CYTEC.COM

Composite Materials for

Renewable Energy StructuresSolutions for a global market.

We are experts in the formulation and manufacture of structural prepregs and compatible adhesive films, the manufacture of large-scale tools and tooling materials, vacuum bagging materials and consumables, and have substantial experience in the wind, wave and tidal energy markets.

Today, our advanced resin systems, process consumables and flexible production methodology have made us the ideal supplier of prepregs for manufacturing structures such as:

• Turbine blade spars and skins

• Supporting structures

• Components

Where resin infusion manufacturing methodology is employed, Cytec expertise at providing optimum process materials solutions to ensure repeatable, high quality infused structures is second-to-none.

With close associations with companies in this market, we continue to develop new products to fulfil the needs of next generation systems, regardless of scale, type or environment.

Our world-wide manufacturing capabilities enable us to supply our structural and tooling prepregs and process materials products globally.

Cytec Offers• Structural and tooling prepregs

• Film adhesives

• Reusable soft tooling

• Vacuum bagging consumables

• Design assistance with resin infusion networks

• Process materials customisation including manufacture, welding (for large sheet vacuum line), perforating, kitting

• Design and manufacture of reusable vacuum systems to suit specific tooling requirements

• A commitment to short lead-times

Cytec is engaged in a continuous development programme aimed at introducing new cost-effective performance materials for composite structures in the renewable energy markets.

CYTEC INDUSTRIES | INDUSTRIAL MATERIALS

Prepregs and Composite Materials

Benefits of Cytec prepregs include:

• Suitable for low cost vacuum bag processing, and press and autoclave moulding

• Ideal for thick monolithic and lightweight sandwich structures

• Provide an excellent surface finish

• Ease of use with a broad processing window

• Offer a good combination of mechanical performance, fatigue resistance and toughness

• Supplied across a wide range of fabrics and fibres

Process Materials

We offer a range of process materials custom-formulated for the renewable energy sector. Indeed, we co-extrude and transform a range of extruded polymers at our film manufacturing site. Our facilities enable us to formulate and manufacture multi-layer customized films using blown and cast film processing techniques.

Our process materials portfolio provides all of the products you will require for composite production, and we tailor our development and production techniques using a variety of processes, including prepreg and resin infusion technologies.

We have developed engineered solutions to assist in these process areas, such as VMS2, a product which eliminates dry spots, saves on labour and materials, and offers assurance of full laminate wet out.

A key service offering to this industry is our innovative labour-saving and waste-reducing kitting service. This encompasses the pre-cutting of consumables to simple, predetermined shapes through to the assembly of complex multi-layer integrated vacuum bags assemblies. By starting

with the customer’s CAD design, we are able to produce a customised kit solution that is right-first-time-every-time, ensuring repeatable processing and improving blade or spar quality in addition to reducing process cost.

Other items are available upon request and our technical data sheets are available online.

Tooling

Cytec innovation extends to providing a complete solution to the customer part manufacturing experience. As such, we not only offer the structural materials and their process consumables, but also a complete range of composite tooling solutions. Our tooling prepregs offer outstanding surface finish and longevity for the manufacture of complex mould tools. Our design service can support tool design optimisation to ensure a fit-for-purpose solution. In addition we offer soft tooling technology including reusable vacuum bags, integral heater blankets, intensifiers and caul sheets.

Composite Materials Product Selector Guide for Wind Energy

Category Resin System Out Life (days)

Min. Cure ºF (ºC) Available Formats Notes

Structural Spars

MTM® 57 30 176 (80) UD/Woven/Multiaxial/X-ply

Component prepreg, flexible processing and wide range of handling characteristics

MTM® 57-3* 30 176 (80) UD/Woven/Multiaxial/ZPREG® Reduced tack for sided impregnation

VTM® 264 30 149 (65)UD/Woven/Multiaxial/ ZPREG®/X-ply

Low temperature curing prepreg for large structures, good balance of toughness versus strength

VTM® 266 30 149 (65) UD/Woven/Multiaxial High tack variant VTM®264 - use with metal tooling or in cold environment

CYCOM® 823 RTM 4 - 5 255 (125) Infuses UD/Woven/Multiaxial One-part liquid epoxy resin, room temperature injectable

CYCOM® 754 21 160 (70) UD/Woven Low temperature curing prepreg for thick laminates

Blade Skins

MTM® 57-2 30 176 (80) UD/Woven/Multiaxial Low tack - supplied single-sided, where reinforcement is dry with a resin film on one side

MTM® 57-3* 30 176 (80) Woven/Multiaxial/ZPREG® Reduced tack for sided impregnation

VTM® 266 30 149 (65) UD/Woven/Multiaxial High tack variant VTM®264 - use with metal tooling or in cold environment

VTM® 267 21 149 (65) Woven/Multiaxial/ZPREG®

Lower tack/flow compared to VTM®264 - used on differentially coated products / heavyweight reinforcements where the resin is predominantly on the surface

MTM® 21S 60 176 (80) UD/Woven/Multiaxial Styrene free, polyester matrix resin for low cost component manufacture

CYCOM® 823 RTM 4 - 5 255 (125) Infuses UD/Woven/Multiaxial One-part liquid resin, room temperature injectable

* GL approved

Adhesives & Surfacing Product Selector Guide

Composite Materials Product Selector Guide for Tidal Energy

Resin System Out Life (days) Min. Cure ºF(ºC) Available Formats Notes

VTF 266 30 149 (65) Supported/unsupported film

Surface improvement film compatible with VTM®260 series prepregs. Moulds to a sandable, paint ready finish.

VTA® 260 30 149 (65) Supported/unsupported adhesive film

Use VTM®/MTM® prepregs. Available with reinforcement carrier to aid placement or non-supported as a resin film.

MTA® 240 30 176 (80) Supported/ unsupported film

Structural adhesive film; formulated for cure compatibility with many structural prepreg matrices

FM® 73 15-30 250 (120) Supported/ unsupported film

Structural adhesive film; formulated to bond metals and many composite systems

FM® 94 30 250 (120) Supported/ unsupported film

Structural adhesive film offering a combination of high- temperature performance, toughness, and moisture resistance

Category Resin System Out Life (days)

Min. Cure ºF (ºC) Available Formats Notes

Structural Spars

MTM® 57 30 176 (80) UD/Woven/Multiaxial 2/X-ply

Component prepreg, flexible processing and wide range of han-dling characteristics

VTM® 264 30 149 (65) UD/Woven/Multiaxial /ZPREG®/X-ply

Low temperature curing prepreg for large structures, good balance of toughness versus strength

VTM® 266 30 149 (65) UD/Woven/Multiaxial High tack variant VTM® 264 - use with metal tooling or in cold environment

MTM® 57-2 30 176 (80) UD/Woven/Multiaxial Low tack - supplied single-sided, where reinforcement is dry with a resin film on one side

Blade Skins

MTM® 57-2 30 176 (80) UD/Woven/Multiaxial Low tack - supplied single-sided, where reinforcement is dry with a resin film on one side

VTM ® 266 30 149 (65) UD/Woven/Multiaxial High tack variant VTM® 264 - use with metal tooling or in cold environment

VTM® 267 21 149 (65) Woven/Multiaxial /ZPREG®

Lower tack/flow compared to VTM® 264 - used on differentially coated products / heavyweight reinforcements where the resin is predominantly on the surface

Siemens 1.2MW SeaGen tidal turbine in Strangford Lough, Northern Ireland

© Siemens© Siemens

SeaGen composite blades, manufactured by Aviation Enterprises Ltd, made from Cytec’s VTM260 series prepregs

RENEWABLE ENERGY STRUCTURES

Process Materials Product Selector Guide

Tooling Prepregs Product Selector Guide:

Resin System Out Life (days)

Min. Cure ºF(ºC)

Cure Meth-ods Tg ºF(ºC) Continuous Service

Temperature ºF(ºC) Notes

LTF 318U 7 150-175 (65-80)

Vacuum/ Autoclave

175-230 (80-110) before post-cure, up to 338 (170) after post-cure

up to 356 (180) after full post-cure

Surfacing film, compatible with either glass or carbon backing fabrics

LTS 317 21 150-175 (65-80)

Vacuum/ Autoclave

up to 257 (125) before post-cure, up to 338 (170) after post-cure

up to 302 (150)

black-pigmented epoxy syntactic core material, compatible with either glass or carbon fabrics; used with vacuum bag-only processing, to achieve a high quality surface finish

LTM® 317-1B 21 150-175 (65-80)

Vacuum/ Autoclave

194-230 (90-110) before post-cure, up to 338 (170) after post-cure

302 (150)Material used for bulk plies of the tool, compatible with either glass or carbon fabrics

Prepreg Product ºF(ºC) Bagging Film Release Film Sealant Tape Peel Ply Breather Flash Tape Hose

250 (120) Epoxy OOA VACFILM 440YVAVFILM 450VVACFILM 465B

A2200 E2760

LTS90B UCS180

A100PS A85PS B100

AB10 AB80 AB100 AB120

FT1 FT2 FT5

Silhose

350 (180) Epoxy OOA HS8171 SV3000

A2500 A6000 A6200 A5000

UCS180 SM5142SM5130

A100PS B100

AB10 AB100 AB120

FT1 FT2 FT5

Silhose

Epoxy Infusion VACFILM 300RVACFILM 450VVACFILM 800G HS8171 VACFILM 400Y

A2000E2760A2200 A6200

LTS90B UCS180

A100PSI A85PS B100 A100PS

AB100 AB10 VMS2Infuply (resin carrier)

FT1 FT2 FT5 GFMT (bonding tape)

TUB12 SW12 FW12

Polyester Infusion VACFILM 300RVACFILM 450VVACFILM 800G HS8171 VACFILM 200G

A2000E2760 A2200

LTS90B UCS180

A100PSI A85PS B100 A100PS

AB100 AB10 VMS2Infuply (resin carrier)

FT1 FT2 FT5 GFMT (bonding tape)

TUB12 SW12 FW12

CYTEC.COM

Suitable for low cost vacuum bag processing, excellent surface finish, ease of use with a broad processing window, good combination of mechanical performance, fatigue

resistance and toughness, and supplied across a wide range of fabrics and fibres.

Resin chemistries include epoxies, phenolics, vinyl esters, bismaleimides, thermoplastics, cyanate esters, HT polyimides, polyesters, ceramics.

Vacuum bagging films including film welding, perforating and processing, breather fabrics, peel plies, release films, flow media, release fabrics, sealants, reusable vacuum systems to suit specific

tooling requirements, elastomeric tools, and design services.

Epoxies, phenolics, vinyl esters, cyanate esters, bismaleimides, HT polyimides, surfacing films, structural films, bond

primers, lightning strike, silicone sealants, paste/potting/foams.

Material science, polymer chemistry, processing science, and technical

service and application engineering, e.g. design assistance with resin

infusion networks, design for manufacturing, crashworthiness

and intrusion analysis.

Ablatives, pre-forms, friction materials,

cross-plied materials, high-drape formats,

selective impregnation, core materials.

Carbon Fibers: Standard modulus, intermediate modulus, pitch fibres.

Textiles: Standard weaves, bias weaves, internally consumed.

For increased part manufacturing productivity, quality, reliability and reduced waste. From simple shapes to complex kits of any/all of our products. From CAD to fully assembled vacuum bag kits.

Design: Supporting tool design optimisation.

Tooling Materials: Tooling prepregs for outstanding surface finish and longevity.

Tool Manufacture: Complete manufacturing service.

Reusables: Soft tooling technology including reusable bags, heater blankets, intensifiers and caul sheets.

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© 2014 Cytec Industries Inc.

Industrial Materials tel: +44 (0) 1773 766200 - Heanor, UK tel: +44 (0) 161 653 4876 - Manchester, UK tel: +1 (0) 918 252 3922 - Tulsa, USA tel: +86 21 64228920 - Shanghai, China industrialmaterials@cytec.com

Process Materials tel: +44 (0) 1274 550500 - Keighley, UK tel: +33 (0)5 61 37 89 89 - Toulouse, France tel: +39(0) 039 6892987 - Milan, Italy tel: +1 (0)562 906 3300 - Santa Fe Springs, USA tel: +86 21 64228920 - Shanghai, China processmaterials@cytec.com

Composites & Prepregs

Process Materials

Kitting

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Carbon Fiber & Textiles

Technical Competencies

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