TY - JOUR
T1 - Electron-beam-curable epoxy resins for the manufacture of high-performance composites
AU - Lopata, Vincent J.
AU - Saunders, Chris B.
AU - Singh, Ajit
AU - Janke, Christopher J.
AU - Wrenn, George E.
AU - Havens, Stephen J.
PY - 1999/10
Y1 - 1999/10
N2 - Researchers at ACSION Industries and Oak Ridge Center for Composite Manufacturing Technology have recently achieved a major breakthrough for the composites industry by successfully developing Electron-Beam (EB) curable epoxies and EB curing cycles that reduce processing time and cost while meeting the demanding requirements of high-performance composite structures. These developments make it possible to use a large class of common epoxies to build composite parts without the need for slow, high-temperature, high-pressure curing cycles, the associated expensive fabrication tools, or the toxic chemical hardeners. The pioneering invention and development of EB-curable epoxies and the impact of these materials on EB processing of advanced composites has provided the stimulus for several companies to use these EB-curable epoxies to demonstrate numerous manufacturing advantages for EB-cured composite materials. This research has already highlighted novel composite material design concepts that are feasible only by using this technology. This paper summarizes the important aspects of EB-curable epoxies and the EB-curing process. Copyright (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd.
AB - Researchers at ACSION Industries and Oak Ridge Center for Composite Manufacturing Technology have recently achieved a major breakthrough for the composites industry by successfully developing Electron-Beam (EB) curable epoxies and EB curing cycles that reduce processing time and cost while meeting the demanding requirements of high-performance composite structures. These developments make it possible to use a large class of common epoxies to build composite parts without the need for slow, high-temperature, high-pressure curing cycles, the associated expensive fabrication tools, or the toxic chemical hardeners. The pioneering invention and development of EB-curable epoxies and the impact of these materials on EB processing of advanced composites has provided the stimulus for several companies to use these EB-curable epoxies to demonstrate numerous manufacturing advantages for EB-cured composite materials. This research has already highlighted novel composite material design concepts that are feasible only by using this technology. This paper summarizes the important aspects of EB-curable epoxies and the EB-curing process. Copyright (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Ltd.
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U2 - 10.1016/S0969-806X(99)00330-8
DO - 10.1016/S0969-806X(99)00330-8
M3 - Short survey
AN - SCOPUS:0032866969
SN - 0969-806X
VL - 56
SP - 405
EP - 415
JO - Radiation Physics and Chemistry
JF - Radiation Physics and Chemistry
IS - 4
ER -