It will showcase Hydrosize, its versatile line of fibre sizing that allows customers to tailor the surface chemistry of reinforcement fibres to the chemistry of the matrix resin, thereby optimizing the interface adhesion between the polymers and fibres. This improved interface adhesion helps fibre producers and composite manufacturers produce stronger, lighter, and more durable composite parts.
It offers a diverse selection of sizing solutions optimized for a broad range of thermoplastic and thermoset resins, including high-temperature matrices. The company’s fibre sizing can be applied during the manufacturing process of chopped or continuous strand fiberglass, carbon fibre, natural fibres, and fillers, or post-applied when making non-wovens and composite prepregs.
Part of Michelman’s Hydrosize brand family, Hydrosize Carbon, allows customers to leverage carbon fibre’s unique benefits. These various series of grades offer a wide variety of solutions depending on resin compatibility, fibre type, and desired composite performance. Additionally, Gilles LeMoigne, regional marketing manager, EMEA, is presenting the “Effect of Sizing on the Interfacial and Mechanical Properties of Carbon Fibre (CF) Reinforced Polyamide (PA6,6) Composites” during JEC’s technical conference.
Michelman will exhibit in hall 5, stand G73, at the Paris-Nord Villepinte Exhibition Centre.
