The Atlas Fibre Batch-Plus-One approach to composite part manufacturing gets you consistent, high-quality parts with minimal delay — quick turnarounds, real-time order visibility, and the flexibility to respond to demand changes as they happen.
Composite part manufacturing follows one of two paths: forming a part directly from raw fiber and resin – layup, compression molding, filament winding, resin transfer molding – or machining a finished part from composite material that has already been manufactured into sheet, rod, or tube stock.
Atlas Fibre works in the second category. Parts are milled, turned, routed, or cut from thermoset composite laminates and engineering plastics already formed into standard or custom shapes, rather than built up layer by layer for each individual part.
This distinction affects lead time and cost. Layup and molding typically require part-specific tooling and a cure cycle before a single unit exists. Machining from stock skips that step – the material is already cured, so cost and lead time scale with machining time rather than tooling and cure time.
Materials machined into parts include:
Parts are produced on 3-, 4-, and 5-axis milling centers, 5-axis dual-spindle turning equipment, CNC routers, and lathes, depending on part geometry and tolerance requirements. [LINK: /capabilities/cnc/]
Batch-Plus-One is Atlas Fibre’s production methodology for composite manufacturing: it maximizes efficiency, minimizes waste, and builds flexibility into every run.
By running smaller batches alongside repeat production, Batch-Plus-One integrates additional runs into ongoing operations without disrupting your schedule, reducing the manufacturing-related supply chain risk that comes with unpredictable lead times.
The Batch-Plus-One Advantage for OEMs
Explore the different machining and fabrication equipment and other automation and quality equipment in use at Atlas Fibre.
Atlas Fibre’s vertical integration and automated production systems turn your supply chain into a competitive advantage. This approach to composite part manufacturing keeps pricing competitive and results consistent, batch after batch.
With a 120,000-square-foot US-based production and distribution center, the largest thermoset material inventory in North America, and a team of composites and plastics specialists, Atlas Fibre delivers project certainty.
The Batch-Plus-One Advantage for OEMs
Keep your engineering and product design teams focused on innovation. A manufacturing process built for repeat production and flexible demand means quality is never the tradeoff.
Innovating without compromising on quality or timeliness takes a manufacturing partner with the right process behind it. That’s what Batch-Plus-One composite manufacturing delivers.
The Batch-Plus-One Advantage for OEMs
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