Voraforce - EP - The Dow Chemical Company

Kunststoffe international, 2014-10-10, Resins and Reactive Systems
...panels, base trays, bumpers and crash boxes can be produced more than 100,000 times every year. The various raw material suppliers recently adapted their basic thermolatent special types of epoxy resins, i. e. the brands of Baxxodur, Voraforce, Epikote and Araldite, to fit fast curing [12–15]. Viscosities are below 200 mPas, which is a value extraordinarily low. This makes it possible to soak the semi-finished fiber product within a period clearly below one minute, subject to the respective com...

Kunststoffe international, 2015-09-18, Mass Reduction for Mass Production
...on of components can be achieved with carbon fiber composites (CFRP) based on epoxy resins. But, as yet, the cost of these CFRP is still too high to compete with or undercut metals in high-volume production. This article describes solutions to this. Voraforce 5300 cured resinDimension standardValueElongation at break [%]ISO 527-27Elastic modulus [GPa]ISO 527-22.8Tensile strength [MPa]ISO 527-268Composite data (DowAksa cf, 49 vol.-%)90˚ tensile modulus (UD fabric) [GPa]ISO 527-48.290˚ tensile str...

Kunststoffe international, 2018-03-09, Multi-Material Mix Gets a Carbon Fiber Twist
...d load paths was important to the project’s success (Fig. 3). From this point, the main challenge became infiltrating the part with ultra-fast cure resin that would perform at low cavity pressure with excellent mold release capability. Voraforce epoxy resin systems from Dow were selected not just because of its excellent speed but because of its overall processing benefits such as ultra-low viscosity and high reaction latency resulting in excellent fiber impregnation and outstanding part quality...