Dunmore

Dunmore is a manufacturer of coated, laminated and metallized films, foils and fabrics. The company is based at 145 Wharton Road in Bristol, Pennsylvania, with a European office in Freiburg, Germany. Its Dunmore Aerospace division supplies materials for aircraft and spacecraft, and says its products are qualified on more than 100 specifications covering commercial, defense, military and space programs. The company states that it has served the aerospace industry with insulation films and tapes since 1985, and that its global aerospace team has supported NASA and ESA programs for many years.

Aerospace products

• Skycrest interior protection films and coverings, which the company says are qualified on more than 100 civil and military aircraft applications
• Starcrest multi-layer insulation films and tapes, supplied since 1985
• Electrostatic dissipative films
• Aircraft insulation material
• Custom products developed to a customer need, whether a new design or a solution to an unexpected problem

Contract services

• Contract film lamination, combining up to five layers, in production widths from 36 to 80 inches and thicknesses from 0.25 to 10 mil
• Dry film laminating in widths from 12 to 62 inches
• Typical constructions include film to film, film to foil and film to fabric
• Substrates that include PVC, fluorinated films such as ETFE and PVF, resin coated paper, woven and non-woven materials and stainless steel foil
• Adhesive systems that are solvent based or water based, for bonding materials with low surface energy
• Vacuum metalizing of polyester, polyimide and fabrics with aluminum or copper, in the United States and in Europe

Product development

• A stage gate process with four phases: laboratory, pilot, scale-up and commercial production
• Chemists, engineers and quality staff who work directly with the customer's own team
• Pilot equipment that lets laboratory results carry over to roll-to-roll converting
• Qualification on commercial equipment at several assets and locations to meet volume needs

Company facts

• More than 50 years in engineered films
• Two manufacturing facilities in the United States and one in Europe, all certified to ISO 9001:2015
• In 1974 the company's engineers built a vacuum metalizer that could process material 80 inches wide
• Customers include manufacturers in label, packaging and specialty markets as well as aerospace
• Member of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics
• Phone for the United States office: +1 215 781 8895

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