In 2005 Composite Creations was contacted by Invetech with a request to develop and produce carbon fibre carousels for a in-vitro-diagnostics device

they were developing for a US pharmaceutical company. This was basically a carbon fibre ring with top and shaped sides with 132 individual slots cut

into the inner circumference.

Unfortunately the development of this project was stopped by the US company just as we supplied the initial prototype. Still the development of this initial prototype

is a good example of the type of developmental work we are capable of achieving.

From component drawings from Invetech, which were finalised with some input regarding production requirements from ourselves, we organised the CAD modeling of the required tooling. 

From these models we had the necessary aluminium tooling produced and completed the remaining setup in house which included a suport table with a 'ground flat' surface, electrical heating, thermalcouple controlling and a combinations of vacuum bagging and pressurising within the production moulds.

The carbon ring, that was produced from the mould, was then machined to produce the slotted and recessed internal diameter.