Comprehensive group portfolio targets holistic engineering, tooling and epoxy resins

The RAMPF Group (Grafenberg, Germany), highlighting three out of its six core competencies — RAMPF Composite Solutions, RAMPF Tooling Solutions, and RAMPF Group Inc. — is presenting its comprehensive product and service portfolio for the cost-effective production of high-performance composite parts.

RAMPF Composite Solutions is showcasing holistic engineered solutions for technologically advanced composite design in the aerospace, defense, transportation, medical and green technology industries. The company’s experts automate composites manufacturing and reduce cost through the use of tailored fiber placement (TFP), tooling materials with optimized mechanical properties and high-performance liquid resin systems. Through material qualification and built-in quality assurance, RAMPF Composites Solutions says it is able to manufacture subsystems and fully scalable prototypes within days or weeks of design stage via an innovative one-shot solution.

RAMPF Tooling Solutions is displaying high-performance epoxy boards for the production of prepreg layup tools and vacuum forming molds. This division presents four high-tech board materials — Raku Tool WB-0691, WB-0700 and WB-0890 — for applications in racing sports, marine, aerospace and medical technology. Benefits include:

• Wide temperature application range (HDT 110-140°C)
• Optimized surfaces — reduced finishing efforts, less sealer required, high edge strength
• Fast and easy to process via milling with minimal dust
• Compatible with all paints, release agents and epoxy prepregs in line with industry standards
• Adhesives that match temperature resistance and hardness of boards.

RAMPF Tooling Solutions’ product portfolio for composites manufacturing also encompasses liquid systems based on epoxy (infusion resins, laminating resins, gelcoats) and close contour materials (close contour paste, castings and blocks).

The RAMPF Group Inc. presents its comprehensive range of epoxy liquid systems for composites production. These are used, amongst others, in special mission aircraft for surveillance, firefighting and air refueling, as well as in helicopters and individual and regional air mobility.

In particular, products highlighted at JEC include:

• Raku EI-2510: A high-temperature, toughened epoxy system that exhibits improved hot-wet properties (dry T_g 210°C, wet T_g 174°C), high fracture toughness and is used for a wide range of structural applications in high-temperature environments; the low-temperature processing two-component resin requires less investment in tooling and infrastructure and no special storage.
• Raku EI-2511: High-performance, flame-retardant structural resin with a high T_g (dry 165°C, wet 137°C). The epoxy system exhibits low viscosity at low processing temperature (200 mPas at 40°C) and fulfills 12- and 60-sec vertical burn as well as the oil burner test for firewalls, engine nacelle components and cargo liners.
• The combination of Raku EI-2510 and Raku EI-2511 with close contour castings and high-performance tooling boards enables the cost-effective production of qualification-compliant components within days to weeks, according to the company.
• Raku EI-2518: Flame-retardant product for 12- and 60-sec vertical burn requirements as well as application-dependent UL94 requirements.
• Raku EI-2524: Epoxy resin infusion system with optimized processing characteristics and a wide range of hardener options. Suited for a wide range of applications ranging from structural components in aerospace, marine and various industries.

Visit the RAMPF Group at Booth 5G117 in Hall 5.