Thermoplastic Composites
Thermoplastic Composites: Growing Uses in Developing Markets and Advanced Engineering
Thermoplastics are increasingly used across growing composites applications and markets due to their many advantageous attributes over thermosets and other materials. Thermoplastics offer superior mechanical properties, excellent toughness and impact resistance, temperature and corrosion resistance, weight reduction, and inherent recyclability. From large, high-volume applications to emerging market uses, the composites industry continues to see an Read More…
Understanding Thermoset and Thermoplastics
We all react to heat differently, which is a simple description of the distinction between thermoset and thermoplastics—they behave differently when heat is applied to it. The chemical properties of thermoset become permanently strengthened when exposed to heat. Once thermoset plastics are altered by exposure to heat, they cannot be remolded. Thermoplastics, on the other Read More…
What’s So Great About Thermoplastics in Aerospace?
There’s plenty of space for exploration when it comes to thermoplastic applications in the aerospace industry. Thermoset technologies have been traditionally used for composites in aerospace, and now the industry is taking note of the benefits that its counterpart thermoplastics may provide in a wider range of applications. For many of the same reasons that Read More…
