Cal Poly students have invented a device that allows disabled 20-year old college student Joseph Cornelius to glide along the water, providing the sensation of swimming. With no muscle control over his limbs due to cerebral palsy, Joseph still loves to exercise and...
Tooling
Hi-Perf. Composites Article Discusses Metal Vs. Soft Tooling
Much-respected composites publication Hi-Performance Composites featured Coastal Enterprises in their July issue. The article, written by Sarah Black, examines the cost-savings polyurethane foam blocks can provide for certain layup tooling applications, referencing...
Need For Speed: 2014 Human Powered Vehicle Competitions
Calling the 2014 Human Powered Vehicle Competition "One of the best in terms of teamwork," Missouri S & T HPV team member Jon Sanders details the Missouri S & T experience at both major competitions on the East and West coasts this year, where colleges and...
Cornell Formula SAE Team Adds Aero Kit to 2014 Race Car
Anytime a project involves adding a motorcycle race engine to a four-wheel chassis, its bound to be pretty awesome. Cornell's 2014 FSAE car, ARG14, weighs in at only 420 lbs. and boasts a turbocharged 2007 Honda CBR-600RR engine and complete carbon fiber monocoque...
Custom Tooling Blocks Save Time, Money: Here’s Why
In addition to manufacturing the largest and thickest sheets in the tooling industry, Coastal Enterprises also offers an additional service to our customers: custom-bonded Precision Board tooling blocks. “Some of the layup tools we made at Skunk Works were absolutely...
West Coast Customs Video: Why They Use Precision Board
As many will recall, famous car-customizing company West Coast Customs has been working on an extremely top-secret project involving Precision Board Plus for quite some time now. We recently touched base with them about a video they filmed at Coastal Enterprises and...
Solar Cooking In Third World Countries
A unique program at Cal Poly SLO, headed by Dr. Pete Schwartz, is experimenting with ground-breaking solar cooking technology with its ultimate goal to make solar cooking an effective, affordable option for under-developed locations worldwide. Many villages in...
Human Powered Vehicles: The Green Alternative
In today's world of ever-evolving automotive and mechanical technology, changes happen fast and often. Today's colleges and universities prepare future engineers for these challenges through hands-on training with teams such as Human Powered Vehicles, Solar Cars,...
Low Density – High Accuracy – Making it Happen with PBLT-4
From the snowy mountains of Colorado, Donn Arrell, owner of Clinton Systems and topographical model maker extraordinaire, sent in a picture of his latest creation. Donn CNC-machined this topographical map using Precision Board Plus PBLT-4, which is the lowest density...