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Your trusted partner with world-class expertise in lightweight, durable applications and an unmatched reputation for quality and safety. 

SOLUTIONS 

With APEX, you get a leader in advanced composite manufacturing and design engineering who delivers innovative solutions for your most complex, mission-critical challenges. We work with you from the beginning to ensure your unique design and production needs are met.
 

What sets us apart? 

  • A focus on engineered lamination and winding solutions

  • In-house custom design services solutions

  • Prototyping design, tooling and low-volume manufacturing

  • Capacity for large-scale and high-volume manufacturing

  • Tight tolerance composite CNC Machining

  • Vertical integration, from design and tooling to manufacturing, testing and inspection

  • Direct supplier to OEMs and Tier 1 vendors

  • Extensive experience in government and sole-source contracting

​Design Engineering 

​In-house design expertise to guide the earliest stages of development. 
 

  • Composite Product Designs

  • Metallic to Composite Component Conversions

  • Design for Manufacturing

  • Proprietary Materials and Material Determination

  • Specialized Material Formulations

  • Tooling Design

  • Process Optimization

  • CATIA V5 | Composite Workbench | SolidWorks

CLOSE TOLERANCE METALLIC FABRICATION

  • Patented Systems for Metallic / Composite Bonding

  • Welding

  • Bending

  • Stamping

  • Forming

  • Large Fixturing Tables

  • Large Scale Assemblies

  • Transport Structures

Build-to-Print Support Engineering 

As you move into prototyping, APEX continues to add value to the entire manufacturing process.  

 

  • Manufacturing Support & Problem Solving

  • Material Qualifications & Specification Development

  • Ply Modeling, Laser Projections & Flat Pattern Optimization

  • Technical Program Management

  • Quality Engineering

  • Successful New Product Introduction Process

  • 8 Controlled-Environment Clean Rooms 
    14,000+ sq. ft.

  • 8 Filament Winders up to 20’ x 4’

  • Computer-Controlled, Calibrated Fiber Tensioners

  • 17 Curing Ovens up to 40’ long

  • 4 Autoclaves up to 15’ x 30’

  • 3 Gerber Cutting Machines

  • 2 Platen Presses

  • 2 Automated Material Ply Cutters

  • Laser Ply Placement

  • In-House Mold & Tool Making

  • Finishing Area & Paint Booths

  • Foam Core

  • Honeycomb Core

  • Vacuum & Pressure Systems

  • Vacuum Mixer

  • Eutectic Salt Manufacturing and Mandrel Manufacturing

  • SMART Tooling

  • Bladder & Trapped Molding Equipment

APEX’s multiple facilities provide full assembly services for small and large structures and pressure vessels. Adherence to high-quality standards means most customers do not require source inspection​​.

Composite Lay-up & Filament Winding

IN-HOUSE MACHINING

  • 40’ 5-Axis Gantry Router

  • 10’ 5-Axis Gantry Router

  • 9 5-Axis CNC Milling Machines

  • 5 4-Axis CNC Milling Machines

  • 9 3-Axis CNC Milling Machines

  • 3 CNC Routers

  • 11 Lathes

  • 4 Milling Machines

  • 2 Screw Machines

  • Centerless Sanders

  • Waterjet 

  • Grinders, Drills & Saws

  • Manual Machining Centers

Tooling & Testing 

  • Tooling Manufacturing for Prototype Through High-Volume Production

  • Additive 3D Printers

  • Mechanical & Physical Testing Systems

  • Large & Small-Scale Testing Systems

  • Non-Destructive Testing & Inspection

  • United Tensile Machine Ultimate Tensile, Flexure, Compression, Short Beam, Lap Shear, Flatwise Tension Tester

  • Hardness Testing – Barcol, Shore A, Shore D

  • UVF Photovoltaic Cell Testing

  • Rotational Viscosity Meter

  • Tack Testing

  • Flow Testing

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