Solvay announced the launch of CYCOM® EP2190, an epoxy resin-based system with excellent toughness in thick and thin structures and excellent in-plane performance in hot/humid and cold/dry environments.
As the company's new flagship product for aerospace major structures, the material is comparable to existing solutions for wing and fuselage applications in most aerospace markets, including urban air transportation (UAM), private and commercial aerospace fields (Subsonic and supersonic) and national defense and rotorcraft.
One of the advantages of the new prepreg system is its excellent toughness combined with excellent heat and moisture compression properties to provide an ideal balance of performance. In addition, CYCOM® EP2190 provides powerful manufacturing capabilities, allowing manual or automatic manufacturing methods to be used to manufacture parts with complex shapes. This prepreg system enables customers to use the same material for multiple target applications.
"The growing customer base in the aerospace industry requires composite materials that can provide balanced in-plane, damage tolerance, and manufacturing performance," said related personnel. "We are proud to introduce CYCOM® EP2190, which is a versatile The new prepreg is designed to provide significant advantages over traditional primary structure systems and is a solution that meets performance and manufacturability requirements."
The performance of CYCOM® EP2190 has been proven in customer tests by a number of UAM, commercial jet and rotorcraft manufacturers in the United States and Europe. Product configurations include unidirectional carbon fiber grades and woven fabrics.
In an era when rapid adoption and lower certification costs are critical to innovative applications, Solvay can provide customers with a preliminary database of CYCOM® EP2190, followed by a complete NCAMP (National Center for Advanced Materials Performance) public database available in 2022.