Unleashing Innovation: Boron Fiber for Multifunctional Composites

While boron fiber prepregs have historically been (and continue to be) used in high-performance aerospace applications, hybrid prepreg blends of boron and carbon fiber ("Hy-Bor") with current-generation thermosets have emerged to provide notable improvements in modern composite performance. This webinar highlights the advantages for boron fiber and Hy-Bor prepregs, a combination of boron and carbon fiber, in enhancing performance across the aerospace, space, fusion energy and sporting goods industries through product case studies and technical data.

Agenda: 

• Carbon fiber tensile strength has gone from ~250->1000 Ksi over the past few decades while compression strength has been much flatter (~50->270 Ksi). Boron fiber can create a composite with equal tension and compression strengths
• What is multifunctionality, and how does boron fiber provide it?
• What Hy-Bor is and an overview of some compatible resin systems with mechanical properties
• Case study for aerospace: compression strength, CAI, toughness, flexural strength, mass reduction
• Case study for space: CTE tailoring, low outgassing, high stiffness, structural radiation shielding and mass reduction
• Case study for fusion: neutron adsorption/reflection, structural shielding, and limited activation
• Case study for sporting goods: impact strength, compression strength, stiffness, damping and mass reduction