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Thermoset Composites
Thermoset matrix systems dominate the composites industry because of their reactive nature and ease of impregnation. They begin in a monomeric or oligomeric state, characterized by very low viscosity. This allows ready impregnation of fibers, complex shapes, and a means of achieving cross-linked
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Supplier Reduces Weight of SMC Plastic Parts by > 25% (.pdf)
Continental Structural Plastics (CSP) of Troy, Michigan, reports significant new advances in weight reduction of thermoset parts used in automotive and non-automotive panels including exterior applications. ./bacba0cc-5440-4fc6-a22a-c76c0dda22bc Case Study. Supplier Reduces Weight of Sheet
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Polyester
Polyester resins, in thermoset, glass fiber-reinforced formulations, have been used for a variety of industrial, marine, and consumer products for at least 40 years. These are the materials of "fiberglass" boats, fishing rods, and automobile body panels. More recently, thermoplastic grades
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Polyurethane
. The noncellular grades - millable gums and viscous, castable, liquid urethanes are elastomeric thermoset types, processed by conventional rubber methods. These are discussed in the chapter, Thermoset rubber. Grades processed by thermoplastic methods are covered in the chapter, Thermoplastic elastomers
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'Plug-and-Play' Weight Reduction Solution by Hollow Glass Microspheres
Fillers have been in use since the early days of plastics. Today's enormous growth of the polymer industry is due to the unique. properties that fillers impart to polymers. Glass bubbles (low density hollow glass microspheres) as fillers have been incorporated into. thermoset polymers for decades
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Laminated Plastics
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Light as a feather -- stiff as a board
and corrosion. They are also electrically insulating and have relatively high stiffness and good dimensional stability. GMTs are challenging traditional sheet-molding compounds (SMCs) as well. GMTs have shorter molding cycle times and an infinite shelf life -- thermoset (TS) SMCs need controlled storage
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Secrets of Bond Strength
on thermoset and thermoplastic surfaces. Polymeric substrates. Molded, cast, and laminated parts made f rom thermos et plastics such as glass-reinforced epoxy (GRE), glass and carbon-reinforced plastic (GRP and CFRP), and sheet-molding compound (SMC) usually bond without difficulty. Of course joint