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Common Hot Melt Prepreg Standards

02/14/2008 3:00 PM

My company is starting a new line of hot melt prepreg, and to that end I was wondering what are some common standards that are used for quality control purposes. We will be using a very high viscosity resin (~300-400 poise), 12k tow carbon fiber, and will be toll manufacturing the product after we've established the processing parameters.

Any advice would be greatly appreciated, thank you.
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Re: Common Hot Melt Prepreg Standards

02/14/2008 8:00 PM

Since process optimization for most prepreg machines is more of an art than a science, many companies keep that info to themselves. But as for physical testing ASTMs D3039 (tensile), D790 (flexure) and D5528 (Mode I failure) are popular. And for resin characteristics ASTMs D3531 (Resin Flow), D3532 (Gel Time), D3529 (Solids/Matrix content) and D3530 (volatiles content) are often used.

I hope that helps.

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02/15/2008 1:51 PM

Here's a couple of applicable military standards: MIL-PRF-46187(for high temp un-directional tape) and MIL-PRF-46190(woven fabric).

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