MPa projects and we are a professional pressure vessel supplier, we have cooperated with many customers abroad for U certificate projects, and these projects also have get good feedback from different countries customers. On the 5^th June, 2019, our general manager Mr. Pengbo Wang decided that we will apply U2 certificate to update U certificate. After getting the instruction, all of our engineers and technicians joined in the U2 certificate works, all departments began their responsibility such as  quality design, testing, welding, workshop manufacturing, etc. Based on the U2 certificate, we should build our quality management system firstly, all quality details should made very clearly. Based on the U2 certificate we should manufacture one test products, according to the test group require, we manufacture one for them test. The check group also will review the before producing products’ documents, after 7 months prepare, all work get ready.

But unfortunately, Covid-19 spread out all over China in the end of 2019, the production work stopped. The Covid-19 was under control with the common efforts of  all Chinese people. As the first plan, considering the people healthy, ASME test group decided to postpone the on site test for 15^th March to 14^th June.

By long time waiting,  ASME test group arrived to our company on 14^th June, after by two days careful check and test, they highly praised our work. Finally, they decided to release certificate to us, but that should be agreed by the head office. After two weeks, we finally got the head office notification, we passed the ASME U2 certification and update of ASME U certificate. We will try our best to serve domestic and abroad customer, and keep to be better professional pressure vessel supplier.

About STRENGTH Equipments

Taian STRENGTH Equipments Co., Ltd is the professional pressure vessel designer, manufacturer and exporter dedicated in supplying finest quality industrial autoclave, storage tank and dish head products and solutions to worldwide customer over 20 years. We have over 80 talented research and development experts, 2 million square meters manufacturing factory and more than 50 sets large-scale manufacturing machines.  Our annual industrial autoclave and storage tank output can reach over 300 sets, dished head output can reach over 3000 sets.

STRENGTH Equipments is not only manufacturing high quality industrial autoclaves, storage tanks and dished ends but also providing custom product design, fabrication and after-sale service.  ODM, OEM are also available. If you have any questions or inquiries,  please fill and submit the following form, we will reply as soon as possible.

Latvian Customer is Interested in Autoclave for Carbon Fiber

Autoclave for carbon fiber( also called composite material autoclave or carbon fiber autoclave) is a kind of process equipment aiming at the forming process characteristics of polymer-based carbon fiber materials. It is suitable for the forming of advanced composite material structure, honeycomb sandwich structure and metal or composite bonding structure.It has the advantages of high temperature and pressure control precision, safe and reliable structure, good system stability, low energy consumption, simple operation and maintenance, etc.

We received an inquiry from Latvia about the autoclave for carbon fiber on Jan. 6, 2020, they are dealers of carbon fiber accessories, the customer gave detailed parameters and engineers designed specific scheme according to the customer’s requirements. He is very interested in our plan and will come to our factory in March.

Specification of Autoclave for Carbon Fiber

Effective Diameter: 2000mm

Equipment Diameter: 2400mm

Effective Length: 8000mm

Equipment Length: 9000mm

Working Pressure: 8bar

Working Temperature: 160℃

Thickness: 14mm

Door Operating Way: Hydraulic automatic side opening

Design Code: PED

Constituent Parts of Autoclave for Carbon Fiber

1. Overall structure: By the tank body, tank door mechanism, high temperature motor, wind channel board insulation layer and so on constitute a high pressure, high temperature tank body.
2. Safe interlock installation: It consists of automatic pressure interlock, manual interlock and ultra-high voltage alarm installation.
3. Quick door installation: manual electric dual-purpose quick door design, can be normally opened and closed in case of power failure.
4. Sealing installation: the tank door adopts silicone inflatable seal, resistant to high pressure.
5. Pressure system: the pressure transmission and control system is composed of compressor, gas storage tank, pressure control valve, pipeline, pressure transmitter and pressure gauge, etc. The pressure inside the tank can reach 1.5-2.5mpa, the error is no more than 0.05mpa, with safe and explosion-proof installation.
6. Heating system: it is composed of stainless steel electric heat pipe, high temperature fan, duct board, heat insulation layer and temperature control system. The heating power meets the requirements of the highest temperature of the cavity and the heating rate.
7. Temperature circulation system: it is composed of circulating fan, air guide plate and air guide cover to accelerate heat transmission and circulation, forming an average temperature field.
8. Vacuum system: it is composed of vacuum pump, pipeline, vacuum gauge and vacuum valve to provide vacuum conditions for the encapsulated composite data prefabricated parts. Multiple vacuum tube joints are required to meet the requirements of the molding process.
9. Automatic control system: PLC control system is adopted to complete the whole process of high-precision control and real-time recording of pressure, temperature, cooling and other technological parameters.

Advantages of Autoclave for Carbon Fiber

1. Average pressure: Apply gas pressure, the pressure through the vacuum bag to the product appearance, the point normal pressure is equal, so that the parts in the same pressure curing molding.
2. The temperature is average, adjustable: The circulating hot air flow in the tank heats the workpiece, and the temperature difference is small. At the same time, the cooling system is configured so that the temperature can be strictly controlled within the process setting range.
3. Wide application: Simple mold, high efficiency.Suitable not only for plate and shell with large area of complex surface, but also for plate, rod, tube and block with simple.
4. The forming process is stable and reliable: the pressure and temperature are even, adjustable and controllable, so that the quality of the forming or the handover system is different and reliable;Low porosity, controlled and average resin content;It can be vacuumized when pressurized, so that low molecular matter is easy to discharge.

About STRENGTH Equipments

Taian STRENGTH Equipments Co., Ltd is the professional pressure vessel designer, manufacturer and exporter dedicated in supplying finest quality industrial autoclave, storage tank and dish head products and solutions to worldwide customer over 20 years. We have over 80 talented research and development experts, 2 million square meters manufacturing factory and more than 50 sets large-scale manufacturing machines.  Our annual industrial autoclave and storage tank output can reach over 300 sets, dished head output can reach over 3000 sets.

STRENGTH Equipments is not only manufacturing high quality industrial autoclaves, storage tanks and dished ends but also providing custom product design, fabrication and after-sale service.  ODM, OEM are also available. If you have any questions or inquiries,  please fill and submit the following form, we will reply as soon as possible.