Hi-Temp Resins

High-temperature resins are specialized materials crucial in composite manufacturing, engineered to withstand extreme heat environments without compromising structural integrity. These resins, like phenolic, epoxy, polyimide, and cyanate ester, exhibit exceptional thermal stability, retaining their mechanical properties at elevated temperatures where traditional materials might degrade. They play a pivotal role in industries such as aerospace, automotive, and electronics, where components face rigorous thermal conditions.

JEC World 2024 highlights: Thermoplastic composites, CMC and novel processes
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JEC World 2024 highlights: Thermoplastic composites, CMC and novel processes

CW senior technical editor Ginger Gardiner discusses some of the developments and demonstrators shown at the industry’s largest composites exhibition and conference.

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Monadnock HTAC Veil protects GFRP equipment against corrosion

Binder-free ECTFE-apertured reinforcement maintains a high resistance against chemicals and abrasion at high temperatures, extending performance and integrity of composite systems.

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Bonding/Welding

Plant tour: Daher Shap’in TechCenter and composites production plant, Saint-Aignan-de-Grandlieu, France

Co-located R&D and production advance OOA thermosets, thermoplastics, welding, recycling and digital technologies for faster processing and certification of lighter, more sustainable composites.

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AOC, Büfa expand distribution partnership

Through newly formed Büfa Composites Austria, customers in southeast Europe will have access to resins, gelcoats and auxillary materials.

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Wind/Energy

UniSQ fire-retardant resins development bolster bushfire mitigation

The University of Southern Queensland has received funding to be used in the development of cost-effective composite resins to increase the resilience of wind turbine blades against bushfire exposure.  

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Thermoplastics

New polymer expands composites options in demanding environments

Aromatic thermosetting copolyester offers unique properties, availability in multiple form factors.

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Toray, Specialty Materials strengthen partnership for next-gen aerospace applications

Commercial partnership enables novel solution innovations with domestically produced, high-quality products within the U.S. supply chain.  

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Closed mold processes offer many advantages over open molding. This knowledge center details the basics of closed mold methods and the products and tools essential to producing a part correctly.

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CW Tech Days: Sustainability

This CW Tech Days event will explore the technologies, materials, and strategies that can help composites manufacturers become more sustainable.

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Aerospace

CAMX 2022 exhibit preview: Renegade Materials Corp.

Renegade Materials is promoting its high-performance prepreg, RTM resin and adhesive products for use in demanding aerospace applications.  

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Construction

Sicomin supports large-scale interior project for Museum of the Future

Sicomin aided Dubai-based Advanced Fiberglass Industries with its bio-based gelcoats and resins to meet challenging structural and fire safety specifications defined for more than 200 double-curved entrance lobby panels.

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Nexam Chemical, the NCC develop solution for manufacturing high-temperature composites

Nexam Chemical’s Neximid high-temperature resin system can operate at temperatures up to 400°C, expanding the boundaries of composites into more demanding applications that weren’t previously possible.  

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AIM3D multi-material 3D printer targets precise, cost-effective polymer processing

Extrusion 3D printer offers considerably faster build rates and can print up to three different materials in parallel for metals, ceramics and high-temperature plastics such as PEEK and PPS with or without fiber filling.

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Virginia Tech researchers develop IGA for more efficient modeling of skin-stringer composites with complex cutouts

Isogeometric analysis offers higher rates of convergence and accuracy versus standard FE methods, will be offered as opensource code on GitHub.

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Magnolia Advanced Materials selected for Boeing Premier Bidder Program

The program recognizes high-performing Boeing Commercial Aircraft suppliers and offers an opportunity for increased business with Boeing.

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Molds/Tools

Composites enable epic interior for Museum of the Future

For this one-of-a-kind lobby, AFI pioneered digital, reconfigurable molds to achieve organic-shaped, multifunctional panels and stairwell cladding.

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Hi-Temp Resins

Flexible, induction-based heating for thermoplastic composite part repair

Spinning off from a German Aerospace Center (DLR) research project, msquare GmbH’s technology aims to innovate and enable repair for high-temperature thermoplastics.

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Price, performance, protection: EV battery enclosures, Part 1

Composite technologies are growing in use as suppliers continue efforts to meet more demanding requirements for EV battery enclosures.  

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Epoxies

Materials & Processes: Resin matrices for composites

The matrix binds the fiber reinforcement, gives the composite component its shape and determines its surface quality. A composite matrix may be a polymer, ceramic, metal or carbon. Here’s a guide to selection.

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SuCoHS project: Advancing composite solutions for parts with high thermal and mechanical loads

New materials, structural concepts and manufacturing using sensors for composites that resist fire, temperature and loads while providing weight and cost savings versus metals.

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Plant tour: Qarbon Aerospace, Milledgeville, Ga. and Red Oak, Texas

Veteran aerostructures Tier 1 transforms into 21st century leader in thermoplastic composites and multiple new markets.

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