Manufacturing Industry
Hexcel introduces prepregs, targets aerospace market.
Advanced Composites Bulletin, September, 2001
Hexcel Composites has introduced a number of resin matrices, prepregs and core products.
The company says that the materials are designed primarily for use in composites for the aerospace sector; Hexcel is involved in several aerospace programmes, such as the Airbus A380 and A400M.
HexPly M21 is an epoxy matrix, designed to provide a prepreg with higher damage tolerance, particularly after high-energy impacts. This has been achieved without compromising the mechanical properties of the matrix. The product has high residual compression strength and good hot-wet properties up to 130[degrees]C.
HexPly M36 is a matrix developed by Hexcel for the manufacture of primary structures in aerospace applications. The resin can be cured using an...
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