Production  

 




Production Facility   Polyply Composites Inc. is located on the eastern shore of Lake Michigan in southwestern Michigan. Our 60,000 square foot facility is 40 miles west of Grand Rapids and is about a three hour drive from Detroit or Chicago.


 

Compounding Capabilities

Our manufacturing capabil-
ities are fully integrated,
beginning with bulk delive-
ry of raw materials for
production of SMC's,
BMC's and Wet molding
mixes. Molding materials
used at Polyply Composites
are engineered and
formulated by our staff to
meet specific requirements
and needs. We also offer
our molding compounds to
other molders.

 


Ashcraft 24" SMC Machine

100 gallon Baker Perkins
BMC mixer

250 gallon Baker Perkins
BMC Mixer

14 gallon sample
BMC Mixer

Three 25 HP Cowles high
Shear blenders

1.5 HP Cowles dissolver

Pultrusion Technology 2408 Pultrusion Machine

 

Press Molding Capabilities

Polyply Composites has 15 compression molding presses equipped
to provide steam or electric heat for processing fiberglass reinforced
thermoset materials. All presses have hydraulic and mechanical
knockout capabilities.
Molding Press Information  Bed Size

Open Height

Stroke
Press 1 150 Ton Dake 48 x 72

58

54
Press 2 150 Ton Dake 48 x 72 58 54
Press 3 75 Ton Dake 36 x 50 48 47
Press 4 500 Ton Wood 80 x 116 82 60
Press 5 150 Ton Dake 40 x 130 40 37
Press 6 860 Ton Erie 68 x 86 64 54
Press 7 250 Ton Erie 37 x 54 71 59
Press 8 150 Ton Erie 37 x 56 81 63
Press 9 300 Ton Leopold 18 x 168 20 20
Press 10 600 Ton Dake 60 x 115 84 76
Press 11 462 Ton Erie 50 x 124 34 24
Press 12 400 Ton Dake 76 x 101 58 50
Press 13 1000 Ton W&W 48 x 72 48 48
Press 14 750 Ton Lawton 60 x 86 84 72
Press 15 850 Ton W&W 60 x 80 66 36

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Polyply Composites Inc. has secondary machining equipment to
provide sheets, channels, and angles cut or sheared to customer
specifications. We also have a full electrical and mechanical testing
laboratory which is integrated into our quality control program
and can also provide special customer testing.



 

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