Epoxy for Aerospace Applications
Use CPD Epoxy Systems to manufacture lightweight and high-strength aircraft structures and interior components
CPD Epoxies are widely utilized in aerospace applications. Our epoxies are used for construction of the fuselage, wings, and empennage (tail) assemblies and for hardware fabrication. You can also apply our epoxies as coatings and sealants due to their durability and ease of maintenance.
The benefits of using CPD Epoxy Systems extend beyond its practical applications. Epoxy contributes to environmental sustainability by reducing the aircraft's overall weight, which improves fuel efficiency, decreases CO2 emissions, and minimizes the carbon footprint. Additionally, epoxy systems enhance the aircraft's structural integrity through their corrosion resistance and the substitution of heavy mechanical fasteners with lightweight composite ones.
Applications:
Adhesive Epoxies
CPD and Polytek Adhesive Epoxy Systems demonstrate a broad range of adherence to various materials, encompassing metals, composites, plastics, rubber, foams, ceramics, and wood. They possess substantial tensile strength, bond strength, high-temperature durability, and superior chemical resistance. Incorporating CPD or Polytek structural epoxy adhesives in your application can significantly enhance performance compared to conventional fastening methods.
Casting Epoxies
CPD Casting Epoxy Systems serve a multitude of purposes in various industries, primarily for creating robust, heat resistant tooling or fixtures. Offerings are designed to allow a range of casting thicknesses, allowing you to choose the product best suited to your application. To enhance durability and performance, many systems are filled to allow enhanced durability or temperature tolerance needed for parts in the automotive, aerospace, and sports industries.
Compression / Press Molding Epoxies
CPD Epoxy Resin Systems are widely recognized for their superior mechanical properties, impressive heat resistance, and remarkable dimensional stability, making them a preferred choice in compression molding. Upon curing, your epoxy parts display exceptional strength and robustness, establishing their suitability for applications demanding sturdy molded components including, but not limited to, aerospace components, sports equipment, electrical insulation, and structural composites.
Filament Winding Epoxies
CPD Epoxy Systems are extensively used in filament winding processes due to their beneficial properties and exceptional structural integrity. Filament winding is a manufacturing process utilized in the production of cylinders, pipes, tanks, pressure vessels, structural tubing, and bushings. CPD epoxies are frequently employed by manufacturers seeking to fabricate advanced composite materials to yield products that are lightweight and durable.
Infusion / Injection / Resin Transfer Molding Epoxies
CPD Infusion Epoxy Systems produce lightweight, high-strength composite parts with superior mechanical properties, resistance to corrosion, and dimensional stability. They have low viscosity and high reactivity and are ideal for impregnating reinforcing fibers such as carbon fiber or fiberglass when utilizing vacuum infusion processes. CPD epoxy infusion resins are employed in the aerospace, automotive, marine, wind energy, and sporting goods industries who rely heavily on lightweight, durable composite materials to meet their stringent requirements.
Laminating / Wet-Layup Epoxies
CPD and Polytek Laminating Epoxy Systems are engineered to accommodate many wet-layup applications. These epoxy systems are instrumental in crafting lightweight, robust composite structures capable of enduring sustained stress, even under the most severe conditions. Their bonding capacity extends to a diverse range of materials and reinforcing fabrics, demonstrating exceptional resistance to moisture, heat, and fatigue. CPD and Polytek Laminating epoxies exhibit superb physical properties at room temperature with the option to post-cure to increase performance.
Pultrusion Epoxies
CPD Epoxy Systems for Pultrusion offer a cost-efficient method for producing highly rigid composites that are viable for alternatives to conventional construction materials. The CPD composite materials offer the flexibility of being engineered for varying degrees of flexural, impact, tensile, compressive strengths, and structural shape. The utility of pultruded composite profiles is underscored by their lightweight construction, superior strength, corrosion resistance, and ease of installation.
Surface Coat Epoxies
CPD Coating Epoxy Systems are widely recognized as the preferred solution in a multitude of industrial applications due to their superior protective characteristics. These properties, which include defense against abrasion, turbulence, oxidation, corrosion, temperature fluctuations, fire, moisture, impact, vibration, shock, and compression, make CPD epoxies an ideal choice. Industries such as aerospace, automotive, marine, and sporting equipment frequently experience such conditions, thereby favoring the usage of CPD epoxy systems for coating applications.