SDC manufacturing and production facility is capable of supporting large scale production as well as low rate R&D prototyping. SDC manufactures composites in-house using closed mold processing, press cured components and hand lay-up with autoclave curing. Along with these processes, SDC has expertise in all composite fabrication methods and has teaming arrangements with providers of filament winding, VARTM, and RTM to give our customers the best process for their product.

SDC personnel are very familiar with all composite processes whether hand lay-up or automated placement, prepreg or dry fiber precursor material with resin infusion, one or two-sided tooling and oven, autoclave, or out-of-the-autoclave curing processes. SDC engineering and manufacturing personnel experience is that the choice of fabrication process is driven by the type of resin (from vinyl ester on the low end to high temperature polyimides on the high end), the magnitude of required tolerances, the size of the part, and the quantities to name just a few. This issue of what is the best process to select must begin in the design phase with engineers who have a good understanding of different processes capabilities and tool design.

SDC's manufacturing facility includes over 3,000 sq. ft of floor space for composite production. Our facility layout was custom designed to allow for lean manufacturing practices which reduce the cost to the customer by providing for logical work flow from layup, cure, demolding, and machining cells. SDC also has options for expanding its size based on customer needs; an additional 3,000 sq. ft. is available for larger production runs and may be fully isolated from project areas, if required.

To insure that quality composite products are manufactured for its customers, SDC has implemented a comprehensive quality system based on ISO 9001. SDC has now been recommended for ISO 9001 certification.