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About CST Optimum
CST Optimum is a world-leading supplier of certified composite overwrapped pressure vessels (COPVs) for use in the energy, transport, aerospace and defence sectors.
Our design and manufacturing facilities in Australia and the USA develop a range of COPVs to provide safe, cost-effective storage and transport of green hydrogen and other gases.
Capitalising on our 25 years’ experience in carbon filament winding and COPV design, fabrication and certification, we offer services to manufacture custom COPVs to our customers’ specifications.
COPVs Experience
- Design of Types 2, 3, 4 and liner-less COPVs
- Rapid development of Type IV COPV in under 4 months
- Developing COPVs with Service Pressures up to 850 Bar
- Overseen design and manufacturing of 350 Bar cryo-compressed hydrogen COPVs for luxury car manufacturer
- Met leading car manufacturers' requirements for Type 3, 700 bar, 40L and 30L CNG tanks
- Pressure vessel development for space technology company
- Managed design and qualifications of seven different CNG COPV certifications
- Design, fabrication and testing of 8L 3,600 psi Type 3 CNG tank to NGV2-2007 specifications
- Certification and manufacturing of Type 4 COPV virtual pipeline tank (4’ diameter X 25’ long)
- Design of several high-pressure composite tanks for NASA Marshall Space Flight Center
- Design of a liquid nitrogen test system for cryogenic burst testing of composite tanks.
Experience with carbon fibre filament wound components
- Tubes for NASA for the Hubble Space Telescope
- Tubes for SpaceX for their Dragon spacecraft
- Components for the International Space Station
- Wing Spars for AMSL Aero
- Drive shaft development for Rolls Royce
- Carbon fibre masts for Olympic and world-title winning sailors
- Appliance parts for major household brands
Other expertise
- Development of world-leading testing procedures for composite tanks
- Building and automating machines for filament winding
* Green hydrogen is hydrogen produced by electrolysis using renewable energy.
