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  Manufacturing Technology Division
CRG’s Manufacturing
Technology Division is experienced in
leading technology from the laboratory
to the full-scale manufacturing line. The division invents and refines technologies to enable new manufacturing approaches. Our open-minded team is willing to try new ideas and integrate emerging technology, helping customers realize next-generation products and processes with efficient, cost-effective manufacturing.
Manufacturing Process Development
New products in the marketplace are usually
produced using highly efficient, traditional manufacturing
processes that target a major market segment. Competitors
use those traditional processes to compete for that segment.
This heavy competition makes the untapped portion of the market
much more attractive. CRG is investing heavily in the development
of manufacturing concepts that offer out-of-the-box alternatives
to full-scale manufacturing. Additionally, CRG has the in-house
expertise to transition these concepts into highly efficient
manufacturing processes, including equipment design and development,
installation, and quality control and ISO 9000 qualification.
 Prototype Design and Fabrication
From feasibility demonstrations to fully operational
results, CRG engineers possess the design and fabrication
skills to make it happen. We typically work closely with a
customer's expert staff to rapidly understand current trade-offs
and functional requirements for an application. This gives
our engineers the necessary in-depth perspective to make design
decisions and fabricate the right part more quickly. Effective
communication with the customer at the engineering level makes
our prototyping team efficient as well as responsive to the
needs of our customers. Once feasibility has been demonstrated,
follow-on programs involve pilot line manufacturing of prototypes,
which is necessary to investigate manufacturing feasibility.
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Division
Capabilities:
- Rapid manufacturing
- Composites fabrication
- Machine design and development
- Part design and manufacturing
- Electrical controls
- Materials processing
- Materials analysis
- Metal fabrication
- Filament winding
- Mold design and fabrication
- Metal fabrication
- High solids mixing
- MRL management
- Manufacturing process design and
development
- Consulting
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Division Expertise:
- Composite fabrication (thermoset & thermoplastic resins):
- Liquid molding/resin transfer
- Prepreg
- Hand layup
- Thermoplastic process development
- Compounding
- Extrusion
- Injection molding
- Large-scale resin mixing and transfer process development
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Manufacturing cost estimates
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Raw material selection
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Manufacturing equipment selection
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Facility design
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Technology transition management
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Supply chain risk management
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