Description
ACP’s Carbon Fiber Honeycomb Sandwich Panels are ideal panels for a wide range of applications meeting flat, lightweight and rigid specifications. They are manufactured by ‘sandwiching’ an aramid honeycomb core between layers of self-adhesive, medium modulus carbon fiber prepreg. By separating the carbon fiber skin with an aramid honeycomb core, these sandwich panels offer greater strength properties than those of the skins alone.
Using carbon fiber prepreg for the outer layers creates structural skins that offer high strength-to-weight ratios, thermal and electrical conductivity, high tensile strength, low density, low weight, low thermal expansion and excellent fatigue resistance. Our sandwich panels are cured with high temperature and under pressure resulting in fully consolidated carbon fiber skins that are completely bonded to the aramid honeycomb core. The cells of the honeycomb core will not fill with resin when using a prepreg, thereby insuring the constructed panel will not retain excess resin weight.
Manufactured with lightweight, high strength aramid honeycomb, our honeycomb core sandwich panels feature higher compressive strength and lower core densities when compared to our balsa and foam core sandwich panels. The aramid honeycomb core is manufactured with high bondable properties to insure the structural integrity of the panel remains intact. To increase the stiffness of the constructed panel, a thicker core can be used without substantially increasing the weight and cost of the final product.
Uses Include
- General Purpose Aviation Panels
- Aircraft Interiors
- Interior Design
- Marine Paneling
Technical
Physical Properties
- Core Thickness: .125″, .250″, .500″ Ply
- Thickness: .008″ Total Thickness (TPT): +/- 10″
- Length/Width: +/-0.50″
- Core Material: Standard Cell Aramid Honeycomb Skin
- Material: Carbon Fiber Prepreg Style 282
- Prepreg Resin Content: 42%
The below technical information is for the stand alone raw materials, not the constructed panel.
Prepreg Neat Resin Properties
- Specific Gravity: 1.286
- Tg dry: 171°F
- Moisture Absorption: 7%
- Linear CTE: 4.75 x 105/in/in/°F
- Tensile Strength: 7.2 ksi
- Tensile Modulus: 0.42 msi
- Tensile Strain: >9.5%
- Fracture Toughness: 4.50 ksi √in
- Strain Energy Release Rate: 34.5 in-lb/in2
Standard Cell Aramid Honeycomb Properties
- Cell Size: 1/8″
- Density: 3 PCF
- Compression Strength: 276 psi
- L-Shear Strength: 175 psi
- W-Shear
- Strength: 88 psi
Please note: All data to be used as a guide only; not a specification.
Documents
~Weight per ft²
- .125″ 1 Ply: 3 oz.
- .250″ 1 Ply: 3.2 oz.
- .500″ 1 Ply: 3.8 oz.
- .125″ 2 Ply: 5.2 oz.
- .250″ 2 Ply: 5.6 oz.
- .500″ 2 Ply: 6.2 oz.
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Our design and manufacturing team can work with you to fabricate custom rods.
- Fiber Selection: Carbon Fiber, Fiberglass, Kevlar®, Other
- Skin Thickness
- Core Selection: Honeycomb (aluminum, plastic, Nomex) and Foam (polyurethane, PVC, ABS & others)
- Core Thickness
- Layup/Construction
- Surface Finish
- Sizes up to 60″ x 120″*
*ACP has a maximum work envelope of 60″ x 120″. Available options are contingent on tooling and material availability. KEVLAR® is a registered trademark of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company and is used with permission.
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- CNC Machining
- Cutting
- Edge Closeouts
- Rebate Edges
- Hard Fix Points
- Fixtures
- Counter Boring
- Bonding
- Joining
- Assembly
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