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Composite Resins Selector Guide

Composite Resins Selector Guide
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Composite Resins Selector Guide

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Overview: The document serves as a selector guide for composite resin systems by Huntsman Advanced Materials, emphasizing their role as a global partner in providing innovative thermosetting formulated systems with robust technical support. It targets industries such as automotive, aerospace, marine, wind energy, sports, leisure, and consumer electronics.
Key Offerings: Huntsman provides both standard and custom-made solutions tailored to specific project requirements. Their expertise aids in reducing manufacturing costs, enhancing product quality, durability, and performance, and accelerating market entry through material and process optimization.
Product Specifications: Detailed specifications for various resin systems, including the Araldite and Resin XU series, are provided. Key parameters include pot life, gel time, mix viscosity, cure schedule, glass transition temperature (Tg), flexural strength, ultimate flexural elongation, and fracture properties (K1C, G1C). These specifications are essential for selecting the appropriate resin system based on application needs.
Certifications and Recommendations: Several systems are Germanischer Lloyd (GL) certified, indicating compliance with specific industry standards. Recommendations are provided for mixing different hardeners to adjust reactivity and achieve desired mechanical properties.
Applications and Performance: The guide outlines the suitability of different resin systems for applications such as wet lay-up, RTM, infusion, filament winding, and pultrusion. It stresses the importance of selecting systems based on factors like toughness, chemical resistance, and curing conditions to meet specific performance requirements.
Conclusion: Huntsman Advanced Materials positions itself as a reliable partner offering a comprehensive range of high-performance composite resin systems, supported by extensive technical support and industry expertise.
Formulated Systems for Pre-impregnation: The document details several epoxy systems, including their mix viscosity, shelf-life, gel time, applied cure schedule, and mechanical properties such as Tg, flexural strength, and fracture properties. Key products include Araldite® LZ 5021, Resin XB 3540, and Araldite® LY 1556, each with specific curing schedules and mechanical characteristics.
Expandable Epoxy Systems (EES): Designed for fast compression molding processes, these systems have typical processing times of 45-60 seconds at 150-160°C. Products like Araldite® LY 1135-1A and Araldite® LY 5310 offer high Tg and low emission systems, suitable for sandwich composites.
Innovation and Sustainability: Huntsman emphasizes its commitment to innovation, regulatory compliance, and sustainability, focusing on reducing natural resource consumption and improving quality of life through its products.
Customer Engagement: Huntsman provides extensive customer support, including product development, trials, seminars, and troubleshooting, aiming to build long-term partnerships with customers for shared success.
Legal and Safety Information: The document includes disclaimers regarding product warranties and highlights the importance of safety data sheets for safe handling and use of the products.
Contact Information: Contact details for Huntsman's global offices are provided, including locations in Europe, India, Asia, and the Americas.
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Composite Resins Selector Guide-1

Advanced Materials Light on weight - heavy on strength Selector guide for composite resin systems

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Rely on us with confidence

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A global partner As a global partner and innovator working in close collaboration with all major industries using fiber reinforcement : we offer our customers a unique range of innovative high value thermosetting formulated systems combined with a strong technical support. This comprehensive range is used throughout the world’s manufacturing industries but particularly in the automotive, aerospace, marine, wind energy, sport and leisure and consumer electronics. We deliver more than just products Our process know-how and over 60 years expertise help us to develop standard products as well as...

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Formulated systems for direct liquid processes ••• Highly recommended MJJFUHJTfrl Germanischer Lloyd (GL) certified

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Formulated systems for direct liquid processes 'Adjustable reactivity with DY 070 ratio ••• Highly recornmended

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Formulated systems for pre-impregnation (Prepregs) Product designation Mix viscosity Conditions B-Staging or solvent evaporation 25°C Shelf-life Gel time* 23°C Applied cure schedule 120°C Norm mPa.s Unit min Solvent based process Araldite® LZ 5021 / Aradur® 1571 / Accelerator 1573 550 - 850 6 - 10 min at 90°C 9 - 12 months 8 - 15 25 min at 125°C Resin XB 3540 / Aradur® 5021 1 700 - 2 300 7 - 10 min at 90°C > 4 weeks 15 - 20 30 min at 90°C + 1h at 120°C Resin XB 3542 / Aradur® 5021 1 900 - 2 500 at 50°C 8 - 13 min at 90°C > 5 weeks 10 - 13 1h at 120°C + 2h at 140°C Araldite® LY 1556 / Aradur®...

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high Tg, low emission system higher foaming effect, recommended for sandwich composites higher foaming effect, recommended for sandwich composites - foaming agent concentration adjustable

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With customer intimacy We market a unique product portfolio and a broad range of forward-looking solutions for our customers. Customers and partners benefit from an advanced level of service in: With innovation Every day, all over the world, our Technical Competence centers engage in intensive research and development focusing on one goal : to deliver innovative solutions by working hand-in hand with our business partners. Together through a continual exchange of ideas, supported by an experienced team of sales and technical specialists, we strive to deliver innovative and regulatory compliant...

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We value your challenge 11

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Huntsman Advanced Materials Our Advanced Materials division is a leading global chemical solutions provider with a long heritage of pioneering technologically advanced epoxy, acrylic and polyurethanebased polymer products. Our capabilities in high-performance adhesives and composites, delivered by more than 2 300 associates, serve over 3 000 global customers with innovative, tailor-made solutions and more than 1 500 products which address global engineering challenges. Global presence – 13 manufacturing sites For more information www.huntsman.com/advanced_materials [email protected]...

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