CAMX will be opening its doors today and TFP Inc. will be exhibiting its advanced nonwovens on booth J11 at the event.
On display will be materials from the Optiveil, Optimat and Tecnofire ranges, all specifically designed to provide solutions for key composite challenges.
TFP’s Optiveil and Optimat materials are multi-functional; designed to overcome a number of challenges in composites using a single material. Their highly porous structure enables enhanced resin uptake and transportation, aiding fabrication and lowering resin usage. While the consistent, even fibre distribution of the veil enables a high quality, resin rich surface finish, reducing print though and processing. The veils are lightweight and available in a wide range of fibre types to confer additional functionality in addition to these fabrication benefits.
Typical examples are:
As well as surfacing applications TFP’s veils can also increase the longevity of the composite; interleaving thermoplastic veils between reinforcement layers can improve the mode-I and mode-II interlaminar fracture toughness of the structure by up to 400%.
The Tecnofire range of lightweight intumescent fire protection materials will also be on display on the stand at CAMX. These materials enable composites to pass stringent reaction to fire and fire resistance test standards and have been used extensively in applications such as infrastructure, construction, mass transport and aerospace.
It provides built in composite fire protection without compromising the integrity of the structure and has been used effectively to pass key reaction to fire standards including ASTM E662, E162 and the EN45545-2 rail sector standard. Tecnofire is incorporated directly into a composite structure using traditional fabrication methods, protecting the structure from fire while reducing smoke and heat release. It can also be combined with FR resins and integrates well into FR laminate composite assemblies.
In addition to the Optiveil, Optimat and Tecnofire ranges, TFP specializes in developing or adapting materials to meet customer specific performance, processing and aesthetic requirements. This is enabled by extensive product development capabilities, ranging from proof-of-concept lab work to trials, full scale manufacture and converting via lamination and nanocoating.
Talk to the team on booth J11 at CAMX to find out more about TFP’s capability and explore how their innovative materials can help deliver a solution to your technical challenge.
