CFRP Integrated One-Stop Manufacturing

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Responding to the Needs of our Customers
Advantages of Integrated One-Stop CFRP Manufacturing
What We Can Do at Uchida

Responding to the Needs of our Customers

At Uchida, we boast 55 years of honed experience in carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) and composite material product manufacturing. Often referred to as carbon or dry carbon, carbon fiber reinforced plastic (CFRP) will vary in compatibility with the application environment and facilities depending on the profile of the manufactured product, production volume, and fabrication lead times. Our diverse variety of molding facilities and equipment, including large-scale autoclave, RTM, Va-RTM, press machines, and FDM 3D printers designed to mold carbon fiber, offers added capacity to meet varying demands and provide solutions for a range of product profiles, costs, and production volumes.

Advantages of Integrated One-Stop CFRP Manufacturing

Assured confidentiality of information related to all manufacturing processes from design analysis to mold fabrication, product mold lamination, secondary processing, assembly, various painting/coating processes, quality assurance, and testing.

Processes Proposals to Meet your Needs

As mentioned earlier, the optimal process for successful CFRP manufacturing is determined according to the profile/structure, production lot, and features. We offer tailored processes backed by a wide range of fabrication methods and 55 years of experience in a diverse range of fields, ensuring that all your needs are met.

Short Turnarounds and Low-cost Development

All our processes are completed in-house to eliminate the need for intermediate processes and mold transfers. This results in shorter turnarounds without unnecessary added costs in development.

Development Together and In-person with Our Customers

At Uchida, we proactively encourage customer involvement and in-person visits during production. While the manufacturing industry tends to keep details of intermediate processes and production methods hidden tightly behind closed doors, at Uchida, our thinking is different. We firmly believe that prototype development is a collaboration with our customers and therefore encourage you to attend meetings to identify production issues and partake in discussions toward cost reductions.

What We Can Do at Uchida

Deliver One-stop Manufacturing

We deliver all aspects of CFRP and composite manufacturing from design analysis to CFRP fabrication, secondary processing, assembly, painting/coating, quality assurance, and testing all in one-stop.

Create Products for Diverse Industries and Needs

With origins in mannequin manufacturing, at Uchida, we have contributed to developments and successes in diverse fields including 2-wheel (race bikes) and 4-wheel (race cars, next-generation vehicles, optional parts) automobiles, aviation, aerospace, marine, robotics, defense, medical, welfare, sports, arts, and industrial machinery.

Versatility to Accommodate

Our full range of equipment, manufacturing environments, and long-accumulated technical know-how offer us the versatility to accommodate all kinds of CFRP prototype developments.

ABOUT UCHIDA - 55 years since our founding

We leverage a wealth of technical expertise as a CFRP molding and processing manufacturer using FRP, GFRP, and CFRP materials. We offer a one-stop solution, encompassing design, analysis, manufacturing, secondary processing, assembly, painting, quality assurance, and testing.

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UCHIDA's equipment

We have cutting-edge equipment to ensure that we can address even the most advanced challenges of our customers.

DMG森精機 - VS1000/40/2050
X軸：2,050mm（ストローク）／ Y軸：1,000mm ／ Z軸：600mm ／テーブル作業面：2,250×1,000mm

ASHIDA MFG Co., Ltd.
Autoclave Oven 2
Size : Ø1,150x1,000mm / Operating temperature : at normal temperature - 400℃ / Design pressure : 2.0Mpa (maximum working pressure) / Vacuum system : back suction system / Vacuum units : 5

ASHIDA MFG Co., Ltd.
Autoclave Oven 3
Size : Ø3,000x6,000mm / Operating temperature : at normal temperature - 200℃ / Distribution accuracy : ±2.5℃less / Heating rate : 4.0℃/min. (empty furnace) / Cooling rate : 4.0℃/min. (empty furnace) / Design pressure : 0.99Mpa (maximum working pressure) / Working pressure : 0.7Mpa less (if no specification from the manufacuturer 0.3Mpa around) / Pressure accuracy : ±0.02Mpa（for pressure setting of ０ - 0.99Mpa/cm²） / Boost pressure accuracy : 0 - 0.03Mpa/min / Pressure source : compressed air (regular use) / Vacuum system : back suction system / Vacuum units : 10

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Oven
Size : W1,000xH1,000xD1,000mm / Temperature range : Environmental Temperature +20 - 300℃ / Temperature elevation capability : Environmental Temperature (20 - 40℃) - 300℃ / 45min less / Vacuum system : back suction system / Vacuum units : 10

ESPEC CORP.
Temperature & Humidity Chamber

INSTRON
Static Universal Testing Machine 5985

Oven
Size : W7,000xH3,000xD2,000mm / Temperature range : Environmental Temperature +20 - 300℃ (Max) / Temperature elevation capability : Environmental Temperature (20 - 40℃) - 300℃ / 60min less / Vacuum system : back suction system / Vacuum units : 10

NEO
X axis : 4,000mm (stroke) / Y axis : 2,000mm / Z axis : 1,200mm / C axis : 0° - ±270° / B axis : 0° - ±110° / Table working place : 4,000x2,000mm

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3Dプリンター | Markforged

Painting booth
Various painting, and clear finish is done in dedicated painting booth

Adhesion, Finishing, Coating Room
Finishing process, such as trimming, drilling, and bonding, surface treatment of the molded product type and is done in a private booth

Toshiba Matrixeye EX (Ultrasonic flaw detector)
Matrix-Arrey : 32

AMETEK CREAFORM Metra
SCAN750 Elite (3D scan)

Olympus Corp.
Inverted Microscopes

Oven
Size : W450xH450xD450mm / Temperature range : Environmental Temperature +20 - 650℃ / Temperature elevation capability : Environmental Temperature+50 - 650℃/120min less

Cutting Plotter Table working place : W1,500xL3,500mm

SHIMA SEIKI MFG., LTD
Cutting Plotter

KUKA
Robot

Krauss Maffei
Epoxy resin injection machine Resin 60L ／ Hardener 25L

Krauss Maffei
630t Press machine Height total 5,200mm ／ Length max 1,500mm ／ Width max 1,200mm ／ Whole cycle time per component part 240sec

DMG森精機 - NV5000B/40
X軸：1,020mm（ストローク）／ Y軸：510mm ／ Z軸：510mm ／テーブル作業面：1,320×600mm

Big sized clean room
JIS B 9920 cleanliness class maximum concentration (Pcs/m³） / Class 5 : 100,000m³ / Capacity : m² (16,000x16,000mm) 760m² (16,000x16,000x3,000mm) / Temperature and humidity condition : Temperature : 23℃±3℃, Humidity 65% less / Ambient conditions : Temperature 35℃ during summer, Humidity 70% less / Ambient conditions : Temperature 35℃ during summer, Humidity 70% less / Temperature -5℃ during winter, Humidity 40% less