What is Prepreg?
What are Advanced Composites?
Advanced composites are a material form where high strength reinforcing fibers are used to improve the properties of base monolithic materials, such as polymers/resins, metals, ceramics, etc. The base material is generally called the matrix. While BHC Associates has experience in all forms of advanced composite materials, our primary emphasis has been on polymer/resin based composite materials and end products. Some of these high strength reinforcing fibers include carbon/graphite, Kevlar/aramid, glass, and ceramic fibers, among others. For matrix materials, BHC Associates has extensive experience with a wide variety of polymers/resins, from thermoset resins, such as phenolics and epoxies, to thermoplastic polymers, including polyolefins (HDPE/PP), Nylons (PA-6, PA-11, PA-12, etc.), PPS, PEI, & Polyketones (PEEK, PEKK, LM-PAEK, et al), among others.
Advanced composites materials are generally super strong, super stiff, and light in weight. Composite materials are a rapidly expanding material form that has found increasing usage in many different applications and markets where “lightweighting” is of importance. Some of these application areas include:
Material Formats:
Advanced composite materials are generally classified in a couple different forms, these forms include:
Please reach out to us with your problem that you need help solving. We can help you identify appropriate high-performance composite materials replacing metals or other base materials or to improve your existing composites designs and applications with current state-of-the-art composite materials, automated processes, etc. We are here to help!
Advanced composites are a material form where high strength reinforcing fibers are used to improve the properties of base monolithic materials, such as polymers/resins, metals, ceramics, etc. The base material is generally called the matrix. While BHC Associates has experience in all forms of advanced composite materials, our primary emphasis has been on polymer/resin based composite materials and end products. Some of these high strength reinforcing fibers include carbon/graphite, Kevlar/aramid, glass, and ceramic fibers, among others. For matrix materials, BHC Associates has extensive experience with a wide variety of polymers/resins, from thermoset resins, such as phenolics and epoxies, to thermoplastic polymers, including polyolefins (HDPE/PP), Nylons (PA-6, PA-11, PA-12, etc.), PPS, PEI, & Polyketones (PEEK, PEKK, LM-PAEK, et al), among others.
Advanced composites materials are generally super strong, super stiff, and light in weight. Composite materials are a rapidly expanding material form that has found increasing usage in many different applications and markets where “lightweighting” is of importance. Some of these application areas include:
- Commercial aerospace (aircraft, unmanned aerial vehicles/drones, etc.)
- Military/defense (fighter planes, helicopters, missiles, etc.),
- Sports & recreation equipment (golf, tennis, fishing rods, road & mountain bikes, etc.).
- Electronics/consumer (laptop cases, iPads, mobile phones, etc.),
- Automotive/transport (race cars, EV’s, hydrogen storage/engines, etc.), and
- Industrial/commercial products (windmill blades, compressor vanes, etc.), among others
Material Formats:
Advanced composite materials are generally classified in a couple different forms, these forms include:
- Unidirectional – where the reinforcing fibers are all aligned with each other in each layer,
- Textiles – where the fibers are generally either woven, braided, knitted, etc., prior to the matrix material being applied, or
- Mat/veils – where the fibers are laid down, like in a paper, in a random format.
Please reach out to us with your problem that you need help solving. We can help you identify appropriate high-performance composite materials replacing metals or other base materials or to improve your existing composites designs and applications with current state-of-the-art composite materials, automated processes, etc. We are here to help!
