Thermoplastic composite tapes highlight high-performance, sustainability
CAMX 2024: Specialized portfolio of composite materials and engineered fiber solutions by Avient Corp. includes thermoplastics, thermosets and UD tape options.
Source | Avient Corp.
Avient Corp. (Avon Lake, Ohio, U.S.), a provider of specialized and sustainable materials solutions and services, is highlighting its complete portfolio of advanced composite materials and engineered fiber solutions, including its portfolio of thermoplastic composites and unidirectional (UD) tapes.
Avient’s composite tapes combine thermoplastic resins with UD and engineered fibers to create continuous fiber-reinforced composite materials that provide optimal strength-to-weight ratio and high performance for reinforcement across a broad range of applications. The company’s material options include:
- Polystrand UD tapes, made with continuous glass fiber and an expanding variety of resins such as polypropylene (PP), polyethylene (PE), polyethylene terephthalate (PET), polyketone (PK), polyamide (PA) and others
- Fiber-Line engineered fiber tapes, made using processed fibers including carbon, glass and aramid.
Avient’s tapes can be customized to meet specific properties and application requirements such as tensile and flexural strength, impact performance, creep resistance, and chemical and UV resistance.
The company is exhibiting the following materials at its booth:
Thermoplastic composites:
- Polystrand ThermoBallistic ballistic-resistant composite panels
- Polystrand structural sandwich panels for building and construction applications and Hammerhead Marine composite panels
- Polystrand continuous fiber-reinforced UD tapes and multi-axial laminates
Thermoset composites:
- Gordon Composites continuous glass and carbon fiber bar stock, laminates and composite springs, including springs for high-temperature industrial applications
- Gordon Glass archery bow limbs
- Glasforms pultruded rods, tubes and custom profiles
- GlasArmor ballistic-resistant panels
Engineered fiber solutions:
- Fiber-Line engineered high-performance tapes and fibers, including coated, twisted and custom-wound aramid, glass, carbon, HMPE and LCP fibers
- Fiber-Line pultruded rods and custom extrusion-coated rods and fibers.
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