Advanced Ceramics Manufacturing is a world-leader in Water Soluble Mandrels, providing tooling solutions to industries across the spectrum from defense to aerospace. Our flexible systems are designed to provide a wide range of options that vary in strength and capabilities to meet just about any need. Explore our product lines below to learn more about how we can provide for your water-soluble tooling needs.

Our Products

FastCore

FastCore technology is used by ACM to make net shape mandrels for customers. These mandrels are delivered pre-formed and sealed with PTFE tape. They arrive at your facility as a ready to use shop supply. FastCore technology is suitable for rapid prototyping and production quantities.

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Aquapour

AquaPour is a fluid slurry that is castable; hence, it is capable of forming complex shapes. It comes as a dry powder and water is added to activate it. It is most commonly utilized in applications where a mold is filled with the material in the liquid state, and upon setting in the green state.

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Clavecore

ClaveCore is a patented self-pressurizing tooling material. It is rigid at room temperature, but becomes an expanding semi-liquid at high temperature. It is designed for out of autoclave applications that are OML driven. Its pressurization behavior can be engineered via composition to control the pressure onset temperature and magnitude of pressure.

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Aquacore

AquaCore™ has a consistency like moist sand. It is shipped with its full water content. AquaCore™ is used to form simple shapes via pressure packing into molds or through CNC machining simple blocks.

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Aquacore Premium

AquaCore™ Premium contains all of the advantages and properties of AquaCore™ but features a higher compressive strength.

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Aquafill

Aquafill™ has been formulated to patch the water-soluble mandrel materials Aquapour™, Aquacore™, and Aquacore™ Premium. Aquafill™ is premixed and ready to use. Once the mandrel has been formed and dried in a convection oven, it can be applied easily with a rubber squeegee such as those used in auto body applications.

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Aqua Tool Bond

Aqua-Tool-Bond™ is an adhesive for use with our water-soluble mandrel materials. Compatible with Fastcore, Aquapour, Aquafill, Aquacore, and Aquacore Premium, Aqua-Tool-Bond™ is ideal for bonding complex and large mandrels or for repairing damaged sections.

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Aquaseal

Aquaseal™, specially formulated to seal ACM's water-soluble mandrel materials Aquapour™, Aquacore™, and Aquacore™ Premium, provides a smooth, nonporous finish on the surface of a mold or tool and inhibits the migration of resins into the porous tool during the lay up or RTM process.

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RTMCore

RTM Core technology is the 1st soluble tooling system designed for resin infusion processes. Its unique properties allow it to be formed with heat and pressure (no drying required!). It is available in block form and can be machined or sanded to a smooth surface finish.

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Fastpour

The FastPour mandrel technology allows water soluble mandrels to be formed on-site. FastPour technology uses a unique binder system that provides rapid strength development, rapid set times, and a wide range of operational temperatures (up to 750-800°F).

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CF4

The CF4 mandrel technology allows water removable mandrels to be formed via melt casting onsite.

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ACM’s product line includes several different types of water soluble mandrel materials and water soluble tooling solutions. This also includes DIY materials and net shape mandrels. All of these tooling materials washout with plain tap water. We have tooling materials that can meet the needs of aerospace composites processed via: wet lay-up, vacuum bag only, autoclave, bladder molding, filament winding, VARTM, and RTM. ACM has been ISO 9001:2000 and AS9100 certified to produce soluble mandrels for the aerospace industry since 2009. Below you can view our products available today. If you have any questions or do not see a product that specifically addresses your needs, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our team today.

Product selection guide

Precision Manufacturing:

  • Hollow Composites
  • Trapped Configurations
  • Seamless Structures
  • Faster Processing
  • Lower Costs
  • Greener Manufacturing
  • Technical Ceramics
  • Custom/Standard Shapes
  • Borides, Carbides, Nitrides, Oxides