The Arkema group will showcase its offer of advanced materials and new solutions for increasingly effective composites from March 3 to 5 (Paris—Villepinte) at JEC World 2020. These innovations were developed through strategic partnerships to meet changing 3D production technologies and keep up with increasing demand for advanced composites in the construction, transportation, wind and sport sectors.
Unique Offering of Advanced Materials on Display
Arkema offers a unique range of thermoplastic matrices and photocure resins with exceptional properties that accelerate composite development. The Group also has additives to improve the performance of thermoset composites and adhesives for composite part assembly.
New Elium® C445 Resin
Arkema will be launching its new Elium® C445 resin for solid-surface applications. It is a liquid acrylic resin specifically adapted for room temperature casting of large objects. It is perfectly formulated to receive high mineral filler rates while maintaining high water, thermal shock and scratch resistance.
The flagship product from its range of thermoplastic matrices, Elium® resin—a liquid thermoplastic resin for making recyclable composite parts—uses the same conventional thermosetting resin transformation technologies with one major advantage: It can be transformed at room temperature. The mechanical properties of the parts obtained are comparable to thermosets.
Other Products:
- Sartomer’s Sarbio® acrylate- and methacrylate-based advanced photocure and bio-sourced liquid resins.
- Sartomer’s M Cure® products, reactive diluents and crosslinkers for 2K epoxy/amine systems.
Arkema’s offer also includes a range of semi-finished products in the form of high-performance
PEKK Kepstan®, PVDF Kynar® and
PA 11 Rilsan® thermoplastic-resin-coated carbon-fiber unidirectional tapes (Rilsan® Matrix tapes).
- PVDF Kynar® thermoplastic resin has excellent mechanical properties, as well as strong corrosion and fire resistance.
- PEKK Kepstan® has exceptional impact, heat and aggressive chemical product resistance.
- Rilsan® bio-sourced high-performance polyamide provides durability, flexibility, and chemical- and mechanical-resistant solutions.
Structural Partnerships to Develop 3D Printing Composites
Arkema recently announced two new partnerships and is contributing to the development of completely integrated digital manufacturing platforms, thanks to strengthened collaboration around cutting-edge materials and innovative solutions:
The partnership between Continuous Composites and Sartomer, a subsidiary of Arkema, aims to combine Continuous Composites’ patented Continuous Fiber 3D Printing (CF3D®) technology with Sartomer’s N3xtDimension® photocure resins. Two conferences to present this new generation of composites will take place at the Arkema booth on March 3 at 2:00 p.m. and March 4 at 11:00 a.m.
With its high-performance PEKK Kepstan® polymer, Arkema has partnered with 9T Labs (Zurich), a start-up specializing in 3D printing of thermoplastic composites. 9T Labs developed a technology that automates the manufacture of composites using additive manufacturing (AM), as well as advanced software algorithms. Two conferences to present this automated production technology will take place at the Arkema booth on March 3 at 3:00 p.m. and March 5 at 10:00 a.m.
Source: Arkema