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Industrial selector guide - HexForce Reinforcements and HexPly Prepregs for Industrial

Industrial selector guide - HexForce Reinforcements and HexPly Prepregs for Industrial

Industrial selector guide - HexForce Reinforcements and HexPly Prepregs for Industrial

Product catalog summary
Overview: This document serves as an industrial selector guide for Hexcel's advanced composite materials, showcasing products like HexPly® Prepregs, Magnamite® Carbon Fibre, and HexWeb® Honeycomb. It underscores Hexcel's expertise in high-performance materials across various industries.
Key Products and Features:
  • HexPly® Prepregs: These are fiber-reinforced resin matrix systems known for their durability, temperature resistance, and lightweight properties.
  • HexTOOL® Tooling Material: A patented composite material offering metal-like accuracy with the lightness of carbon fiber.
  • HexMC® Moulding Concept: A high-performance sheet molding material ideal for producing complex shapes in high volumes, especially in sports, automotive, and marine sectors.
  • HexForce® Reinforcements: Woven and multiaxial reinforcements providing multi-directional strength and stiffness.
  • PrimeTex® Reinforcements: Carbon fabrics processed for a smooth appearance, enhancing mechanical properties and reducing porosity.
Applications: Hexcel's materials are utilized in automotive, aerospace, marine, sports equipment, and industrial machinery, offering solutions for lightweight, durable, and high-performance structures.
Technical Specifications:
  • Prepreg Matrix Properties: Includes various chemistries like Epoxy, Phenolic, BMI, and Cyanate Ester, each with distinct curing temperatures and fire resistance.
  • Fibre Properties: Details on tensile strength and modulus for fibers such as carbon, glass, and aramid.
  • Weave Styles: Descriptions of plain, twill, and satin weaves, highlighting their drapeability and crimp characteristics.
Innovation and Support: Hexcel is committed to innovation in composite materials, offering global technical support for material selection, processing, and training.
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HexPly ® Prepregs Industrial Selector Guide Peel ply REDUX HexFlow® Liquid Resins Reinforcements He Liq L L H L

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About HEXCEL Hexcel is one of the largest US producers of carbon fibre; the world’s largest weaver of structural fabrics; the number one producer of composite materials such as prepregs, film adhesives and honeycomb; and a leading manufacturer of composite parts and structures. As the most vertically integrated supplier in the industry Hexcel manufactures the full spectrum of advanced material solutions. This means that we can offer enhanced design flexibility and support to our customers worldwide. Hexcel’s research and technology function supports our businesses worldwide with a highly developed...

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PrimeTex® Range PrimeTex® Applications With 3K fibre, from 160 to 245 gsm With 6K fibre, from 285 to 370 gsm With 12K fibre, from 193 to 400 gsm fibres, please contact Hexcel: • Automotive cosmetic applications • Recreational (rowing boats, bicycles) and marine (hulls & spars) • Industrial Machinery • Aerospace thin laminates and sandwich What are the different fabric styles? The fabrics consist of at least two threads which are woven together: the warp and the weft. The weave style can be varied according to crimp and drapeability. Low crimp gives better mechanical performance because straighter...

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Sports Equipment Alternative Energy

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HexPly® Matrix HexPly® product data Rail, Civil Engineering HexTOOL® Tooling Material HexTOOL® product data HexMC® Moulding Concept HexMC® product data * HigherTg can be obtained with post cure cycle ** Plus post cure

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PrimeTex® is a range of carbon fabrics which have been processed for a smooth, closed weave and uniform cosmetic appearance. The fibre tows are woven flat and spread in both the warp and weft direction for unique aesthetic appeal and for improved performance IM/HM Carbon reinforcements Special fabrics with IM10 and IM8 available, please contact Hexcel: [email protected] LA NC2® Multiaxial reinforcements A special process to customise • Width from 1270mm to 2500mm y0Ur Pr°dUCt • All angles required / In ply symmetry possible (+45/-457+450) • Possibility to stack different weights and angles...

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Finish for E glass fabrics * TEXALIUM® : Glass fabrics aluminium coated on one side

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The information contained herein is believed to be the best available at the time of printing but is given without acceptance of liability, whether expressed or implied, for loss or damage attributable to reliance thereon. Users should make their own assessment of the technology’s suitability for their own conditions of use and, before making any commitment with regard to the information given, should check that it has not been superseded.

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For further information, please contact your nearest sales office, or visit our website at www.hexcel.com 4F Yokohama YS Nishiguchi Bldg Russian Federation Wisma Samudra, Hicom - Glenmarie Industrial Park, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia Conference & Exhibition Polig. Ind, «Ciudad de Parla» United Kingdom Ickleton Road, Duxford, Cam-

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All Hexcel Corporation catalogs and technical brochures

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Archived catalogs

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  5. HexTow ® AS7

    2  Pages

  6. HexForce​®

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  7. Rail

    5  Pages

  8. HiTape

    4  Pages

  9. HexTow

    8  Pages

  10. Polyspeed

    4  Pages

  11. G-EV 974GI

    2  Pages

  12. G-R98

    2  Pages

  13. HexPly® M78

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  14. Automotive

    4  Pages

  15. HexShield™

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  16. HEXTOOL® M61

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