PRODUCT RANGE
CROSS-PLY / BIAX; MULTI-LAYER PREPREGS
This is our technical improvement on standard biaxial prepreg. It is basically multiple layers of UD prepreg rolled together to form a single prepreg, offering precise fiber alignment, with no Z-direction stitch, so no pinholes / fisheyes where the stitch comes to the surface (and some reduction in weight).
We currently supply a 2 x 20gsm = 40gsm +/-45 degree 2-layered carbon cross-ply prepreg to the fishing rod market. This is very useful in tip sections, saving weight, improving fibre alignment and torsional strength.
We have recently quoted a 2 x 300gsm = 600gsm +/-45 degree 2-layered carbon cross-ply prepreg for a sat com contract, as an alternative to standard 600gsm biaxial. As well as the technical advantages mentioned above, our product is coming in around 20% cheaper.
We have recently quoted a 4 x 150gsm = 600gsm 0 /+45 / -45 / 90 degree 4-layered carbon cross-ply prepreg for a customer making pressed laminates. This prepreg also utilises our SC01 snap cure resin system. So, rather than cutting UD plies and taking time to hand lay and position several layers at the correct angles, our customer can save a lot of time and labour by laying down 4 precisely oriented layers of prepreg at once. Furthermore, they will now be able to cure the laminate in under 10 minutes total cycle time, compared to over 90 minutes at present.