AIREX® T10
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The Industrialized Structural Foam Core The Next Generation PET core New and unlimited design possibilities Find out how AIREX® T10 can make you more competitive!

AIREX® T10 The Industrialized Structural Foam Core Unique properties ET-based foam core materials were introduced some 10 years ago. Pioneered by 3A Composites AIREXBALTEKBANOVA, this relatively young material has achieved a stunning and steep development both in terms of properties and volumes. AIREX® T10 brings PET foam to a new level of performance with a greatly improved properties and total cost position. AIREX® T10 The Next Generation PET Foam Core AIREX® T10 provides: • Significantly higher mechanical properties vs. current PET cores. • Fully homogeneous cell structure and no weld...

Unrivaled benefits of AIREX® T10 as structural core material Compared to other structural core materials, AIREX® T10 features a most promising rating. Slightly heavier than PVC/SAN, it proves to be superior in the majority of other criteria including cost and also outpaces proven welded PET core on almost all accounts. Specific Specific Mechanical Mechanical Properties Properties [MPa/density] [MPa/density] 8 Property and and Property density density consistency consistency Specific Cost Cost Specific [MPa/€] [MPa/€] AIREX® T10 T10 AIREX® Balsa Balsa Fatigue Fatigue Resistance Resistance...

AIREX® T10 The Industrialized Structural Foam Core Exploit AIREX® T10’s anisotropy Utmost weight reduction potential Anisotropic properties are known and valued from fiber fabrics and honeycomb products. By taking advantage of these directional properties it is possible to design and create products with minimal weight and cost. AIREX® T10 length properties are significantly higher while the width values are in line with comparable PET/PVC properties. The diagram illustrates that by taking advantage of the very high properties in length direction, AIREX® T10 can replace current cores of...

Most cost-efficient core comparison for wind rotor blades Wind turbine blade design study by STRUCTeam shows that in a same wind turbine blade the weight of AIREX® T10 core is some 14% lower than the required weight of a conventional PET. Furthermore, it proves a cost saving that considerably exceeds the latter weight saving. Study from STRUCTeam available at 3A Composites AIREXBALTEKBANOVA (corematerials@3acomposites.com). Core Material total weight per blade [kg] Core cost Resin cost Total weight Fig. 3. STRUCTeam’s 80m blade study shows that AIREX® T10 noticeably reduces the cost of wind...

ightweight sandwich structures with excellent 3-D surfaces thanks to easy thermoformability and homogeneous cell structure. AIREX® T10 Unlimited possibilities Wind turbine blades & nacelles otal cost and weight savings thanks to an industrialized production process and optimized use of directional properties of AIREX® T10.

arine: Excellent total cost proposition combined with outstanding properties and ease of processing. Truck bodies ightweight body panels with perfect surface quality. ightweight, insulating 3-D shaped structures.

Align your core and win he majority of sandwich applications are stiffness-driven with regard to panel bending. And a majority of these bending panels are not square but rectangular. In such rectangular bending panels it is the short span that experiences the higher stresses and strains. Length / extrusion direction of the sheet Short span (width) of the bending panel Fig. 4. Rectangular bending panel. Stress and strain is higher in the short span (width). Designers and manufacturers can take advantage of this by aligning the AIREX® T10 core sheet accordingly in the mold (sheet’s length...

Homogeneous cell structure and perfect surface quality Sheet length Sheet width Fig. 5. Top view onto AIREX® T10 sheet; homogeneous circular cells. Sheet thickness Sheet width AIREX® T10 features a fully homogeneous cell structure. This allows the production of perfectly shiny surfaces (also in dark colors) and guarantees a minimum resin uptake. The cell structure image on the top illustrates the nice cell homogeneity of the sheet surface. The image on the bottom illustrates the distinct cell orientation in the sheet’s thickness (out-of-plane) direction that enables the excellent mechanical...

AIREX® T10 The Industrialized Structural Foam Core Full quality control and traceability Quality that never lets you down The very lean and fully automated production process of AIREX® T10 allows utmost process and quality control. AIREX® T10’s density, cell structure, surface quality and thickness – a core’s most important product characteristics - are measured and protocolled for each single sheet. Furthermore, all production processes are narrowly monitored, controlled and protocolled. Utmost traceability is therefore guaranteed; and in the unlikely event of irregularities, the involved...

Fatigue resistance AIREX® T10 lighter than PVC PET core materials generally feature a very good fatigue resistance. Any material weakens with an increasing number of load cycles. PET’s fatigue resistance curve, however, declines much slower than other materials’, for instance PVC core materials. The graphic below illustrates the strong fatigue performance of PET in general and of AIREX® T10 in particular. The low slope of the T10 curve proves its superior fatigue performance, outpacing PVC. While PET cores and AIREX® T10 remain relatively heavier than PVC for static loads (low number of...

The Industrialized Structural Foam Core 3A Composites Core Materials 3A Composites Core Materials is a global organizational unit within 3A Composites, part of Schweiter Technologies (SIX Swiss Exchange: SWTQ), with operations in Europe, the Americas, India, China and Papua New Guinea, that has pioneered the sandwich technology for almost 70 years. Its AIREXBALTEKBANOVA brand provides sustainable, lightweight and resource-friendly, high-quality core materials (broadest portfolio in the industry) to enable the production of lighter and thus more energy efficient end products for multiple...