Presentation Axxon Mast
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COMPANY The top management of AXXON have an experience for more than 35 years in carbon mast manufacturing. Since its beginning, AXXON has been able to develop in all areas that require high flexibility and reliability. The quality and performance of carbon products depend on its conception but also on its manufacturing processes which are very labor intensive. At AXXON the priority is put on the quality and performance needed to satisfy even the most demanding customer who searches for the best product at a reasonable price. AXXON Composites team is dedicated to engineering, production and...

First thing coming through your mind when you are talking about a carbon mast is obviously the weight saving, but besides that, the center of gravity is very critical. A lighter top mast head will induce less pitching and less heeling, which improves performance and comfort. The optimum weight saving can only be achieved by using pre-preg material cured in autoclave. Another important criteria when sailing is the aerodynamic. The quality of the carbon material gives us the possibility to keep the weight down with the proper stiffness and at the same time to reduce the dimension of the...

The structural analisys and design of the mast are made by our engineers using finite element analysis softwares, but also rig calculation programs, taking care of the boat specifications, sailing angle, sailing program, mast geometry, sails configuration but also crew weight. The 5300 m² Axxon building is divided into a 950 m² air-conditioned lamination room, assembling room, painting booth, wharehouse and a 500 m² offices. Axxon has a staff of 70 qualified people, split into several department : sales, administrative, design, structural analysis, lamination, assembling, painting,...

Production process For this stage AXXON uses an experienced team of engineers who calculate, panel by panel, the forces applied to the mast taking in consideration various elements such as program of the boat, righting moment, chain plates location and the sail plan itself. This information is translated into a lamination plan which positions the various layers and local doublers as well as the fiber orientation. Mast plan The AXXON design office draws the mast plan along with the details drawing where the different elements of a mast are finalized : spreaders, sheaves, goose neck, chain...

Winners choose Axxon Mini Maxi World Champion Vismara 62' Mills AXXON SCORE BOARD 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th place at SNIM 2016 - IRC 3 1st and 2nd place at FASTNET RACE 2015 - IRC 3 - IRC 4 - Class 40 1st place at SPI OUEST 2016 - IRC 1, IRC 2, IRC 3 and IRC double 1st, 2nd, 3rd place at LES SABLES HORTA LES SABLES 2015 - Class 40 1st place at RORC CARIBBEAN 600 RACE 2016 - IRC 1 - Class 40 1st at ROLEX SYDNEY HOBART YACHT RACE 2015 - IRC 3 - IRC 4 1st place at the COWES WEEK 2013 - 2014 - 2015 - IRC 2 1st and 2nd place at TRANSAT JACQUES VABRE 2015, 7 AXXON masts in TOP 10 - Class 40 1st place...

Specifications and options include a large variety of choices. It will take too much space to include all of them but you will find enclosed some samples : Specifications Head mast, long or short, with or without backstay, with or without 2:1 Sheave with spectacle, seagul sheave Head stay with toggle or with lashing Runner tang Spreaders, diamonds Spinnaker ring Goose neck Vang bracket Mast step with or without sheave pin Mast step for lashing block Options Electronic bracket Mast head LED light Hook Carbon spreaders Boomerang carbon spreaders Carbon radar bracket LED deck light Spinnaker...

All booms are built with pre-preg material cured in female toolings, in autoclave at 125° degrees giving a perfect smooth finish. Standard Boom AXXON offers more than 20 different sections for a range of boats up to 150 feet. Specially designed for racing, AXXON offers a range of carbon core sandwich booms with a maximum depth for a minimum weight. AXXON manufactures 2 types of V booms : Canoe and Park Avenue. Very convenient for stocking the main sail, they improve the overall appearance of your boat.

The canoe boom distinguish itself from the Park Avenue through its floor, much lower, which allows to stock the full main sail inside the boom. The V boom structure is made of three beams of monolithic unidirectional HR carbon fiber linked together with a carbon-foam sandwich. Rear carbon sheave box for out haul and 3 reefs Aluminum goose neck anodized with bronze bushing, with 4 sheaves Aluminum vang bracket Reef line dead end on lashing pin 1 padeye for boom topping lift 2 x 3 rope padeyes for lazy-jack Out haul track with 1 out haul car and 3 reef cars Carbon vang bracket Hydraulic out...

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