Syensqo (Brussels, Belgium; www.syensqo.com), a global leader in advanced materials, and Bell Textron, Inc. (Fort Worth, Tex.; www.bellflight.com), an aerospace and defense company, have joined forces to accelerate the industrialization of composites.
Bell is the early adopter of Syensqo’s patented DDF[1] manufacturing process, coupled with its fast cure aerospace prepreg CYCOM® EP 2750[2].
Bell qualified and industrialized this technology quickly, achieving high-rate production of aerospace composite parts. Implementing this new process has brought major benefits such as decreased operational costs while generating positive environmental aspects such as reduced waste, energy consumption and green-house gas emissions. In addition, DDF enabled the relief of autoclaves’ usage for curing small to medium size parts allowing their utilization for larger parts.
“After more than 30 years our Syensqo-Bell relationship continues to bring innovative solutions to benefit the composite industry”, said Marc Doyle, Business Executive Vice-President of Syensqo Composite Materials. “Syensqo’s customer support model is based on the belief that design, material and manufacturing are all inter-related and key to a successful increase in composites adoption. Our teams are structured to support this model and customer collaborations are fundamental in working towards a more industrialized composites industry”.
CYCOM® is a registered trademark of Syensqo
[1] DDF technology is a proven, efficient, automatable processing technology for the high rate and high volume manufacture of composite parts when combined with fast cure prep materials such as CYCOM®EP2750.
[2] CYCOM® EP2750 was developed for the high rate manufacture of aerospace primary structures. It is ideal for small to medium parts that can be press molded.