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TenCate to present high-grade composite solutions at JEC Europe 2015

TenCate will launch several new high-grade products and will showcase a range of customer applications that utilize advanced composites.

4th March 2015

Innovation in Textiles
 |  Almelo

Transport/​Aerospace, Industrial

TenCate will launch several new high-grade products and will showcase a range of customer applications that utilize the company’s advanced composites.

On display

Items displayed at the TenCate stand include a full size Thales GD LiveTV triband radome, an Airbus Defense and Space next generation solar panel for future ESA missions using the latest space prepreg technology, and an Airbus A380 engine pylon cover manufactured by Daher Socata using TenCate Cetex thermoplastic composites.

The TenCate stand will also feature a showcase of thermoset and thermoplastic automotive pieces including the Kringlan thermoplastic hybrid rim for passenger cars.

Latest composite products

New products across both thermoset and thermoplastic composite portfolios include:

TenCate Cetex TC1320 PEKK – this new thermoplastic composite is aimed at commercial aircraft applications and features flame retardancy, low moisture uptake, excellent resistance to solvents and outstanding toughness for impact resistance.

TenCate Cetex TC912 – a PA6 thermoplastic for a range of structural and semi structural high volume automotive applications, offering improved mechanical properties and tailored fabric architecture available in both woven and UD reinforcements.

TenCate TC275-1 – this epoxy prepreg represents TenCate’s latest generation of autoclave / vacuum processible structural prepregs. It is currently being used in general aviation as a result of its ideal set of mechanical and handling properties, the company reports.

TenCate E760 – a highly toughened epoxy resin system with exceptional high temperature performance designed for use in mechanically demanding structural applications exposed to elevated temperatures, such as Formula 1 and high performance automotive.

Existing composite solutions

Thales GD LiveTV Satcom Radome is a complete LiveTV sitcom radomes that allows commercial aircraft to provide internet connectivity with the K, Ku and Ka bands, to deliver as much signal bandwidth - that is, speed and connectivity - as possible. It utilizes TenCate TC250, an epoxy based thermoset prepreg with quartz fabric for improved performance whilst maintaining cost effectiveness.

Airbus Defense and Space ARA MK4 Solar Panel is a full scale next generation, state-of-the-art substrate panel technology for satellite solar arrays.

Airbus A380 Engine Pylon Cover is a panel, manufactured by Daher Socata, made using TenCate Cetex thermoplastic composite materials, selected due to their impact resistance, fluid resistance, temperature behavior and FST properties.

The company will also feature several thermoset and thermoplastic components for high-performance automotive applications, made using TenCate materials.

Global expansion

TenCate will also profile their global expansions in both capabilities and capacity. In North America, at the Morgan Hill, CA, premises, TenCate Advanced Composites announces internal slitting capability for both thermoset and thermoplastic unitapes. The precision slitting equipment of TenCate features eighteen station traverse winding, with slit widths of 0.3175-0.095cm.

In Europe, at the Langley Mill premises in Nottingham, UK, TenCate Advanced Composites is planning to expand the European capability to include thermoset composite materials for aerospace and space applications and capacity for fabric and UD tape based products to serve existing industrial markets.

www.tencateadvancedcomposites.com

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