Projects and Products

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Rail Sector

Composites meet many of the requirements of the rail market such as design flexibility, light weight, high strength, low sound transmission, very low smoke and toxicity FST and modern decorative finishes. Millfield produces ‘complete composite solutions’ for both interior and exterior use for some of the world’s leading rolling stock manufacturers.

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Project:
ASR – Phenolic Door Post Cover Assemblies

Client:
Hitachi Rail UK

Scope of work:

  • Trains operate in a variety of geographical locations and operating environments.
  • Products need to cope with train vibration, passenger interface and have design longevity.
  • Design involvement, tooling and development, volume supply of quality product.

Millfield’s Approach

  • Close collaboration with our client to design and create the optimum production method for the application.
  • Millfield worked closely with the client to optimise the material and production choices available.
  • Millfield prototyped and trial fitted parts that enabled the creation of a full product solution.
  • Collaboration with client and third-party suppliers enabled further product quality improvements.
  • Successful launch of the product to support the vehicle production programme.
Rail
Project:
IEP – Phenolic (GRPh) painted window assemblies

Client:
Hitachi Rail UK

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