Aerospace
Aerospace
Hexcel is a prominent supplier of advanced composite materials for the aerospace sector, offering products like HexPly® Prepregs, HexFlow® Resins, and HexForce® Reinforcements. These materials are utilized in various aerospace applications, including civil aircraft, military jets, helicopters, and space satellites.
HexPly® Prepregs are composite materials that integrate resin formulations with reinforcements, widely used in aerospace for their lightweight and high mechanical performance. The range includes epoxies for toughness, BMI systems for high-temperature performance, phenolics for fire resistance, and cyanate esters for space applications.
HexFlow® Resins are crafted for high-performance applications and are employed in processes like RTM (Resin Transfer Molding) and RFI (Resin Film Infusion). These resins are crucial to Hexcel's composite solutions, offering flexibility and strength in aerospace components.
HexForce® Reinforcements consist of woven glass, carbon, aramid, and hybrid fiber fabrics. These materials are essential for their strength, thermal and electrical insulation, and fire resistance, making them ideal for aircraft structures such as radomes and interior paneling.
PrimeTex® is a range of carbon fabrics with a smooth, closed weave for improved mechanical properties and reduced porosity. These fabrics are used when lightweight and high strength are critical, offering a cosmetic finish and enhanced performance.
Hexcel's materials are applied in various aerospace applications, including primary and secondary structures, interiors, engine nacelles, and space structures. The materials are selected for their ability to endure extreme conditions and provide significant weight savings.
The document provides detailed specifications for various HexPly® resin systems, including their temperature resistance, cure cycles, and typical applications. It also outlines the storage conditions and transport restrictions for these materials.
PrimeTex® is a range of carbon fabrics with a smooth, closed weave for enhanced appearance. These fabrics are available in various styles and are characterized by their flatly woven fiber tows in both warp and weft directions.
The document lists balanced fabrics made from high strength fibers, detailing their weight, weave style, fiber count, and reinforcement yarn. These fabrics are suitable for applications requiring high strength and durability.
Intermediate modulus fibers, such as IM7, and high modulus fibers, like HM63, are detailed with their respective fabric styles and properties. These fibers offer enhanced stiffness and strength for demanding applications.
Ultra high modulus fibers, including M60JB and M55JB, are described for their superior stiffness. Carbon AS fibers are noted for their powdering capability, which aids in preforming and stabilization.
The document includes specifications for aramid and quartz fabrics, highlighting their balanced fabric styles and reinforcement yarns. These materials are known for their high impact resistance and thermal stability.
E and S-2 glass fabrics are detailed with their weave styles, fiber counts, and reinforcement yarns. These fabrics are used in applications requiring good insulation and strength.
Various fabric treatments are listed, including epoxy silane and aminosilane finishes, which enhance compatibility with different resin systems. The document also provides guidelines for storage and preforming conditions.
Hexcel offers a comprehensive range of composite materials, including HexTow® carbon fibers, HexForce® reinforcements, HiMax™ multiaxial reinforcements, HexPly® prepregs, and more. These products cater to aerospace and industrial markets.
The document serves as a technical datasheet for Hexcel's composite materials, providing essential information for selecting the appropriate fabric type and treatment for specific applications. It emphasizes the importance of testing for suitability in particular purposes.
Catalog excerpts
Aerospace Selector Guide HexPly® Prepregs HexFlow® Resins HexForce® Reinforcements
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Hexcel in Aerospace Hexcel is a world leader in the manufacture of advanced composite materials for the Commercial Aerospace, Helicopters, Space and Defense markets. From carbon fibers and reinforcement fabrics, through to RTM resins, prepregs, tooling materials and structural parts, Hexcel is present at every stage. Our fiber reinforced composite materials are complemented by our honeycomb technologies which extend from lightweight core materials to aircraft flooring panels, engineered core and Acousti-Cap® noise dampening systems. Hexcel is the only composites supplier that supplies this wide...
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Civil Aircraft Hexcel is the preferred supplier of composite materials to the civil aerospace industry, with materials present in virtually every commercial aircraft currently built in the western world. Primary Structures Secondary Structures The drawings are generic, to allow the maximum number of potential applications to be identified. The drawings are not intended to represent a specific aircraft. These generic drawings illustrate typical applications for HexForce® fabrics, HexPly® prepregs and HexFlow® Liquid Resins. For information on the full range of Hexcel products for aerospace (carbon...
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Aero-engines By the 1970’s designers had turned to composites for the weight-savings necessary for the large nacelles required by the new generation of large high power turbofans. Today, engine nacelles and thrust reversers include so many major composite components that carbon fiber epoxy prepregs account for typically half the volume of the entire nacelle structure. The next step for aero-engine designers has been to apply composites technology to more complex structures within the engine itself. Defense Aircraft In their quest for superior performance, defense aircraft designers were the first...
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HexPly® Prepregs • Epoxies • Phenolics • BMI • Cyanates ¥¥Epoxies ¥¥BMI Finish For E and S-2 Glass Fabrics • Powdering
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HexForce® product data
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• Carbon - Glass Hybrid Fabrics DP: Heat treated - Preformed (on request)
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HexForce® product data
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Powdering: all fabrics can be epoxy powdered on 1 or 2 sides in order to facilitate preforming and dimensional stabilization
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Hexcel Product Family HexTow® Carbon Fiber HexFlow® Resins HexMC®-i Molding Composite HexForce® Reinforcements Polyspeed® Laminates & Pultruded Rofiles HexWeb® Honeycomb Core HiTape® Advanced Reinforcements Modipur® Polyurethane HexWeb® Engineered Core HexPly® Prepregs Redux® & HexBond™ Adhesives HexTool® Tooling Material HiMax™ Multiaxial Reinforcements For more information Hexcel is a leading worldwide supplier of composite materials to aerospace and industrial markets. Our comprehensive range includes: ¥¥ HexTow® carbon fibers ® ¥¥ HexForce reinforcements ¥¥ HiMax™ multiaxial reinforcements...
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