Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Core Type
- Composite Materials Functions
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Materials Features
- Product Highlights
- High shear and compression properties
- Replacement for wood and plywood
- Good fastener pull-out strength
- High heat resistance
- Compatible with a wide range of resins and adhesives
- Dimensionally stable
- High styrene resistance
- Very low water absorption
- Non biodegradable
- Excellent chemical resistance
Applications & Uses
- Markets
- Applications
- Composites Processing Methods
- Application
- Marine: Transoms, bulkheads, stringers, engine beds, floors, interiors, local reinforcements, tooling and molds
- Road and Rail: Floors, sidewalls, roofs, engine covers, interior panels
- Industrial: Covers, tanks, containers, tooling and molds, local reinforcements, architectural panels, sporting goods
- Processing
- Contact molding (hand/spray)
- Resin infusion / injection (VARTM / RTM)
- Adhesive bonding
- Pre-preg processing
- Processing molding (GMT, SMC)
Properties
- Mechanical Properties
- Typical Properties
Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
Compressive Strength Perpendicular to the Plane | 9.5 (1373) | N/mm² (psi) | — |
Compressive Modulus Perpendicular to the Plane | 326 (47,288) | N/mm² (psi) | — |
Shear Strength | 5.5 (802) | N/mm² (psi) | — |
Shear Modulus | 193 (28,015) | N/mm² (psi) | — |
Flexural Strength | 12.9 (1,871) | N/mm² (psi) | — |
Flexural Modulus | 648 (93,890) | N/mm² (psi) | — |
Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
Standard Sheet Width | 1219 (48) | mm (in) | — |
Standard Sheet Length | 2438 (96) | mm (in) | — |
Standard Sheet Thickness | 12 to 45 (½ to 1 ¾) | mm (in) | — |
Density | 420 (26) | kg/m³ (lb/ft³) | — |