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Panex 35 Brochure

Panex 35 Brochure

Panex 35 Brochure

Product catalog summary
Introduction to Panex® 35
Panex® 35 is a high-performance carbon fiber known for its exceptional reinforcing capabilities. It offers high strength, low weight, high stiffness, corrosion and heat resistance, and electrical conductivity. Manufactured from a textile-based precursor through a proprietary process, it is the most cost-effective commercial carbon fiber available.

Applications
Panex® 35 is widely used in various industries, including wind energy, automotive, oil and gas, infrastructure, marine, aircraft interiors, CNG/pressure vessels, energy storage, sporting goods, and thermoplastic compounding.

Product Forms and Properties
1. Continuous Tow: A 50K filament fiber made from PAN precursor, available with various sizings for compatibility with different resin systems.
2. Chopped Fibers: Used with engineering thermoplastics and high-temperature resins, offering high strength-to-weight ratios.
3. Milled Fibers: Suitable for high-volume applications requiring strength and electrostatic dissipation.
4. Prepregs: Ideal for building part thickness with excellent composite properties.
5. Stitch-Bonded and Woven Fabrics: Produced from Continuous Tow, enabling a range of fabric weights and constructions.
6. Pultruded Rods and Plates: Produced with thermoset epoxy or vinyl ester resin, offering high tensile strength and corrosion resistance.

Technical Specifications
Key properties include tensile strength, tensile modulus, electrical conductivity, density, fiber diameter, and carbon content. The product is ISO, AS, and QS certified, ensuring quality and consistency.

Zoltek's Commercialization Strategy
Zoltek focuses on providing the best carbon fiber value through sustainable pricing, supply commitment, and processing support. The company is expanding its manufacturing capacity to support new applications and markets.

Global Presence
Zoltek operates multiple facilities worldwide, including in the USA, Hungary, Mexico, China, India, and Korea, ensuring a robust supply chain and customer support network.

Conclusion
Panex® 35 is a versatile and cost-effective carbon fiber solution, driving advancements in energy technology and various industrial applications. Zoltek's commitment to quality and innovation positions it as a leader in the commercialization of carbon fiber.
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COMMERCIAL CARBON FIBER

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In the world of materials, Panex® 35 has emerged as the ultimate team player – one that works miracles in reinforcing other materials and lifts them to higher levels of performance. Panex® 35 reinforced composites are remarkable in their per formance characteristics and properties that include: high strength, low weight, high stiffness, corrosion resistance, heat resistance, and electrical conductivity. Panex® 35 is made from our abundant textile-based precursor and manufactured in a proprietary high-throughput process that allows it to be the lowest cost commercial carbon fiber on the market....

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Panex 35 Product Forms Panex® 35 Continuous Tow is the premier commercial carbon fiber on the market. It is a 50K filament fiber manufactured from polyacrylonitrile (PAN) precursor, and is available with a range of sizings for optimal processing and compatibility with a variety of resin systems. Zoltek’s quality system focuses on spool-to-spool consistency yielding low coefficients of variation. SI Tensile Strength Tensile Modulus Fiber Diameter Carbon Content Spool Weight Spool Length » Germanischer Lloyd Approved » ISO, AS, QS Certified » Processing Support Available Electrical Conductivity...

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Panex® 35 Prepregs are ideal for rapidly building part thickness with excellent composite properties, and allows for a higher manufacturing throughput at a lower cost. A wide selection of epoxy resin formulations meets a variety of processing and composite property requirements for tack, toughness, flow in cure, surface finish, cure time, cure temperature, and delivered composite strength and modulus. SI Tensile Strength Tensile Modulus Compressive Strength Compressive Modulus Interlaminar Shear Strength +/-45 In-Plane Shear Strength +/-45 In-Plane Shear Modulus Glass Translation Temperature...

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Zoltek has demonstrated significant capacity to support application development and the ability to expand at the rate necessary to support commercialization of new applications through: Zoltek’s prepreg facility in St. Louis, MO boasts 135,000 sq. ft. of production space and the ability to add production lines as needed. It’s one of five Zoltek production facilities worldwide. » Raw material technology and availability » 6-month turnkey expansion » The lowest cost capital investment in the industry Zoltek’s unique position in the marketplace enables the price stability that our customers need...

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Zoltek Corporation (HQ) 3101 McKelvey Road St. Louis, MO 63044 T: 1-314-291-5110 F: 1-314-291-8536 E: [email protected] Zoltek Europe H-2537 Nyergesujfalu Hungary T: 36-33-536-021 E: [email protected] Zoltek China 535 Shen Xu Road Ya Ger International Conference Center 1611 Suzhou, China T: 86-15195675602 E: [email protected] Zoltek India G-12 Ground Floor Metro House, Mangaldas Rd Pune, India 411001 T: 91-20-4007-7324 E: [email protected] Zoltek Korea Room 514, Riverstory, 625 Pangyo-Dong Boondang-Gu, Sungnam-Si Kyoungki-Do, Korea (463-410) T: 82-31-715-1891 E: [email protected]...

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