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Huntsman composite uses thermosetting resin system

A Huntsman Advanced Materials product story
Edited by the Engineeringtalk editorial team Feb 5, 2009

Araldite is a fibre re-inforced composite from Huntsman Advanced Materials that has the potential to break into a range of different markets, particularly where safety is of importance.

Araldite composite offers flexibility and strength as a result of a thermosetting resin system.

It has similar material characteristics to elastomers: excellent impact, abrasion and tear resistance with good elongation and tensile resistance; but is very different in terms of material and production time costs.

With Araldite highly flexible composite, only a few consumable materials are required - resin and fibre - and just a single shell mould is required for component production.

As opposed to elastomers, where it is difficult to incorporate fabric re-inforcement, and the processing is complex and expensive, the processing of low viscosity Araldite is simple, claims Hunstman.

Standard, direct composite production processes such as wet-lay up and infusion can be used to produce parts from a single shell mould.

The parts can then be cured for 24 hours at room temperature or in an oven for one hour at 60C.

Detailed parts can be produced using no specialist equipment.

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