Advanced composite pipe manufacturing and test capability
Enoflex’s 1,500m² manufacturing and test facility is located directly on the international port of Southampton, UK. The facility combines clean-room testing with the capability to manufacture multiple kilometres of continuous-length Cryoreel® composite pipe.
Manufacturing
& automation
Design &
process development
Test & validation
An advanced thermoplastic composite pipe manufacturing platform integrating laser-assisted tape placement, precision sensing, automated process control and specialist in-house engineering.
5km
continuous pipes manufactured0.7mm
mean tap gap demonstrated16-150mm
manufacturing diameter range9001:2015
ISO certified-
Controlled heating and consolidation of thermoplastic composite materials
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Synchronised machine motion and closed-loop control of critical process parameters
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Vision-assisted process monitoring
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Configurable multilayer pipe manufacture across a broad range of diameters, materials and reinforcement architectures
APPLICATIONS
Composite cryostat for cooling and former for HTS cable at -196°C.
Composite LNG terminals and pipeline at -162°C.
Lightweight composite pipe for liquid hydrogen fuel systems at -253°C.