PRISMA PREFORM

MANUFACTURING PROC

OVERVIEW SNAP IMPA
WHAT ARE PRISMA PREFORM

• REINFORCING FABRICS THAT ARE CA

INTO SHAPE WITH EXPANDING FOAM

• FOAM EXPANDS INTO INNER LAYER 

FABRIC LEAVING OUTER LAYER DRY LAMINATION
FOAM CONSIDERATION

• Foam Fills Porous Fabric• Froth Foam Prevents Penetration

– R22 Now R134A– Several Systems

• Custom Molded, Large• Custom Molded, Small• Continous Molded Product
PRODUCT TYPES

• CUSTOM PRODUCTS -STRINGERS 

AND BULKHEADS

• BEAM MACHINE PRODUCTS• LARGE BOAT TECHNOLOGY
WHY PRISMA

• LOW COST- MATERIAL AND LAB• FAST CYCLE TIMES• REPEATABLE BOATBUILDING
STEPS TO MAKING PRISMA

• LOAD TOOL WITH FABRIC• LOAD PIPE AND BRACING• INSPECT• CLOSE TOOL• INJECT WITH FOAM• ALLOW TO CURE• PULL PART
STRINGERS AT COMPSYS LOAD TOOL

MOST OF OUR TOOLS ARE WOOD AND OR COMPOSITE
TOOL LOAD WITH FABRIC AND PIPE

VISUAL CUT FABRIC HELPS WITH FABRIC INSTALL AND DETAIL LOCATIONS
INJECT PART WITH FOAM

LID IS CLOSEDFOAM INJECTED UNDER PC CONTROLPART FILLS
PART CURE AND PULL

AFTER PART CURES (20-40 MIN) THE TOOL 

OPENED AND THE PART IS PULLED
PRISMA BEAMS

BEAMS USED AS A CORE REPLACEMENT TO REDUCE COST
PRISMA BEAM MACHINE PRODUCES CONS

CROSS SECTION PREFORMS

OUR CONSTANT CROSS SECTION PRODUCTS RAA SMALL 1” HALF ROUND TO 12” X 12” EXTRUSI
PRISMA PREFORMS FOR TRADITIONAL FRAM

FOR RUGGED SINGLE SKIN CONSTRUCTIO
ADVANCED PROCESS CONTR

USING RFID

OPERATOR SCANS RFID TAG

PC ARMED FOR SHOT 

LIGHTS)

GREEN LIGHT ON RFID READER INDICATES GUN IS READY
LARGE BOAT PARTS
Key Marine Customers

• Brunswick Corporation- Sea Ray, Bost

Whaler-Technology License

• Fish Boats- Grady White, Maverick Gr

Proline, Seminole, SeaFox

• Sport Boats- Regal Boats, Southwind• Ski Boats- MasterCraft, Skiers Choice• GoFast- Cigarette, Sea Hunt, Scarb
Advanced Combatant Craft for Increased Affordability SBIR N091-049 

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How We Started- The Navy SB

Program

• More Payload on Combatant Craft• Speed, Acceleration and Maneuverabilit

critical to survivability and mission succ

• Shipboard Davits limit allowable weight
Technology | Solution

Lightweight Technology- The Future of Transportation

• Phase II and Phase III SBIR Funding $2.0M)• Florida Matching Grant (245k)• 40-60% Weight Reductions• Shock Mitigation• Government Boats• Recreational Boats• Transportation Applications

SBIR Data Rights Apply
850B Performance Metrics

850B EXCEEDING METRIC OBJECTIVES

Craft Weight- 3,625 lb 1000lbs lighter then Navy Standard 7M 

Hoist Condition- 5,500 lb Top Speed 72.6 MPH 2.8 MPGFull Load Condition- 10,900 lb Top Speed 42 MPH 1.9 MPG
Transportation| Solutions

60% Weight Reduction from Steel/Wood RV Chassis 60% Weight Reduction from Steel/Wood RV Chassis-Fl

SBIR Data Rights Apply
Bus Technology | Solution

Low Cost Single Skin Bus Floor saves weight

SBIR Data Rights Apply
SBIR Data Rights Apply
• Refrigerated Trailers

– Lightweight Increases payload and/or Efficiency– Improved Thermal Properties

• Composite Shear Ties vs. Aluminum• Encapsulated Structure- “R” value longevity

• Flat Bed Trailers

– Reduced weight for increased payload– Reduced weight for improved fuel efficiency

• Co-Cure Coating and Resins combine with Pr

Technology to Bridge Price and Performance 

Over the Road Trailer 

SBIR Data Rights Apply
Technology | Solutions

Florida DOT Targets Composites for 140 Draw Bridges

Leverage CoCure and Prisma Cost Advantages

FDOT Testing Nearly C

SBIR Data Rights Apply
INFRASTRUCTURE 

SOLUTIONS

• FLORIDA DOT- Texas Collaboration

– Movable Bridge Deck- Load Qualified FDOT– Drop in Bridge Deck- Load Qualified FDOT– Sound/Wind Wall for Conventional Bridges– Composite Sign Posts

• Missouri and Oklahoma Collaboration

– U of Missouri and U of O– Infrastructure Highway Decking– http://library.modot.mo.gov/RDT/reports/TRyy12

016.pdf

SBIR Data Rights Apply
PRISMA 

• WE OFFER 

– REDUCED COST– REDUCED WEIGHT– REDUCED VARIANCE– EQUAL STIFFNESS– IMPROVED CYCLE TIME– IMPROVED STRENGTH– IMPROVED TOUGHNESS– IMPROVED MAINTAINABILITY
134 A Replacement Need

• R7 per Inch Insulation• Ability to Fill Porous Fabric• Provide Comparable Structural Proper• Affordable• US Coast Guard Approved• Ability to use Current Equipment
EPA SNAP- Please Don’t Take Our Blowing 

Away without A Proven Replacement

• Prisma

– Saves Weight– Improves Efficiency– Life Cycle 

Environmental Impact

– Small Business– Big Industry Presence

• R134A

– Non-Recurrin– No Alternativ

Demonstrated

– 134A Encaps

in Composite

– Improves Pro

• Structure• Insulation• Floatation
GHG-ROI

Green House Gas Return on Investment

• Transportation Example Shows

– Life Cycle GHG ROI

• 2 Year Break Even• 8+ in 15 years

– Favorable Acquisition Cost– Improved Operations– Extended Life Cycle Savings– Fuel Savings More then Covers GHG Impact
Open Issues with SNAP

- No Alternative for Preforming– Preforming offers GHG ROI– Also No Value Given To

• Fuel Savings + Cradle to Grave fuel delivery• Life Cycle Extension/Replacement Impact• 134A Retention in a Composite Encasement

– Composite Encasement is Different

• Prevents 134 escape- it is a Big Molecule• Extends efficiency- Keeping it in foam maintains Insul

properties

• Extends working Life- More durable composite, better 

thermal efficiency and is lighter.

– Approach needs to be Comprehensive– Preforming has minor volume impact

• Perhaps More GHG spent Traveling to Washington DC !
WHAT WE NEED

• Preforming

– Complete Exemption

• Composites and Marine

– 2025 Extension