SDC in the news
NEW! Oct 2009, San Diego Composites successfully manufactures and tests a composite toroidal tank fabricated using automated fiber winding technology - On October 5, 2009, the first prototype was tested at SDC's high-pressure burst facility to a failure pressure of 21.1 ksi, or 5.5% above the design pressure of 20 ksi. >> More
May 2008, NetFires LLC Precision Attack Missile
Flight Test - A Non Line-of-Sight-Launch System
(NLOS-LS)Precision Attack Missile was successfully launched >> More
May 2008, San Diego Composites acquires
Wilson Composites, Inc. located in Sacramento.
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May 2008, William "Bill" Eriksen added as
Company Controller - Bill will be responsible for all
financial, administrative and office management activities.
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January 2008, Gary Wonacott promoted to
Chief Executive Officer - Board promotes
Gary Wonacott, Robert Kolozs, and Christine Benzie.
>> More
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Our Next Frontier
During the past year, SDC has developed a novel approach for elevated temperature testing... the High Rate Infrared Facility. HiRIF is an industry leading radiant heating system designed to flash heat specimens up to 2000°F at greater than 100°F/sec.
Ideally suited for materials characterization testing, HiRIF has the capacity to simulate harsh, real-world aerothermal heating conditions. HiRIF achieves more realistic results and is especially critical when conducting elevated temperature testing of Hot/Wet conditioned materials to minimize water loss during the heating phase. Traditional methods require extended soak times to reach temperature, during which time moisture is driven out of the coupons, resulting in unrealistic results.
SDC has developed a flexible facility capability that can be reconfigured for a large range of ASTM materials tests as well as subcomponent and systems testing, with the objective of achieving a high degree of repeatabity. Temperature calibration is achieved via embedded Thermocouples that are used to verify temperatures in the test section with non-intrusive IR temperature sensors.
If you would like more information on HiRIF or would like to discuss any testing requirements that you have, please see testing services at this website and or contact Mr. Kenneth Kenzel at 858-751-0450 or kkenzel@sdcomposites.com.
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