Attwater Group and its subsidiary Custom Composites had another busy stand at the recent Composites Engineering Show, the UK’s largest composites design and manufacturing event. Established in 2010, the show has grown year on year and this time more than 12,000 visitors came through its doors over the two days. Attwater’s 5-strong exhibition team reported…
A Bafta nominated lighting cameraman has approached Custom Composites for carbon fibre tubes to use as a super-lightweight alternative to aluminium rig rods. These rig rods are used on shoulder supported TV cameras to attach accessories such as filters, monitors, follow-focus or a matte box. They need to be strong and light. The cameraman, Paul…
Attwater apprentice Kevin Brown has peddled his way to a bumper cheque for Derian House Children’s Hospice. The maintenance engineer cycled a 120-mile route between Morecambe, on the west coast, to Whitby, on the east. He smashed his target time: aiming to complete the ride in less than 7 hours, he managed to finish in…
Attwater Group and its subsidiary Custom Composites are once again exhibiting at the Composites Engineering Show when it returns for the fourth consecutive year in November. Composites Engineering 2013 is the UK’s largest composites design and manufacturing event, and is part of Advanced Engineering 2013. Lancashire-based Attwater, which specialises in industrial laminates and machining, will…
Testing has always been a critical part of Attwater’s business. Over the past year Attwater have invested further in their test and development laboratory facilities, not only making testing more efficient, but also allowing it to offer a more varied range of analysis. “We understand what our customers want to achieve, and we have always…
The following table shows the relationship between the current Custom Composites grades of tube and the Attwater Grades of sheet and how they cross reference to previous standards. For earlier cross references to BS5102, BS1137, BS2076, BS972, BS668, BS547 or BS 316 please contact us. Common Standards for industrial laminate and tubes Attwater Grade Type…
The UK is currently experiencing the longest prolonged hot spell since 2006 and some people have been asking what happens to our raw materials in this unusually hot weather. Here at Attwater, we’ve had cold storage facilities for our pre-pregs for a number of years as some of our raw materials are temperature sensitive. This…
Whilst traditionally Attwater products are used as insulation, a keen bush craft specialist has realised that the industrial laminate materials are perfect for creating the finest knife handles. “The pale green G10 or ‘biscuit coloured’ epoxy cotton make really attractive knife handles that change in hue with age, use and conditions,” said Kevin Cunningham who…
One of the more unusual requests that Attwater has recently received was for 165mm thick epoxy glass industrial laminate – which is considerably thicker than the usual orders for laminates. There were two main challenges:- Working out how to handle and process such a large quantity of material The sheer thickness of the finished product…
Accrington and Rossendale College’s Electric Racing Car Club has received backing from Attwater, a local high-performance engineering specialist. The Preston company will supply composite and sheet materials for the vehicles, which will compete in the Greepower Formula 24+ racing series. Accross’s club has been designed to help 16 to 25-year-olds learn about the importance of…
