2. Characteristics of pultruded composites
The aim of this paragraph is not to detail the properties of pultruded composites (a subject covered in the
2.1 Pultrusion materials
The main constituents of pultruded composites are polymer matrices, reinforcing fibers and, where appropriate, various additives and fillers. As mentioned in § ...
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Characteristics of pultruded composites
Bibliography
Events
JEC (European Composites Days) in Paris or JEC Asia (in Singapore)
Composites Week (Nantes)
https://www.world-composites-week.com/
K Kunstoff (Dusseldorf)
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Standards and norms
- Fiber-reinforced plastics – Test plate manufacturing methods – Part 6: pultrusion molding T57-153-6. - NF ISO 1268-6 - Février 2003
- Textile glass-reinforced plastics – Prepregs, molding compounds and laminates – Determination of textile glass and mineral filler content. Calcination methods T57-102. - NF EN ISO 1172 - Avril 1999
- Standard Specification for Fiberglass (GRP) Pultruded Open-Weather Storm and...
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Raw materials suppliers
Glass :
OCV Reinforcements
http://www.ocvreinforcements.com
PPG Industries Inc.
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Industrial organization
The vast majority of companies have 2 or 3 pultrusion lines, while the European market leaders have between 15 and 20.
Their organizations all operate in continuous production (3 x 8 shifts) to avoid laborious tool assembly operations, which can take from 3.4 hours for very simple, small profiles... to almost a week for complex, large-scale tooling......
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