LOCATION
Worldwide
YEAR OF COMPLETION
2020 – 2022
NUMBER
app. 80 pieces per year
MATERIAL
Carbon and epoxy sandwich
DETAILS
High-quality pleasure yachts require high-quality components, made from the very best materials. The base of these pilot seats consists of lightweight and extremely strong carbon.
The renowned CoverWorks makes extremely high-quality yacht upholstery for its customers. From complete upholstery in luxury sloops to complete upholstery on board Superyachts.
Commissioned by a Dutch builder of luxury yachts, they have created a completely new design pilot seat. In addition to the cosmetic design, the construction of the seats has also been redesigned. The base of the pilot seats consists of a combination of carbon and epoxy sandwich, made by Holland Composites.
These materials are manually processed layer by layer in a mold by our dedicated laminating experts. The resulting seat shell goes into the Autoclave to harden. This hardening process is controlled by temperature and pressure, so that we can guarantee the extremely strong quality of the seats.
After a night in the Autoclave, the seat base goes to our 5-axis CNC milling machine. This accurately mills the remaining edges and frays straight and smooth. Holes for the armrests and seat base are also drilled and milled. The precision technology of the CNC milling machine ensures that we can always deliver this type of series product in the same quality and finish.
The seat shell is now ready for the final phase at Holland Composites: the spray booth. Here it gets a layer of clear coat, in high gloss or matt. This layer is super strong and shows the fibres of the carbon beautifully.
From here CoverWorks does the work. The highly skilled team of upholsterers gives the chairs their final, luxurious shape and puts all the finishing touches on the details. The combination of the beautiful, soft imitation leather and the sleek carbon ensures a tough and chic look of the chairs.
The very last step is the assembly of the chairs in the luxury yachts. Thanks to CoverWorks and Holland Composites, proud boat owners all over the world enjoy extremely high-quality, robust and luxurious seating comfort on the water.
Special custom production of carbon epoxy sandwich pilot seats by Holland Composites for CoverWorks.
© atmospheric images: Wajer Yachts
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