Product and services produced by
Touchstone Research Laboratory

Provides material testing and outsourced research and development. Produces a family of carbon foam (CFOAM) materials for composite tooling, ablative panels, thermal structural systems, and metal matrix material (Metpreg) for pressure vessels, structural reinforcement and rocket motor casings.

Articles about
Touchstone Research Laboratory

SAMPE® 2005 Product Showcase

Post-show review of the 2004 U.S. SAMPE Symposium

Tooling roundup: New materials, new methods

Carbon/BMI and carbon foam form Invar alternative

SOURCEBOOK category listings for
Touchstone Research Laboratory

• Composite Structures & Components > Armor, composite
• Composite Structures & Components > Carbon/carbon composites
• Composite Structures & Components > Ceramic matrix composites
• Composite Structures & Components > Flywheels, composite
• Composite Structures & Components > Metal matrix composites
• Composite Structures & Components > Profiles
• Composite Structures & Components > Rods
• Composite Structures & Components > Tubes
• Design, testing, consulting, other services > Expert witness
• Design, testing, consulting, other services > Inspection services
• Design, testing, consulting, other services > Materials analysis
• Design, testing, consulting, other services > Product design
• Fabricating services > Thermoplastic materials > Hand layup
• Fabricating services > Thermoset materials > Hand layup
• Fabricating services > Thermoset materials > Prototyping
• Primary manufacturing equipment > Autoclaves
• Primary manufacturing equipment > Autoclaves, lab size
• Primary manufacturing equipment > Fiber placement machines
• Primary manufacturing equipment > Metal matrix composite casting machines
• Testing, gauging, monitoring, analytical equipment and software > Fatigue-testing equipment
• Testing, gauging, monitoring, analytical equipment and software > Flexural testers
• Testing, gauging, monitoring, analytical equipment and software > Hardness testers
• Testing, gauging, monitoring, analytical equipment and software > Impact-testing equipment
• Testing, gauging, monitoring, analytical equipment and software > Modulus testers
• Testing, gauging, monitoring, analytical equipment and software > Surface analyzers
• Testing, gauging, monitoring, analytical equipment and software > Temperature monitoring equipment
• Testing, gauging, monitoring, analytical equipment and software > Thermal analysis instruments
• Tools/tooling materials > Mandrels > Other
• Tools/tooling materials > Tooling materials and supplies > Backup structures
• Tools/tooling materials > Tooling materials and supplies > Master pattern material, other
• Tools/tooling materials > Tooling materials and supplies > Monolithic graphite
• Tools/tooling materials > Tools > Cast
• Tools/tooling materials > Tools > Graphite, cast
• Tools/tooling materials > Tools > Graphite, monolithic
• Tools/tooling materials > Tools > Hybrid materials
• Tools/tooling materials > Tools > Integrally heated