Knowde Enhanced TDS
Identification & Functionality
- Chemical Family
- Fillers Included
- Polymer Name
- Reinforcement Material
- Technologies
Features & Benefits
- Materials Features
- Benefits
Benefits over Carbon Epoxy Tooling Prepreg:
- Machinable
- Direct to part molding
- No master model required
- No autoclave cure required
- Large labor savings
- Greatly reduced process time
- No shelf life or out life issues
- No Intermediate debulks required during layup
- No vacuum bagging consumables required
- Frozen storage of product not required
- No refrigerated transport required for shipping
- Re-machinable
- No potential irritation risk from resin
- 3000C capability
- No exotherm potential
- Short leadtime availability on boards
Benefits over INVAR and other Metallic Tooling:
- Lightweight
- Low CTE
- No spring back or differential CTE compensation required
- Shorter heat up & cooling times
- Ability to mold close-tolerance components
- Tool production time greatly reduced
- Benefit of in-house tool machining and manufacture
- Enables creation of complex shapes and profiles
- No heavy backing support structure required
- Short leadtime availability on boards
Applications & Uses
- Applications
- Plastics & Elastomers End Uses
Properties
- Color
- Physical Form
- Mechanical Properties
| Value | Units | Test Method / Conditions | |
| Hardness | 84 | Shore D | ISO 868: 2003 |
| Density | 1.29 | g/cm3 | BS EN ISO 1183-1: 2012, Method A |
| Flexural Strength | 186 | MPa | ISO 178: 2010 |
| Flexural Modulus | 21 | GPa | ISO 178: 2010 |
| Tensile Strength | 153 | MPa | BS EN ISO 527-2: 2012 |
| Compressive Strength | 285 | MPa | BS EN ISO 604: 2003 |
| Compressive Modulus | 19.6 | GPa | BS EN ISO 604: 2003 |