Park’s Advanced Composite Materials – Resin Chemistries

Park’s resin chemistries and prepreg systems are designed to meet specific application requirements. Download the Selector Guide for a comparative listing of standard resins and reinforcements.

• Epoxy – Structural, self-adhesive, fire retardant, high Tg, low temperature cure and snap cure grades
• Polyester / Vinyl Ester – Low Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) formulas. Fast cure cycles
• Phenolic – High temperature insulation, ablative and mass transportation interior grades
• High Service Temperature – Bismaleimide (BMI), MDA Free Polyimides and Polysiloxane chemistry
• RF Speciality – Cyanate Ester, Polybutidiene and other proprietary low dielectric loss chemistry

Broadgoods

• Horizontal and vertical solution coating equipment
• Stainless reverse roll coating heads for precise resin content control
• Up to 60″ width
• Biaxial, triaxial, stitch-bonded, uni-woven, non-woven, and needle punched fabrics
• Slitting
• Sheeting
• Production line dedicated to RF/Microwave grade materials

Unidirectional Tape

• State of the art hot melt film and tape production equipment
• Up to 60″ width
• Low fiber areal weight capability
• Ability to prepreg heavy carbon tow, i.e., up to 50k
• Narrow tape slitting capability