In 2018, Terra Firma partnered with Advanced Composite Structures Australia (ACS Australia), specialists in the design, analysis and manufacture of composite products, to develop the …
3D Printed Mining Feeder Tubes for Shaft Inspections
Design and manufacture of Feeder Tube mining equipment using 3D printing and composite structures. The light-weight modular tubular assembly is used for inspection of mine …
Regina FireShield® Intumescent Composite Fire Protection
In close collaboration with Regina, a fire retardant surfacing material called FireShield® was developed for passive fire protection in industries such as aerospace, maritime, renewable …
Carbon Fibre Composite UAV for Defence Aircraft Research
This fixed wing long range drone is designed and manufactured for the purposes of being a defence research UAV platform. …
Crashworthiness and Energy Absorption of Carbon Fibre Composite Structures
Composite materials perform extremely well in crash and impact scenarios, and are a key enabler in light-weighting structures that have high crashworthiness and certification requirements. …
Dynamic analysis of carbon fibre composite aircraft landing gear – heavy landing crash and impact conditions
ACS Australia completed the design, analysis and experimental validation on landing gear skids for crash and impact conditions of a first responder Jetpack Aircraft. …
Aircraft Aerial Imaging Carbon Fibre Camera Housing
ACS Australia manufactured a carbon fibre camera housing for attachment on a light aircraft for inflight aerial imaging (photography). …
Carbon Fibre Composite Electromagnetic Sensor Housing
ACS Australia manufactured multiple carbon fibre faraday shield tubes for an electromagnetic sensor housing – for use in mining equipment, technology, and services (METS) applications. …
Carbon Fibre Tipper Truck Trailer Design
ACS Australia developed a carbon fibre truck tipper trailer for grain transportation. The design uses a carbon fibre reinforced vinylester composite delivering significant performance benefits. …
Design and development of a light-weight Rail Ore Wagon
ACS-A was tasked with developing a unique design of a light-weight composite material ore wagon for freight train rail. The design developed allows increased payload …
Composite Hydro-Electric Turbine
Kinetic NRG engaged ACS-A to design and manufacture a composite hydro-electric turbine blade for their Hydro-kinetic Energy Generator. …
Repair of fibre glass composite radar structure
Repair was conducted at ACS Australia facilities, re-instating the composite structure to the original state, ensuring that the contour of the reflector surface remained unchanged. …
Safety-critical Animatronic carbon fibre composite structure
ACS-A designed and manufactured a number of safety-critical carbon fibre composite components for one of the world’s leading creators of attractions for large theme parks. …
Design and optimisation of the
airframe, pilot module, landing gear
and ducts for the Martin Jetpack
Innovative designs of an airframe, pilot module, landing gear and ducts were developed and optimised using advanced crash simulation for the most advanced version of the …
Rapid prototyping of camera enclosure
ACS-A developed a custom enclosure for a gas spectrum analyser camera system that is capable of being used both terrestrially and in an airborne system. …
Infusion process development for composite tankers
Omni Tanker engaged ACS-A to assist them in upgrading their manufacturing methods from wet lay-up to closed-moulding resin infusion for the manufacture of components within …
Light-weight composite rail ballast stairs
ACS Australia was asked to develop a portable, light-weight, composite stair system for use by rail personnel who have to climb up ballast to reach …
Development of composite repair clamps
A novel composite clamp for the repair of leaking oil and gas pipelines was developed by ACS-A, in conjunction with PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd and …
Qualification of a composite pipeline protection technology
ACS-A was tasked by PETRONAS Research Sdn Bhd to qualify a proprietary composite overwrap repair system for both onshore and offshore repairs in accordance with …
Manufacture and testing of the airframe, landing gear, pilot module and ducts for the Martin Jetpack
ACS-A delivered a number of prototype and pre-production airframe, landing gear, pilot module and duct assemblies for the latest version of the Martin Jetpack. These …
High pressure flange for novel
oil & gas pipeline
A novel composite flange fitting was developed for joining high pressure composite pipelines within the oil and gas industry …
Expert consultancy
ACS-A provides expert advice and consulting to Australian companies on all types of matters concerning composite structures. This has included materials and process guidance, specific …
Replacement composite panel for F-111 Aircraft
A working composite replacement solution for the ageing metal and honeycomb panels in the F-111 aircraft. …