Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Blend
- No
- Chemical Family
- Composite Materials Functions
- Function
- Resins, Binders & Matrix Materials
- Reinforcement Material
- Single Ingredient
- Yes
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Labeling Claims
- Materials Features
- Ready-to-Use Product Features
- Benefits
- Moldable – permitting the formation of both thick and thin complex sandwich panels
- Can enable affordable part cost through cost effective resin and production process
- Can provide increased damage resistance by higher toughness and better core adhesion
- Reduced weight with durable mechanical performance
- Can enable high productivity thanks to short cycle times.
- Product Benefits
- Moldable - permitting the formation of both thick and thin complex sandwich panels
- Can enable affordable part cost through cost effective resin and production process
- Can provide increased damage resistance by higher toughness and better core adhesion
- Reduced weight with durable mechanical performance
- Can enable high productivity thanks to short cycle times.
- Product Highlights
RIMLINE® WCM polyurethane system creates a face sheet material for overmolding core sandwich composite structures.
Advanced toughness for lightweight battery protection- Versatile and durable, enabling engineering design freedom
- Tunable to help meet customer manufacturing needs
- Can reduce weight and improve impact protection of EV battery packs
- Parts manufacturing with high fiber volume fraction under low pressure
- Developed for: Wet Compression Molding process
- Can enable a cost-effective formulation for affordable sandwich composites
- Can be molded into the complex 3D shape of the ready-to-use core
- Developed to perfectly complement RIMLINE® FC and LFI core resins.
Applications & Uses
- Application Area
- Composites End Use
- Composites Processing Methods
- Markets
- Applications
- Application Information
RIMLINE® WCM polyurethane system creates a face sheet material for overmolding core sandwich composite structures that gives underbody battery protection panels their final shape. The system can be tailored to help to achieve a reduction in weight while maintaining stiffness and providing impact protection.
Technical Details & Test Data
- Test Data
RIMLINE® WCM resin’s reactivity developed for WCM or RTM processes
- Ability to wet out large surfaces.
- Short cure times at processing temperature.
- Pot life* at 120°C is 40 seconds (black line)
- Pot life* at 80°C is 140 seconds (blue line)
- Pot life* at 40°C is >300 seconds
- Pot life* at 90% D
Packaging & Availability
- Regional Availability
Other
- Mechanical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Compressive Strength -509.0 MPa MPa ISO 14126-1 Compressive Strength 109.0 MPa MPa ISO 604 Flexural Strength 1082.0 MPa MPa ISO 14125 Flexural Strength 127.0 MPa MPa ISO 178 Tensile Strength 487.0 MPa MPa ISO 527 - Physical Properties
Value Units Test Method / Conditions Density 1.2 kg/m³ kg/m³ DIN EN ISO 1183 at 23°C Density 1.2 kg/m³ kg/m³ ISO 1183-3 at 23°C Glass Transition Temperature (Tg) min. 120.0 °C °C Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA)