Key Facts
- RAMPF Composite Solutions specializes in the design and manufacture of custom, complex composites for the aerospace and defense industries, with a focus on low to medium-volume production.
- The company guarantees fast turnarounds, material qualification, and automated processes, all supported by integrated quality assurance.
- The state-of-the-art, 74,000 square-foot facility in Burlington is designed to optimize every stage of the composite manufacturing process.
- Low-cost tooling and fixtures with outstanding mechanical properties
- High-performance structural resins for effective and fast infusion
- Structural optimization via Tailored Fiber Placement (TFP) technology for maximum speed and accuracy
- Low-cost component production using Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding (VARTM)
The company’s innovative, quick-turn solutions include material qualification, integrated quality assurance, and automated processes for manufacturing components and subsystems. Prototypes are manufactured within weeks of the design stage and with up to 30 percent cost savings over more traditional prepreg solutions.
The benefits are maximized for components with high structural and geometric complexity (e.g., undercuts, compound curvatures, pockets) and functional complexity (e.g., EMI shielding, static discharge, impact resistance, flammability compliance).
State-of-the infrastructure
RAMPF Composite Solutions’ high-tech, 74,000-square-foot facility in Burlington, Ontario, is designed to optimize every stage of the composite manufacturing process. Facility features include:
- Temperature-controlled lamination room
- AI-optimized automated digital ply cutting system
- Automated metering, mixing, and dispensing equipment for a variety of resin systems
- Three large curing ovens
- Eight-head TFP machine
- Dual 5-axis CNC machines
- Dual paint booths and mixing kitchen
- Metallic plating capabilities
- Centralized vacuum pump system
- Robotic sanding equipment
- Ultrasonic, non-destructive testing equipment
- Industrial 3D printer capable of thermoplastic printing