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JEC Europe 2013 – show previewThe JEC Europe exhibition takes place in Paris on 12-14 March. We take a look at some of the new products and technologies exhibitors will be showcasing. (Companies are listed in alphabetical order.)

3B Stand number M25 Website: www.3b-fibreglass.com

In partnership with Arkema, a leading producer of PMMA (poly-methyl methacrylate), 3B has developed a sizing technology designed to rein-force acrylic thermoplastic systems for structural applications. 3B and Arkema, partnering with weaver Chomarat, are launching products which are alternatives to existing thermoset systems.

3B’s benchmark series of high performance rovings, which include SE2020, HiPer-tex™ W2020 (both recently GL approved) and W3030, will also be exhibited. Designed for various resin systems such as epoxy and polyester/vinyl resin for resin infusion moulding and prepeg processes, they are principally (but not exclusively) used in wind turbine applications. Luc Peters, 3B Wind Energy Technical Leader, will deliver a presentation highlighting these new glass fibre reinforcements on 13 March.

Thanks to 3B’s HiPer-tex high performance rovings, Madshus, a Norwegian creator of winter sports equipment, has designed lighter, stronger and faster skis, which will be displayed on 3B’s stand and at the Innovation Showcase.

Ahlstrom Stand number W64 Website: www.ahlstrom.com

Ahlstrom, a supplier of reinforcements serving composite customers in the marine, wind energy, transportation and building industries, has developed a new range of multiaxial reinforcements for infusion and closed mould systems. The products are said to enable excellent resin flow as well as high strength.

Characteristics of the new multiaxial reinforcements include: a unique channel structure which remains permeable, allowing resin flow even under high vacuum compression; increased mould filling

speed; ensures complete impregnation of critical areas; one layer of this channel structure reinforcement helps wet out several layers of standard reinforcement.

For transportation, marine and building applications Ahlstrom will showcase RTC - Reinforced Thermoplastic Composite. This is said to be ideal for producing small to medium volume series in the press forming process. Benefits of RTC include: simple and economical tools (e.g. wooden moulds); fast moulding process; low labour cost; lightweight parts; and possibility to manufacture textile, felt, TPO clad parts in one shot.

Airtech Stand number M64 Website: www.airtech.lu

Airtech will be highlighting products designed to make the resin infusion process easier, including the resin infusion adapter (RIA), a practical tool which can ensure the connection between the resin inlet tube or vacuum line and all resin infusion connectors, and SIL-TUBE, a flexible heat and chemical resistant tube suitable for room to high temperature resin infusion applications where it can be used as a vacuum channel or as a resin inlet tube.

Ahlstrom has developed a new multiaxial reinforcement for infusion and closed mould processes.

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The company will also showcase the latest products the Airseal sealant tape range:

Airseal 2 ST, a cost effective sealant tape with strong tackiness •which provides an immediate and excellent adhesion to most surfaces for vacuum bag applications up to 150°C; and Airseal 2 HT Twin, designed for vacuum bagging applications •requiring double bagging. The simultaneous application of the two stripes of sealant tapes saves time, effort and increases the reliability of the process.

Airtech will also highlight products in its pressure sensitive tape range:

Flashbreaker® PS1, a high temperature/high tensile strength poly-•ester film coated with a high tack pressure sensitive silicone adhesive for oven or autoclave cures up to 204°C; Teflease MG2 Orange, a high tensile strength PTFE pressure sensitive •tape with high temperature silicone adhesive providing increased wear properties when compared to standard PTFE tapes. It provides high visibility on most substrates; andFlashbreaker 2CBS, a high temperature/high tensile polyester film •coated on both sides with pressure sensitive silicone adhesive suit-able for autoclave and oven applications up to 204°C. This product has been developed for securing secondary tooling, peel plies, release film, breather fabric and vacuum bagging films during high temperature and general workshop applications.

AkzoNobel Stand number F17 Website: www.akzonobel.com

AkzoNobel is extending its portfolio of cobalt-free curing solutions with the launch of its second generation Nouryact™ accelerators. These new accelerators are based on BluCure technology and are 100% cobalt-free.

Primarily based on iron, the new Nouryact accelerators work in all temperature ranges and have a lower colour impact on the end products. They are said to be an easy to use replacement for existing cobalt-based accelerators and in some cases even outperform cobalt, enabling curing behaviour which cannot be achieved with conventional systems

There are six different Nouryact accelerators which can be combined with the full range of AkzoNobel’s peroxide curing agents, offering a cobalt-free curing system for virtually every application. For resin producers and formulators, AkzoNobel offers innovative raw materials, such as Borchi® OXY Cure, and access to the BluCure Technology, to enable them to formulate cobalt-free resins for the composite industry.

AkzoNobel will release more information on these new develop-ments will during a presentation on 13 March. (You can also find

more information about these new products in the feature on pages

25-28 of this issue.)

Alan Harper Composites Stand number N44 Website: www.alanharpercomposites.com

Alan Harper Composites, a producer of machines to manufacture reusable vacuum bags, will introduce its SilCon VI model. This provides all the advantages of the SilCon V model, with two robust 200cc fluid ratio pumps and a third 20cc pump which can add thixotropic additive on demand, but features two machine-mounted 15 litre clear tanks that can be pressurised to aid the use of thicker silicone fluids. This feature allows the machine to dispense and spray condensation cure silicones in addition to the addition cure types.

The company says that the new model covers a vast range of application in one machine: either two-component Platinum cure silicone, two-component silicone with thixotropic addition on demand or condensation cure silicone with tin cure catalyst pumping. The lightweight hand-held, highly manoeuvrable, spray gun head has been engineered to include the third fluid stream using the same compact disposable mixers.

Demonstrations of silicone bag manufacture will be conducted on the stand.

Anaglyph Ltd Stand number B14 Website: www.anaglyph.co.uk

Anaglyph is showing its composite design and analysis software LAP, CoDA and Laminate Tools, as well as hardware/software for ply positioning control, PlyMatch.

Airtech’s Flashbreaker pressure sensitive tapes can be used to hold down vacuum bagging materials.

Alan Harper Composites’ new SilCon VI machine.

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CUTTING TECHNOLOGYT H AT O P T I M I Z E S Y O U R W O R K F L O W

The GERBERcutter® Z1 system is the next generation computer-controlled, automated cuttingsystem. It’s ideal for precise cutting of composite materials.

Powered by state-of-the-art Axis™ software, the Z1 is modular, fl exible and energy effi cient.

As your production needs grow, simply add peripherals like part identifi cation to optimize your workfl ow.

Rely on Gerber Technology – your total automation solutions provider.

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Laminate Tools addresses the entire Geometry (CAD surface import), Design (draping simulation), FEA (pre- and post-processing)

and Manufacture (ply-book preparation) sequence of design work. It interfaces with most industry standards, both CAD and FEA. Anaglyph will be introducing the new version v4.3 of Laminate Tools at the show.

Based on customer needs for accuracy in composites manufacturing, Anaglyph developed PlyMatch, a technology for hand lay-up visual control. Easy to use, compact and mobile, PlyMatch is an alternative, or a complement, to existing ply-place-ment methods. It is best used for small to medium sized plies with complex, highly curved shapes.

Anguil Stand number E43g (US Pavilion) Website: www.anguil.com

Air pollution control provider Anguil will provide information on the various emission control strategies for carbon fibre processing and composites manufacturing.

Anguil supplies systems for the destruction of hydrogen cyanide, silicone and nitrogen oxide (NOX) emissions often produced in the ovens and furnaces of carbon fibre plants. To treat the higher concen-tration exhaust streams coming from the carbon fibre furnaces, the company has designed a multi-zone Direct Fired Thermal Oxidiser (DFTO) whereby the nitrogen

Anaglyph’s PlyMatch technology for ply positioning.

An Anguil regenerative thermal oxidiser.

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For series of sizes varying from 1000 products to up to 1,000,000 products per annum, Cato provides a development and manufacturing solution for monolithic, forged, sandwich and hybrid parts made from thermo-plastic composite mate-rials. For making hybrid components from endless fibre reinforced thermo-plastic composites and injection moulded parts, Cato uses injection moulding production facilities on site.

As co-founder and former shareholder in Bond-Laminates GmbH and with over 20 years of experience in thermoplastic composite materials, product design and processing, Cato can select and specify the right material (fibre and matrix) at price points starting from €5/kg and specifically for an application. Cato’s machine park includes 11 injection moulding lines as well as seven thermoplastic composite production presses.

CDI Stand number W84 Website: www.centurydesign.com

US company CDI (Century Design Inc) will launch the M777 Horizontal Tape Placement Machine, which offers preci-sion tape placement on small to large diameter straight and tapered mandrels. The specially designed placement head controls both the tension of the tape as well as its accurate positioning on the mandrel, ensuring that standardised, high quality tubular components are produced every time.

The development of this machine was driven by customers looking to improve manufacturing methods for tubular structures such as golf shafts, fishing rods, bike frames and struts. Traditionally these parts have been produced by rolling or filament winding, and whilst these methods produce good results, they do not yield the most efficient parts due to ply drop offs and varying resin contents.

compounds are disassociated at high temperatures in an oxygen depleted chamber. The remaining gases are quenched before moving into a secondary zone where total emission destruction efficiencies are over 99% with minimal NOX generation.

For the higher flow, lower concentration oven exhaust Anguil manufactures a Regenerative Thermal Oxidiser (RTO). This type of oxidiser is capable of 98-99%+ destruction efficiency with very low operating costs. With achievable thermal efficiencies over 96% the RTO is capable of operating with little to no supplemental fuel use.

Barrday Stand number A31 Website: www.barrday.com

Barrday Inc is displaying its portfolio of thermoplastic materials tailored for the aerospace, military/defence, protective and energy markets, including unidirectional (UD) tapes, powder coated semi-pregs and pressed laminates.

Barrday manufactures UD aramid prepreg for the soft and hard armour markets based on proprietary thermoplastic resin technology. This material consists of two or four layers of cross-plied unidirectional product. Barrday has been investing in this technology for several years and will be introducing several new products at JEC. The company recently extended this technology to UD thermoplastic tapes targeting structural applications in the commercial aerospace, military/defence and industrial markets. These products utilise carbon and high performance glass reinforcements in PEEK, PEKK, PEI, PPS and nylon matrices. The tapes are available in a range of fibre areal weights and resin contents. Initial tape widths will be 160-305 mm (6.25-12.0 in), however the equipment has been sized to produce prepregs at widths up to 610 mm (24 in).

Barrday thermoplastic composite semi-pregs are offered at widths of 20-86 inches. It can process a wide array of fabrics and engineered thermoplastics with its powder coating capability including PEEK, PEKK, PPS, PE and PP at resin areal weights up to 700g/m2. A variety of powder coated fabrics are available or under development ranging from lightweight glass veils to aramid and structural carbon fabrics. Powder coated fabrics are available in semi-preg or pre-consolidated laminate form.

Cato Composite Innovations BV Stand number J70 Website: www.catoci.com

Cato Composite Innovations focuses on the development and manufacturing of thermoplastic composite components and parts. Recently, the helmet manufacturing technology and equipment from Cato Composites Norway was integrated into the company’s facilities in Doesburg, the Netherlands.

Cato manufactures hybrid components using reinforced thermoplastic composites and injection moulding technology.

CDI supplies prepreg machines and specialist composites processing equipment.

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With a pich up to 152 mm the M777 can process a variety of parts with a full range of materials and sizes. It also has the ability to wrap both prepreg and thin film tapes from the same tension head which in turn allows parts to be completed on one machine. This elimi-nates the need for a secondary operation which is time consuming and incurs further cost.

CDI has already conducted successful trials on the M777 in partnership with a selection of customers.

Componeering Inc Stand V8 Website: www.esacomp.com

Componeering will demonstrate the new 4.4 version of its composite design and analysis software ESAComp. The new release includes improvements including: update and expansion of the materials database; new analysis features; and enhancements in the interfaces to other simulation software (ANSYS and HyperWorks by Altair). The most noteworthy among the new features is the non-linear analysis for accurate consideration of large deformations in panels and cylinders. This makes advanced finite element analysis easily available in the early stages of the design process and hence helps achieve mass savings by avoiding overly conservative design approaches.

ESAComp 4.4 also debuts an enhanced interface with ANSYS Composite PrepPost (ACP). Sampling point laminate and load data from ACP can be read in ESAComp to allow detailed laminate level analyses, design improvements and reporting using the ESAComp tools.

Delcam Stand number L25 www.delcam.com

Delcam will demonstrate the latest developments in its PowerMILL software for the programming of machining by robot. It will use a

Componeering will demonstrate the latest version of its ESAComp composite design and analysis software.

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Elantas Italia Stand number J7 Website: www.elantas.it

Elantas Italia, part of the ALTANA group of companies of Germany, supplies epoxy and polyurethane resins and epoxy adhesive for the production of composites, tools and moulds. The company’s resins are used in marine (wet lay-up and infusion), automotive and wind turbine blade applications, as well as for pultrusion and filament winding, rapid prototyping, and for moulds for high temperature use. The company also manufactures a range of tooling boards, silicone resins, glass fabrics, fillers, release agents and wax.

Elantas Italia is seeking a distributor with knowledge of the composite tooling market.

Fontijne Presses Stand number C52 Website: www.fontijnepresses.com

Fontijne Presses offers a variety of options for the composites industry. Small production runs, samples for material development and testing, and thermoplastic composites can be made on the presses. To prevent air in thermoplastic composites, the company has developed high temperature vacuum presses to prepare samples like PEEK, PPS, PEI and PEKK. A control is built into the press to ventilate the vacuum chamber after pressing. Fontijne Grotnes provides vacuum presses in the range 50-1000 kN, with heated platens of 225-500 mm. Each press is equipped with a touch screen control system for temperature and force. The standard manual control has a basic user interface; this can be extended by the modified programmable and PC control system, the Lab Pro-View.

FORMAX Stand number L76 Website: www.formax.co.uk

FORMAX, a manufacturer of carbon fibre and speciality composite reinforcements, will be announcing expansion plans and a new company organisation.

KUKA robot, a combination that has proved successful for Delcam customers such as marine manufacturer Southern Spars, which found a robot to provide a lower-cost alternative to machine tools for the manufacture of larger composite components.

The new robot machining interface in the PowerMILL CAM soft-ware makes it easier to program robots for a much wider range of applications. Delcam says the ability to program the robot offline from 3D CAD data is faster and more efficient than the ‘teach and learn’ approach often used to create instructions for the equipment. This easier programming allows composite manufacturers to take advantage of the many potential benefits of using robots. Firstly, the cost of installing a robot is less than the price of a large machine tool with a similar working envelope, and secondly, the flexibility of the robot means that complex operations can be carried out in a single set-up, so cutting production times and reducing the number of fixtures needed.

Delcam will also demonstrate its SHAPE design software and Power-MILL five-axis machining system, which are used for the design and manufacture of models, patterns, moulds and fixtures for component manufacture, and for the finish machining of parts.

Dow Chemical Company Stand number P14 Website: www.dow.com

Dow is presenting its next generation VORAFORCE™ Composite Systems, along with further products designed to create stronger, lighter and more durable composites for construction, infrastruc-ture, transportation and other applications. Visitors can learn more about: new products for pultrusion and filament winding; next-generation infusion technology for wind blade composites; a fast-cure, composite resin for automotive solutions; and manhole covers made with Dow technology.

In addition, Dow’s new carbon fibre joint venture DowAksa will exhibit on stand number K45.

Delcam will demonstrate the latest developments in robotic machining.

FORMAX manufactures carbon fibre and speciality composite reinforcements.

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engineering, military and Formula 1 racing across the world and sees great potential for its products in other industrial sectors such as in cranes, hoisting and lifting equipment.

Future Materials Group Stand number D70 Website: www.futurematerialsgroup.com

UK-based consultancy Future Materials Group (FMG) is the brainchild of David Schofield and Adrian Williams, both experienced veterans of the composites/advanced materials sectors. The company operates globally, providing clients in the advanced materials and high value manufacturing sectors with support to achieve their ambitions for growth – from growth strategy development and growth acceleration planning, to managing mergers and acquisitions, developing strategic partnerships and mobilising finance for growth.

With 25 years in advanced materials, Schofield has worked inter-nationally in both executive and non-executive roles, for Ciba-Geigy, Huntsman and Gurit AG, among others, providing advice on strategy, marketing, business development and acquisitions for multi-nationals and SMEs. Williams has held a number of senior executive positions in the UK, Europe and North America, special-ising in growth strategy and implementation for companies at every stage of their development, from start up to large, multi-nationals around the world. James Austin has also recently joined the team. With over 20 years’ experience in composites/advanced materials, Austin was instrumental in transforming SP Systems’ market position prior to the company’s acquisition by Gurit AG, where he remained as COO with responsibility for supply chain and production in Europe, Asia and North America.

The new organisation will involve the creation of three business sectors for the marine, automotive and industrial markets. This will ensure customers receive a highly specialised service, as each division is supported by technicians and sales staff with market specific skills and expertise. The company will also expand its production facilities in Narborough, UK, through the acquisition of a 2000 m² site to house an additional manufacturing plant and composite testing equipment.

FORMAX will also be investing considerable resource into its R&D functions. A Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Nottingham University, UK, commences in Spring 2013 with the aim of developing a comprehensive material characterisation capability and advanced simulation methodology for composites. Other areas of research include the recycling of waste carbon fabrics into short fibre products for use in tooling laminates, carbon ceramics and structural composites; and the elimination of fabric waste in future composite manufacture.

Future Fibres Stand number X20 (Spanish Pavilion) Website: www.futurefibres.com

Composite rigging manufacturer Future Fibres will highlight its wide range of composite products for rigging, spars and booms for all types of grand prix racing, super-yachts and performance yachts.

CEO Hugues Jacquemin says that although the marine sector is central to Future Fibres’ success the recent development and manufacturing of cables for use in a high-tech composite footbridge clearly highlights the company’s intentions to expand into other industrial sectors. It is already involved in projects in civil

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move to prepreg technology and benefit from superior mechanical performance. It is a lower temperature curing prepreg that cures faster than products currently available. For a very low temperature cure a cycle of 10 hours at just 70°C is recommended. This enables lower cost tooling and associated materials to be used and results in energy savings. If a more rapid cure is required then HexPly M79 cures in 8 hours at 75°C and in only 4-6 hours at 80°C. With HexPly M79 there is also much less risk of an exothermic reaction (a 60% reduction on Hexcel’s standard M9G prepregs) and it has a long outlife at room temperature of at least two months. The low cure temperature means that the system is compatible with any liquid epoxy resin used for infusion processing so that the prepreg and infusion processes can be combined in the same blade.

Hexcel’s HexPly carbon fibre UD prepregs with Grid Technology have been certified by Germanischer Lloyd for use in wind energy applications.

Hexcel is also launching HiTape® high performance unidirectional (UD) reinforcements, based on its HexTow® carbon fibre and designed to meet the requirements for aircraft primary structures made by out-of-autoclave vacuum infusion or injection technology. HiTape allows dry preforms to be manufactured in a fully auto-mated lay-up, similar to the AFP and ATL processes widely used for UD prepregs. Aircraft structures made with HiTape are reported to demonstrate mechanical properties as high as those found in parts made with the latest generation primary structure prepregs.

HiTape has been used by AeroComposit for wing prototype components and by Spirit AeroSystems to form the skin of an engine nacelle outer fan cowl. Video footage from Coriolis and M Torres shows the speed and efficiency of the HiTape lay-up process.

Huntsman Stand number G65 Website: www.huntsman.com/advanced_materials

In the automotive composites sector Huntsman is meeting manufacturers’ demands for faster processing and shorter production

Gurit Stand number K44 Website: www.gurit.com

Gurit, a supplier of composite materials, engineering, tooling, parts and systems, will be launching a new fire retardant epoxy wet laminating system capable of BS 4276 Class 1 flame spread resistance, and a new prepreg technology that does not require chilled storage.

Gurit will also showcase its products for high volume automotive body panel production using rapid press moulding to produce a Class-A finish capable of high temperature paint-line processing (also see news

story and video on page 12). Other products on display include a new fire retardant PET foam core material G-PET FR, and a core sealing technology for balsa, UVOTECH, designed to significantly reduce resin uptake whilst retaining core-laminate adhesion and durability. Gurit will also promote its new sealing technology for PET and its Airstream™ coating technology, a specialised prepreg developed to enable the economic manufacture of very high quality unidirectional carbon spar caps without the requirement of a temperature controlled factory environment.

Hengshen Stand number V32 Website: www.hscarbonfibre.com

Hengshen Co Ltd, founded in 2007, is a vertically integrated carbon fibre composite materials manufacturer in China. Based on a 1,100,000 m² site just west of Shanghai, and now employing more than 1400 people, Hengshen manufactures PAN precursor and carbon fibre, woven and non-crimp fabrics, prepreg and resin infusion systems. The company is privately owned and has invested in significant manufacturing capacity, with current production capacity at 3500t of carbon fibre, and further expansions underway. This manufacturing capability is supported by an R&D and Engineering Centre employing over 120 multinational staff.

Hengshen recently opened its new Technology Centre on Southampton Science Park in the UK, which will provide technical support to European customers in composite materials sales, design and collaborative development programmes. The company is also introducing a range of high performance carbon fibre prepregs and infusion systems, designed for demanding aerospace, marine, transport, energy and general composites applications, alongside engineering design services for customers new to composite part design.

Hexcel Stand number Website: www.hexcel.com

Hexcel’s new HexPly® M79 epoxy prepreg is said to offer a real option for those who currently manufacture blades by infusion to

Hexcel’s HiTape reinforcement for aircraft structures.

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Innovative products, such as StarRov® RXN 886, will be introduced for the in-mould caprolactam polymerisation process. The new product maximises glass-matrix bonding, resulting in improvements in strength, multiaxial impact, aging performance, and dimensional stability of polyamide 6 (PA 6) based structural composites. The product can be used in a variety of processes, including TP-RTM, TP-RIM, TP-pultrusion, and TP-filament winding.

Johns Manville will also present new applications where ThermoFlow® chopped strands are used in polyamides and polypropylene. Addition-ally, automotive applications using MultiStar® 272 roving for SMC and StarRov LFTPlus 490 contributing to lower odour LFT applications will

cycles with its epoxy resin systems for high pressure resin transfer moulding (HP-RTM). Huntsman will showcase the latest Araldite system to enable five-minute production cycles. In comparison to first generation HP-RTM, this equates to a 30% time saving. The company will also highlight other fast curing epoxy resin systems, including those that enable less complex compression moulding and the production of parts in less than three minutes.

Huntsman will also focus on its epoxy resins, hardeners and accelerators, which are designed to help formulators and prepreggers enhance the mechanical properties and overall quality of their systems. Tactix 742 and Tactix 556 are two resins that are said to offer the highest glass transition temperatures and the lowest water sensitivity achievable among all the epoxy resin systems commercially available today. Araldite MY 9721 and Araldite MY 0610 epoxy resins combine high thermal resistance and a high modulus with easier processing, thanks to their low viscosities. Hardeners and accelerators, including Aradur 3123, Aradur 1167 and other recently developed DDS-modified curing agents, complete the line-up, providing formula-tors with new tools to adapt the curing kinetics of their systems while providing high thermal resistance.

Huntsman’s epoxy adhesives, which combine high toughness with lap shear strengths greater than 35 MPa, are proven in numerous applications. Araldite AW 4858/Hardener HW 4858, for example, is suitable for bonding composite to composite or composite to dissimilar materials and maintains high strength even under harsh environmental conditions. Araldite AW 4859/Hardener HW 4859, another epoxy adhesive on show, shares similar mechanical properties and is ideal for bonding structures that will be exposed to temperatures exceeding 80°C during their life, for example in racing car, aerospace or in general transportation applications. Huntsman will also show its fast curing methacrylate based adhesives Araldite 2047-1 and Araldite 2048, which have been designed respectively for composite bonding with limited surface preparation and for the creation of flexible joints with a 90% elongation at break.

Johns Manville Stand number G46 Website: www.jmeurope.com

Johns Manville will present its new reactive glass fibres developed for improved performance in structural thermoplastic composites.

Huntsman’s products enable faster processing.

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tors); advanced filament winding machines with up to 6-axes for complex parts, product develop-ment, and proto-typing; filament winding machines with integrated fibre placement assisted head for thermoplastic roving; Winding Expert Software – advanced filament winding pattern development; prepreg making equipment (UD tape, fabric prepreg, slit-tape and tow preg); and slitting machines.

Oxeon Stand number P25 Website: www.textreme.com

Oxeon is celebrating 10 years in business. The company produces spread tow carbon reinforcements under the TeXtreme® brand.

TeXtreme reinforcements are designed for making ultra-lightweight composites. The technology is flexible and tow-size independent which enables development of optimised reinforcement solutions tailor-made for specific application needs. Utilisation of TeXtreme spread tow carbon fabrics and carbon UD tapes by manufacturers of advanced aerospace, industrial and sports products confirms that 20-30% lighter composite parts can be produced with improved mechanical properties and superior surface smoothness.

PGI Stand number N75 Website: www.pgi-industrial-europe.com

PGI Industrial Division manu-factures nonwovens for the FRP industry. Products and applica-tions include:

synthetic veils;•filament winding (pipes, •fittings...), giving corrosion resistance properties and better finishing;pultrusion, to produce a resin-•rich surface, giving UV, corro-sion and cosmetic properties;interlaminar veils, allowing •better adhesion between two different layers; for RTM, Finishline 65; and •core material for laminates: Matline+N is used as a print through •blocker as well as a core to get thickness at reduced cost. It is compatible with polyester, epoxy and vinyl ester.

be displayed. For the building and construction segment, high structural profiles using StarRov 908 roving will be shown.

Langzauner Stand number V73 Website: www.langzauner.com

One year ago Langzauner launched its new labora-tory press, featuring a hydraulic drive with variable rotation speed. Because of its accuracy and versatility, many research and development

companies are committed to this drive system, Langzauner reports. One of the system’s major benefits is its efficiency, which also makes it interesting for presses used for serial production. Avoiding the use of proportional valves enables the use of hydraulic oil of lower quality. Furthermore, the oil is only in motion when the machine is in action. This increases the lifetime of the oil and an oil cooler is unnecessary. The first presses for serial production, equipped with this system, are already in use. With a 650t press, driven in three shifts, a potential saving of more than €50,000 per year can be realised. This drive concept is therefore extremely interesting for companies in the automotive sector where mass production demands machines with low energy consumption.

Mikrosam AD Stand number V80 Website: mikrosam.com

Mikrosam has already delivered automated tape laying (ATL) and automated fibre placement (AFP) machines around the world, and is now combining them into a single product, significantly easing the ability to program and lay-up parts. The new line of automated placement machines can apply both technologies – ATL and AFP – on a single mandrel, without complex and time consuming head switching. There is no downtime to change from one placement method to another, since both lay-up heads work independently of each other. Together with the MikroPlace programming soft-ware, the producer is able to program both technologies from a single PC and run the program on a single machine interface. The machines are offered either in the robust, gantry-style dual-lay-up head, or as a multi-robot lay-up platform for parallel processing.

Mikrosam also offers: automated lines for high-volume produc-tion (LPG and CNG tanks, pipes, drive shafts, composite insula-

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Mikrosam now offers ATL and AFP in one machine.

Filament winding.

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adhesive, SCIGRIP has produced a product suitable for bonding many difficult substrates including grades of DCPD. Many grades of DCPD adhered successfully with SG600 without time consuming preparation techniques such as flame treatment. The adhesive is cold curing to produce tough and fatigue resistant bonds and also features ratio adjustable cure times and rheology compatible with robotic application. SG600 has also performed well in trials bonding ABS, PVC and SMC as well as traditional polyester, vinyl ester or epoxy composites.

SCIGRIP will also feature its 10:1 MMA range, now in full EU and USA production. This includes SG230HV, the high gap fill low exotherm MMA for large composite compo-nent assembly, and SG300, popular in many transport sectors for tough bonding of composites and metals without primer.

Scott Bader Stand number V18 Website: www.scottbader.com

Scott Bader will showcase its new ‘ultra-low styrene content’ spray gel-coat Crystic Ecogel S1PA. The company says that Ecogel S1PA has been independently laboratory tested and proven to be able to cut total styrene emissions by over 55%. It has also been extensively tested by a number of customers including LM Wind Power, whose senior manager for global equipment engineering Dan Lindvang

Reichhold Stand number B63 Website: www.reichhold.com

Reichhold has acquired in-house capabilities to perform cradle-to-gate LCA (life cycle assessment) studies for a variety of its resin systems in order to support customers’ efforts to manu-facture more sustainable products. The level of emission and environmental impacts of Reichhold’s resins for which LCA and LCI (life cycle inventory) studies have been made are said to be considerably lower than the LCIs of a ‘general polyester resin’ in the most widely available LCA software and database. This is due to better process efficiency, optimised raw material sourcing and optimised management of energy requirements. As a result the LCA study for the final composite products incorporating Reich-hold’s resins will often show lower environmental impacts which will provide customers with data to promoting their products versus competitive materials (thermoplastics, aluminium and steel, wood, concrete) and when implementing eco-labelling schemes, making environmental claims or developing Environmental Product Declarations.

LCA and LCI studies have already been made for a wide range of Reichhold’s products and the LCA model is being systematically expanded to include all Reichhold products.

SCIGRIP Stand number D43 Website: www.scigrip.com

Adhesives supplier SCIGRIP is launching a product for bonding dicyclopentadiene (DCPD) composites. As a result of its develop-mental work with SG600, a methyl methacrylate (MMA) structural

Mikrosam now offers ATL and AFP in one machine.

SCIGRIP’s SG600 methyl methacrylate structural adhesive is suitable for bonding many difficult substrates.

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states: “LM Wind Power now uses Scott Bader’s ultra-low styrene gel-coat products in its plants globally. We have seen a major reduction of more than 50% in styrene emissions during spray gel-coat application, without any loss of performance and using the same standard spray equipment and catalysts as with conventional gel-coats. The use of Scott Bader’s ultra-low styrene Ecogel gel-coats has enabled LM Wind Power to greatly improve the environment for our workers and meet our own demanding in-house HSE standards.”

Scott Bader is also launching a new vinyl ester spray tooling gel-coat, Crystic Gelcoat 15PA, which offers superior gloss retention, and will be promoting the new high performance Crestabond M7-05 and M7-15 grades, which extend its primer-less methacrylate structural adhesives range with 1:1 ratio as well as 10:1 ratio Crestabond product. The two 1:1 ratio grades are said to be particularly good at bonding galvanised metal and other difficult to bond metals and plastics with no need for a primer, and have higher elongations than competitive adhesives products with superior adhesive performance.

Scott Bader will also showcase its Crestapol acrylic resin range, with a special feature on a new flexible thin GRP pipe fabricated by filament winding fibreglass with Crestapol 1250LV. Crestapol 1250LV has been developed to also exhibit excellent performance with standard sized carbon fibre, and Crestapol 1250LV CFRP parts will be exhibited on the stand, including a wind turbine blade. Crestapol grades suitable for closed moulding and pultrusion will also be on display.

United Initiators Stand number J26 Website: www.united-initiators.com

United Initiators GmbH acquired Syrgis Performance Initiators in July 2012, expanding its product range and geographic coverage. With company headquarters and plant in Pullach, Germany, and with further production facilities in Sweden, the US, China and Australia thermoset customers will be offered a complete product range throughout the world.

United Initiators has taken a leading position in organic peroxides for the thermoset market with a complete product range for all applications and production techniques. Its products for room- and elevated temperature curing systems include: ketone peroxides;

peroxide mixtures; hydroperoxides; diacyl perxoxides; peroxyesters; peroxyketals; and peroxydicarbonates.

Wabash MPI and Carver Inc Stand number Z73 Website: www.wabashmpi.com

Wabash and Carver manu-facture presses for the composites industry with press capacities ranging from 0.5 to 1200 tons and platen sizes from 6” x 6” to 6’x 12’. In The Demo Zone a Wabash G100 press will be part of a demonstration featuring composite induc-tion heating technology. RocTool, a moulding technology company, will be supplying the mould running in the Wabash press.

In addition to composite moulding presses, Wabash MPI also offers standard and custom hydraulic, electric and pneumatic presses for compression moulding, vacuum moulding, ASTM testing, laboratory and R&D applications.

Carver Inc offers two-column and four column benchtop, manual and automatic hydraulic laboratory presses suited for various materials.

Wessex Resins & Adhesives Ltd Stand number W83 Website: www.wessex-resins.com

Wessex Resins & Adhesives is introducing Six10 epoxy adhesive. The new product meters the correct ratio of epoxy resin and hardener from a multi-chambered tube that dispenses from any standard caulking gun. Six10 offers perma-nent, waterproof, gap filling and gluing performance that is expected from a marine grade epoxy adhe-sive, in this easy to dispense package. The pre-thickened compo-nents pass through a static mixer in which they are fully blended together before being dispensed in a smooth workable bead of epoxy. Working time is 45 minutes at 21°C and solid cure in 5-6 hours. ■

Independent tests have shown that Scott Bader’s Crystic Ecogel S1PA can cut total styrene emissions by over 55%.

Wabash and Carver manufacture presses for the composites industry.

Six10 epoxy adhesive.

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