Symmetrix Awarded Workplace Apprenticeship Grant
Symmetrix Composite Tooling was awarded the Non-Traditional Apprenticeship Development Grant by the Governor's Workforce Board of Rhode Island. With the help of Apprenticeship Rhode Island, Symmetrix is designing an in-house workplace development program that will include both in-house and off-site instruction. As the grant outlined, "considered to be outside of the...
The New Guy: Steve Dennis
Please help us in welcoming Steve Dennis to the team of Symmetrix Composite Tooling as Shop Manager. Steve has spent a lifetime behind the tools at various boatbuilders around Rhode Island. He comes to us with a vast experience of fiberglass work and a strong, authoritative tone. He has quickly fit...
Catch the Wave – The Biggest Board
The World's Largest Surfboard is also our Most Documented Project. Management took a trip out west in January for the premier of this documentary. Reports are that "I've never looked better or sounded more intelligent." If that's not a reason to keep an eye out for the release, I don't...
These are a few of our favorite things: Composite Architectural Surface
When Symmetrix Composite Tooling shapes a job, it eventually takes a recognizable shape. It could be the deck of a boat, or the root end of a wind turbine, or maybe the inverse of bus body, but eventually, it’s a recognizable carved shape. One of the more interesting jobs this year, a fiberglass...
These are a few of our favorite things: Direct to Mold
Limited use tooling or (DTM) by-passes the pattern and plug making steps of composite construction by machining the mold side of the surface to support direct composite part making. This is done, for instance, to cut valuable time out of a limited run program or facilitate a prototyping initiative....
These are a few of our favorite things: Foam Cuts
Welcome back to our year end countdown of our favorite jobs. This week, we would like to take a look at projects by product type. Symmetrix Composite Tooling does one thing very well: we bring our customers' complex shapes to life. This is done in one of three ways: as...
These are a few of our favorite things: Marine
Setting up shop in Bristol, Rhode Island, you’re going to see a marine project or two come through your doors. This year, Symmetrix Composite Tooling had a few fantastic marine projects from a few of our favorite customers ranging in size, part numbers, and product types. You may remember our last...
These are a few of our favorite things: Alternative Energy
Today I was hoping to introduce our favorite aerospace jobs. Unfortunately, the sales department brought attention to various NDAs signed, so we will have to skip aerospace. Just know that there were some pretty interesting projects. Instead, we’ll jump into alternative energy. Over the years, we have helped our clients harness...
These are a few of our favorite things: Art & Architecture
Here at Symmetrix Composite Tooling, there always seems to be a job that has to get out around the end of the year, so we’ll be plugging away through these two holiday weeks, putting Santa’s elves to shame to get this wind turbine blade out the door. It is...
Class 40 Longbow
Congratulations to Carbon Ocean Yachts with the successful build and launch of the Owen Clarke deign Class 40 ‘Longbow'. Launched at the Newport Shipyard just a few weeks ago and currently undergoing sea trials, Symmetrix Composite Tooling was tapped to machine the complex deck surface here at our Bristol...