Home / News / Hexcel is showing new composites at CAMX US expo

Hexcel is showing new composites at CAMX US expo

27 Oct '15

2 min read

Hexcel is exhibiting at CAMX, the composites and advanced materials expo, in Dallas, TX from October 27 to 29, 2015, to promote the latest composite innovations for aerospace, automotive, recreational equipment, and wind energy applications.

The company is displaying HexTow HM63 high modulus carbon fibre which has been quickly adopted by customers and is already in multi-lot qualification with major space and aerospace OEMs. HexTow HM63 has the highest tensile strength of any high modulus fibre and provides outstanding translation of fibre properties in a composite, including superior inter-laminar shear and compression shear strength. HexTow HM63 fiber is ideal for applications such as space, UAV, commercial aerospace, helicopters, and satellites.

Visitors at CAMX can see Hexcel's new HexSHIELD high temperature honeycomb, a technology that provides high temperature resistance in aircraft engine nacelles.

Hexcel's Acousti-Cap broadband noise-reducing honeycomb is also a part of the expo. It has helped bring significant improvements in acoustic absorption capabilities in aircraft engine nacelles. Acousti-Cap has been tested at NASA on a full engine test rig and meets all 16 design conditions without trade-offs.

At CAMX, Hexcel is also displaying tooling made from HexTOOL M61 which is used to make CFAN fan blades for the GE90 and GEnx engines and is manufactured by Sawyer Composites. Hexcel's HexTOOL composite tooling material enables mould tool manufacturers to build lightweight tooling that meets the strict requirements for stability and repeatability of tolerances, according to a press release.

Hexcel is promoting products and manufacturing technologies for the large volume production of structural parts for the automotive industry. Visitors to Hexcel's booth at CAMX will see CFRP reinforced Body in White parts made with HexPly M77 preforms from Hexcel's automated process. The preforms' low tack allows for automated handling by the customer.

Hexcel's leading edge technology and advanced structural materials have played a key role in the evolution of sports and recreation equipment, providing lightness, stiffness and strength. At this year's CAMX, Hexcel is displaying a 12' BOTE paddleboard constructed with a comingled Hexcel HexTow AS4C GP 3k carbon fibre and Innegra fibre. This unique combination capitalises upon the impact properties of Innegra fibres and the stiffness of Hexcel's carbon fibre. (GK)

Fibre2Fashion News Desk – India

More Hexcel Corporation News...