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Porcher Industries to exhibit Dry Fibre at JEC World

24 Feb '18

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Courtesy: Porcher Industries

Porcher Industries will exhibit market specific technical textile and thermoplastic composite solutions, like Dry Fibre which is a versatile range of carbon fibre functionalised with a binder interface, at JEC World 2018 during March 6-8. The company’s talented team of textile, composite and chemical engineering experts will present the latest innovations.

As the composites market pursues automated processes for high-rate production, Porcher Industries’ Dry Fibre offer a new way of processing materials Out-of-Autoclave (OOA). Optimised for AFP-made preforms for thermoset resin infusion or injection, Dry Fibre provides similar component properties to conventional prepreg stacking, enabling the high speed production of complex shaped parts with outstanding buy-to-fly ratio.

The technology uses a cost-effective one-step-process to impregnate the fibre. As a result, Dry Fibre can be produced in flat calibrated width for AFP or rounder non-calibrated formats for winding, with a variety of different fibre aerial weights, binder chemistries and binder rates available on request.

Other features include: 100 per cent continuous fibre with no splices that boasts excellent steering in high curvature AFP lay ups; no need for paper or film interleaves meaning less waste and risk of fuzzing ; good epoxy resin compatibility and a long shelf life.

Porcher Sports, an innovator of lighter, safer and more durable reinforcements for sporting equipment, will showcase its Greenlite range of fabrics. Previously recognised with the renowned JEC Composites Innovation Award, Greenlite fabrics use low density cellulose fibres to produce a range of reinforcements that are biodegradable, highly compatible with bio-resins and suitable for large volume manufacturing of bio-based composite sporting goods such as ski’s, snowboards, rackets and bike frames. As well as their contribution to sustainability, Greenlite composites exhibit exceptional vibration dampening characteristics, improving comfort and reducing fatigue in all performance sport applications.

Porcher Industries will be showing its full range of technical textile composite solutions for the automotive sector from woven fabrics, to PiPreg thermoplastic prepreg materials and pre-consolidated cured laminates. The company will be showcasing an enhanced Thermoplastic portfolio with the newly introduced PolyPreg, a co-mingled glass and polypropylene fabric. These solutions offered are available for the most demanding applications in vehicle manufacturing.

Following on with the success stories from other textile solutions and with the technology synergies with aerospace composites, Porcher is aiming to use its strength, knowledge and experience to drive further development of innovative composite solutions for the automotive industry.

The Porcher Industries building team will showcase a comprehensive range of Glass, Carbon and Glass/Carbon hybrids including unidirectional carbon fabrics, plain Weaves, and Carbon/Glass Hybrids for the construction market. These high performance reinforcements are used in applications such as the strengthening and repair of concrete columns, beams and floors.

In addition, Porcher Industries has now added a non-combustible line of FLAMLINE glass fabrics to their Building Business Unit. FLAMLINE fabrics are used when the highest levels of fire, smoke and toxicity protection are required in textile applications such as acoustical insulation panels, stage curtains, and upholstery interliners for furniture.

The Porcher Industries Building team will also showcase textile solutions for thermal, acoustical, and solar protection across the construction market. Alongside the full range of technical textiles offered, Thermoplastic Composite materials also provide an almost limitless set of solutions within the Industrial sector. One possibility is the replacement of metallic parts, offering excellent chemical resistance without any additional surface treatment or coating. (SV)

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