Capabilities · Manufacturing
Molded as one part.At volume, in our own factories.
ARRIS® places the fiber, molds the part and tests it, in our own factories in the USA and Taiwan.
How ARRIS works
How a part is made
From our own material to a finished, tested part, under one roof.
01
Material
Fiber and thermoplastic resin, made into composite material by ARRIS.
02
Fiber layout
The engineered fiber path for each part.
03 · Two routes
Preforms
Robots place continuous fiber into preforms.
or
Long fiber
Our own long-fiber pellets, ready for injection molding.
04
Molding
Preforms are compression molded; long fiber is injection molded. Hybrid parts get both.
05
Finished part
Holes, bosses and inserts molded in.
Two factories. Same materials, same engineering, same testing.
Headquarters · U.S. production
Berkeley, California
- Engineering, materials and manufacturing
- Parts available made in the U.S.A.
High-volume production
Taoyuan, Taiwan
- Volume molding and testing
- Same materials and process as Berkeley
For engineers
The processes behind ARRIS Molding
Continuous fiber in thermoplastic, made into material in-house. Fiber is shaped into preforms, the preforms are assembled in 3D-aligned layouts, then compression molded into the finished part. Used for fully aligned parts and the continuous-fiber regions of partially aligned parts.
Long-fiber injection molding in ARRIS material, for complex 3D shapes at high volume. Used for long-fiber parts, and to mold around continuous-fiber preforms in partially aligned parts.
Patents
33 patents behind how we make parts
The newest three. Each card opens the full patent.
Give us the target. We build the part.
Tell us what the part has to do and what it should cost. We choose the fiber, the material and the process.