Industrial Laminate Testing at Attwater

Testing has always been a critical part of Attwater’s business. Over the past year Attwater have invested further in their test and development laboratory facilities, not only making testing more efficient, but also allowing it to offer a more varied range of analysis.

Attwater Standards

The following table shows the relationship between the current Custom Composites grades of tube and the Attwater Grades of sheet and how they cross reference to previous standards. For earlier cross references to BS5102, BS1137, BS2076, BS972, BS668, BS547 or BS 316 please contact us.

What happens to pre-preg in the summer heat?

The UK is currently experiencing the longest prolonged hot spell since 2006 and some people have been asking what happens to our raw materials in this unusually hot weather.

Attwater’s sharp move

Whilst traditionally Attwater products are used as insulation, a keen bush craft specialist has realised that the industrial laminate materials are perfect for creating the finest knife handles.

A Monumental Task

One of the more unusual requests that Attwater has recently received was for 165mm thick epoxy glass industrial laminate – which is considerably thicker than the usual orders for laminates.

There were two main challenges:-

1. Working out how to handle and process such a large quantity of material
2. The sheer thickness of the finished product and being confident that it was cured all the way through

College’s electric racing car club gets Attwater support

Accrington and Rossendale College’s Electric Racing Car Club has received backing from Attwater, a local high-performance engineering specialist.

International Electrical Insulation conference

Two of Attwater’s senior management team, Tom Eland, technical director and Martin Bate, finance director took an active role in organising INSUCON 2013, the International Electrical Insulation conference which is held in Europe at intervals of 3 or 4 years.

Attwater finds innovative new use for peel ply

Industrial laminate specialist Attwater has found a new use for peel ply to facilitate easier bonding with phenolic cotton laminates.

Website update

Since it’s launch a few months ago, the Attwater website has seen unique visitor numbers double and access via mobile devises has increased by almost 500%.