Composites Evolution showcases high-performance prepregs, novel thermoplastic UD tapes
Composites Evolution highlights its Evopreg prepreg family, as well as PA6 tapes reinforced with UD carbon fiber for ATL, filament winding and compression molding.
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Composites Evolution (Chesterfield, U.K.), a developer, manufacturer and supplier of prepregs for the production of lightweight structures, highlights its range of prepreg offerings and introduces a novel thermoplastic tape manufacturing capability.
Composites Evolution has a family of specialist prepregs for various applications, including Evopreg EPC epoxy component prepregs which are a range of pre-impregnated fabrics suitable for molding into high-performance, lightweight, structural components; Evopreg EPT epoxy tooling prepregs which have been designed to help composite tooling manufacturers improve the flexibility and efficiency of their tooling manufacturing processes; and Evopreg PFC fire-retardant prepregs a 100% bio-derived alternative to phenolics for applications where fire performance is a critical requirement, such as battery boxes.
The company also highlights its Evopreg ampliTex, which combines high-performance Evopreg epoxy resin systems with Bcomp’s (Fribourg, Switzerland) ampliTex flax reinforcements for outstanding performance. Composites Evolution has developed a rear wing from a Ginetta G56 GTA GT4 racecar with this material.
Further, the company’s range Evopreg PA thermoplastic tapes range, initially launched at Advanced Engineering, are manufactured from polyamide 6 (PA6) polymer with unidirectional (UD) carbon fiber. They are suitable for automated tape laying (ATL), filament winding and compression molding processes.
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