TAC™: Touchstone Advanced Composites

Touchstone has shown itself to be an innovator in composite tooling with numerous inventions and innovations.

From small to large, simple to complex, rapid prototyping to rate tools, Touchstone has the equipment and the expertise to fabricate composite tools to suit your needs.


Walk in oven and autoclave for composite tooling.One of the CNC mills used for composite tooling.Autoclave processing a composite mandrel.


Touchstone has, in-house, its own design team, autoclaves, mills, metal and composite fabrication capability which it can bring to bear on your composite tooling needs.


Composite tooling for high speed watercraft sponsons.


Touchstone personnel have built composite tools and parts for aircraft, helicopters, rockets, UAV's, boats, cars, and prototype models.


Rocket composite mandrel made with CFOAM® carbon foam.Hollow composite mandrel for a rocket being CNC machined.CFOAM® carbon foam tool.


Examples of tools made from CFOAM® carbon foam.



Rapid Prototyping Composite Tooling

In addition to the state-of-the-art digital design and computerized machining, Touchstone personnel are trained to build composite tooling through the age old lofting process. Sometimes building a master in this manner is the fastest method.


Wood strip composite master under construction.Wood strip composite master under construction.Wood strip composite master under construction.



Wood strip composite master under construction.Wood strip composite master under construction.


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