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Foam core material for composites Gurit Corecell™
Corecell is the leading structural foam core material, which has become widely accepted for the construction of large, high performance structures.
Single skin laminates, made from glass, carbon or other fibres, are strong and can bend without cracking, but are not always stiff, due to their relatively low thickness. A structural foam cored composite solution provides the stiffness that laminates need without unnecessary weight.
The Corecell product range is suitable for a wide range of demanding structural applications and different composite manufacturing processes, Corecell is fully compatible with polyester, vinylester, and epoxy resins, as well as all commonly used epoxy prepreg systems.
Corecell T-Foam has been developed as a technological step-change from traditional PVC and Balsa structural core. It is ideal for applications where loads are less dynamic in nature, such as in the construction of wind turbines shells and is an outstanding core material in every application where balsa or X-PVC is commonly used, providing as it does, high mechanical toughness and thermal stability giving excellent fatigue characteristics, reliability and service life.
Corecell K-Foam is a development of Corecell T-Foam with higher temperature stability for processing under vacuum. It shares Corecell TFoam's exceptional balance of toughness and stiffness. This makes it ideal for large-scale prepreg and SPRINT manufacturing processes such as wind turbine spar and primary structure. It also presents a cost-effective alternative to PMI foams in a wide range of applications, where the very highest thermal stability is not required.
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