Thermoset, thermoplastic composites portfolio tackles wide application breadth

Avient Corp. (Avon Lake, Ohio, U.S.) is highlighting its breadth of composite material solutions. The company’s high-performance continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic and thermoset composites, engineered fiber solutions and advanced protective materials provide high strength-to-weight ratios, stiffness, corrosion and impact resistance, dimensional stability and more to a broad range of industries and applications.

Avient’s booth will showcase the following composite technologies:

• Thermoplastic composites:
  • Polystrand continuous fiber-reinforced unidirectional (UD) tapes and multi-axial laminates, including recycled content formulations
  • Hammerhead marine composite panels — structural solutions to replace wood and other materials in boatbuilding applications
  • Polystrand structural sandwich panels
• Thermoset composites:
  • Glasforms pultruded rods, tubes and custom profiles
  • Gordon Composites continuous glass and carbon fiber barstock, laminates and composite springs, including springs for high-temperature industrial applications
  • Gordon Glass archery bow limbs
  • GlasArmor ballistic-resistant panels
• Engineered fiber solutions:
  • Fiber-Line engineered high-performance fibers including coated, twisted and custom-wound glass, carbon, HMPE and LCP fibers
  • Fiber-Line pultruded rods and custom extrusion-coated rods and fiber
• Dyneema:
  • A UD material that offers optimal absorption and enhanced protection in a lightweight solution. Its strength and versatility make it ideal for a wide range of ballistic and armor solutions for personal and vehicle protection

Avient is committed to helping customers meet sustainability goals in various ways through its composites portfolio. Composites are inherently lightweight alternatives to metal and other materials, enabling sustainability initiatives such as material reduction and fuel economy improvements in many end products. Thermoplastic recycled content composite offerings further support for a circular economy and help customers lessen their environmental footprint.