Abstract
Serious limitations to the use of advanced organic matrix composites result from difficulties in producing large complex structures from two-dimensional materials forms such as preimpregnated tape or fabric, and from the high costs associated with conventional thermal curing. Electron Beam (E Beam) curing offers the potential for dramatically lowering these costs. Foster-Miller has developed an advanced preforming capability based on flat intersecting braiding technology that can produce complex netshape preforms for composite structures. A development program at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory has produced E Beam curable resins with the best mechanical properties yet demonstrated. Foster Miller is leading a program to bring these two technologies together to advance the state of the art for composites and enable cost effective production of large unitized structures, a long standing, and as yet unrealized, goal of the aerospace industry. Foster-Miller is producing and characterizing E Beam cured intersecting braided composite parts using a proprietary Oak Ridge resin.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1660-1671 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| Journal | International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition (Proceedings) |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| State | Published - 1998 |
| Externally published | Yes |
| Event | Proceedings of the 1998 43rd International SAMPE Symposium and Exhibition. Part 2 (of 2) - Anaheim, CA, USA Duration: May 31 1998 → Jun 4 1998 |