Thermoplastic Prepreg
Overview
ECC products incorporate continuous fiber-reinforced thermoplastic prepregs for use in lightweight structural applications. The resulting composite materials can be tailored for exceptional toughness, environmental resistance, vibration dampening, low flammability characteristics, high wear resistance and radiolucency/x-ray transparency. ECC offers a wide range of 0/90, uni-directional, and multiaxial, thermoplastic impregnated fabrics for the composite markets.
Our powder coated “semi-preg” materials are offered under our ePreg brand name. ECC ePreg thermoplastic product lines can be adapted to meet your demanding requirements. They are available in a wide range of polymer and fiber reinforcements. The following is a list of common polymer matrices and fiber reinforcements that can be combined in multiple configurations.
Thermoplastic Resins Available
- Polyamide-"Nylon" (PA12)
- Polyesters (PETG)
- Polycarbonate (PC)
- High temperature polymers (PPS, PEEK, PEKK)
- Other polymers upon request
Fiber Reinforcements Available
- Carbon Fiber
- Fiberglass (E-glass or S-2 Glass)
- Aramid Fiber (Twaron or Kevlar)
- Metal Fibers (Steel, Copper, Aluminum or Titanium)
- Basalt
- Others
ePreg thermoplastic powder coating process can be used to coat many of our ECCellent Composite Portfolio fabrics including our eFabrics, eUD, eDesign and eSpread fabrics. Our ePreg thermoplastic powder coated fabrics can be supplied in a standard roll form, or we can sheet your materials to your specified length and width. We can supply the rolls or sheets up to 2.4 meters in width (95 inches).
Snapshot
- Extended shelf-life without refrigeration
- Fast processing cycles (compared to standard thermosets)
- Lightweight
- High strength and stiffness
- Inherent toughness
- Solvent resistant
- Vibration damping
- Usable in highly contour parts
- Ability to be remolded
- Environmentally friendly - recyclable
- Fewer transportation restrictions
- Not REACH critical
Technical Data
- Areal weight: 55 g/m2 – 1000 g/m2
- Fibre size: 1K – 50K
- Fibre types: HT, UHT, IM, HM, UHM
- Weave: plain, twills, satins, several special weave patterns to optimize drape behaviour
- Special fabrics for aerospace and automotive applications (according to WL-Blatt - German standard DIN aerospace)
Technical Data
- Areal Weight: 36g/m² – 470g/m²
- Fibre Size: 22tex- 316tex
- Weave: plain, twills, satins, several special weave patterns to optimize drape behaviour
- Special fabrics for aerospace and automotive applications (according to WL-Blatt - German standard DIN aerospace)
Technical Data
- View the brochure to the right for areal weight, weaves, yarn size and types
- Customized fabrics are available upon request
Technical Data
- View the brochure to the right for areal weight, weaves, yarn size and types
- Customized fabrics are available upon request
Thermoplastic Resins Available
- Polyolefin (PP,PE)
- Polyamide-"Nylon" (PA6, PA6.6, PA11, PA12)
- Polyesters (PET, PETG, PBT)
- Polycarbonate (PC, PC-FST)
- Fluoropolymers (FEP, PVF, PVDF, ECTFE, EFTE)
- High temperature polymers (PPS, PEI, PEEK, PEKK, PAEK)
- Thermoplastic Polyurethane (TPU)
- Others
Characteristics
- Re-use / recycling possible
- Fewer transportation restrictions
- Short processing time
- Not REACH critical
- Room temperature storage
- Process flexibility
- Longer term storage possible
