Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Core Type
- Composite Materials Functions
- Technologies
- Product Families
Features & Benefits
- Materials Features
- Product Highlights
- Stand alone product – does not need face sheets
- High flexural strength and stiffness
- 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
- Applications
- Composites End Use
- Composites Processing Methods
- Application
- Wind energy: Floors, soles, bulkheads, transoms, stringers, engine beds, interiors, local reinforcements, tooling and molds
- Road and Rail: Floors, sidewalls, roofs, engine covers, interior panels
- Industrial: Covers, tanks, containers, floors, tooling and molds, concrete pouring forms, architectural panels, tub and shower enclosures
- Processing
- Contact molding (hand/spray)
- Resin infusion / injection (VARTM / RTM)
- Adhesive bonding
- Pre-preg processing
- Processing molding (GMT)
Properties
- Mechanical Properties
- Typical Properties
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Compressive Strength Perpendicular to the Plane | 3.9 (560) | N/mm² (psi) | — |
| Compressive Modulus Perpendicular to the Plane | 182 (26,382) | N/mm² (psi) | — |
| Shear Strength | 2.2 (320) | N/mm² (psi) | — |
| Shear Modulus | 103 (14,890) | N/mm² (psi) | — |
| Flexural Strength | 38 (5,535) | N/mm² (psi) | — |
| Flexural Modulus | 2,430 (352,425) | 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/m² (lb/ft³) | — |