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OMPOSITES LIGHTWEIGHT RACING YACHT LIFE RAFT FOR BOAT CASES BY HAKES MARINE

Situated 50m from Seaview Marina and located within the busy Marine Industrial area of Wellington (New Zealand), Hakes Marine has been purposely set up for the production of composite racing yachts manufacturers. The shed offers 1200sqm of factory floor space and offices to cater for running the company and project management. The shed also boasts a very steep and high pitched roof which enables both heavy marine lifts and good ground clearance for rolling entire yachts and keel fits inside. Hakes Marine also has a boat trailer for boats which works in conjunction with Seaview Marina to bring boats into and out of the shed. The facility has a 70ft oven for large component cooks (like hull shells) and also has the ability to be compartmentalized for small component post curing. The oven is capable of curing components at over 90
o C and is powered by an 186kW furnace. When a more efficient laminating system other than a high temperature prepreg is called for, Hakes Marine has a state of the art 'wet out machine' for accurate saturation of dry reinforcements with liquid boat epoxy resins. A real time quality control system is used in conjunction with the wet out machine to ensure that a strict weight control of the laminate is maintained. Air supply for two- pot epoxy priming and urethane painting is passed through a condenser and filter system to remove moisture and contaminates for the perfect paint job. While known for their race yachts, Hakes Marine also manufacture high performance composite products like these life raft cases that are built for RFD New Zealand (marine and aerospace survival systems). Produced using Vacmobile vacuum systems for boats, they are infused carbon and weigh less than 1kg. They replace the standard white gelcoated GRP cases that weigh over 3kg. A must for any racing yacht carrying a life raft where every kg counts. For more information: Contact Paul Hakes of Hakes Marine Ltd +64 04 576 9392 www.hakesmarine.com John Roberts of RFD New Zealand +64 373 2019 www.rfd.co.nz

CNC ROUTING CAPABILITY, WAKA NEW ZEALAND & 3 DESIGN

Vacmobiles.com Ltd recently installed a Techno 48”x96” CNC router for prototyp- ing and plug/mold work which was sup- plied from Christchurch based Waka New Zealand. Waka supplies machines in sizes that range from small tabletop engravers to mammoth 21 x 3m plate cutting routers for boats and plasma cutters. Waka is the partner of Techno (USA) CNC routers, ART (Australia) CNC routers, plasma cutters and also distribute Visu- alMill and RhinoCAM software for boat. When trying to find the right machine, soft- ware and support package, manager James Dowle, emphasizes decision-making, cost- effectiveness, support and training to maxi- mise machine utilisation. Helping with the operation of the new CNC machine at the Vacmobiles.com campus is design company, 3 Design, headed by Derek Goldfinch. Using Solidworks 2009 Derek can assist with modeling of plugs and molds, engineering draughting and product development. For more information from Waka Contact James Dowle +64 03 322 1050 www.waka.co.nz For more information from 3 Design Contact Derek Goldfinch +64 021 807 333 www.3designservices.com