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A look inside the factory of CTS New Zealand
Posted by:
Gayleen Pratt
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Date: December 27, 2016 09:15PM
Hello everyone
We recently had a camera crew in our factory in New Zealand - filming how we make the CTS rod blanks and MAVEN finished rods. Take a look: [www.youtube.com] Gayleen & Stephen Pratt Re: A look inside the factory of CTS New Zealand
Posted by:
roger wilson
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Date: December 28, 2016 09:14AM
Great video of what appears to be a wonderful product. Re: A look inside the factory of CTS New Zealand
Posted by:
Bruce Tomaselli
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Date: December 28, 2016 10:24AM
Gayleen Pratt Wrote:
------------------------------------------------------- > Hello everyone > > We recently had a camera crew in our factory in > New Zealand - filming how we make the CTS rod > blanks and MAVEN finished rods. > > Take a look: > [www.youtube.com] > e=youtu.be > > Gayleen & Stephen Pratt Hi Gayleen, Does it say in the video you bake the rods after the carbon is applied to the mandrel? Nice video. Re: A look inside the factory of CTS New Zealand
Posted by:
Gayleen Pratt
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Date: December 28, 2016 02:10PM
Hi Bruce,
Yes, that's correct. The carbon and glass are 'prepreg' materials. Called prepreg because the epoxy resin is pre-impregnated into the fiber, as opposed to dry fiber that has a wet layer of resin applied. The prepreg is in what we call 'stage B cure'. The epoxy is neither wet or fully cured (hard) - it's in a tacky, maleable form. Once we've tightly wrapped the carbon around the mandrel, we go through some debulking (compression) steps and then wrap under pressure before sending to the oven. We use an extended slow cook cycle to fully cure the resin. Gayleen Re: A look inside the factory of CTS New Zealand
Posted by:
Dan Scollard
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Date: December 28, 2016 06:10PM
An informative and enjoyable video, thanks for posting. Re: A look inside the factory of CTS New Zealand
Posted by:
Scott Lees
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Date: December 28, 2016 10:25PM
Very nice facility, amazing clean room. Re: A look inside the factory of CTS New Zealand
Posted by:
Tom Kirkman
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Date: December 29, 2016 05:11PM
Remember that CTS will be at the Expo in about 7 weeks. Good time to ask them, in person, about their products.
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