Toray Cetex® TC1225

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Toray Toray Cetex® TC1225 is a high-end thermoplastic composite material, utilizing a semi-crystalline engineered PAEK resin for excellent mechanical performance. The distinctive value of Toray Cetex® TC1225 over other composites with a PAEK family matrix is its superior processability due to a low melt viscosity and reduction in processing temperature by 50–75°C (122–167°F)*. Toray Cetex® TC1225 doesn’t only yield a high-quality product used in ATL/AFP processes, it speeds up cycle times enabling cost-efficient production in all available formats. Additionally, Toray Cetex® TC1225 is an ideal composite to be overmolded with neat or short fiber reinforced PEEK resin, creating a very strong bond. Overmolding, integrating continuous fiber reinforced composites in an injection molding process, combines the strength of high-end composites with the design freedom and complexity of injection molding parts. Toray Cetex® TC1225 is available as a UD tape, a fabric prepreg, and as reinforced thermoplastic laminates (RTLs) of varying thicknesses. RTLs can be equipped with lightning strike protection, and carbon reinforced RTLs can be supplied with a thin glass top layer to protect a partly metallic assembly against galvanic corrosion. Glass scrim is also applicable in structures made from UD tape. *Standard PEEK processes at temperatures up to 400°C (752°F). Engineered PAEK (PolyArylEtherKetone) Thermoplastic Resin System.

Functions: Laminate

Processing Methods: Compression Molding

Technical Data Sheet
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Identification & Functionality

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Features & Benefits

Product Highlights
  • Superior processability as a result of low melt viscosity and relatively low processing
  • Form freedom—suited for overmolding with neat or short fiber reinforced PEEK
  • Relatively low processing temperature enables shorter cycle times and less energy consumption
  • Excellent mechanical performance, also at elevated temperatures
  • Excellent toughness and Compression After Impact (CAI) resistance of 314 MPa (45.6 ksi)
  • Very low moisture absorption
  • Outstanding chemical and solvent resistance
  • Indefinite shelf life at ambient temperature storage
  • Excellent FST performance

Applications & Uses

Composites Processing Methods
Recommended Applications
  • Medical
  • Aircraft Interiors
  • Aerostructures
  • Primary and secondary aircraft structures
  • High load aircraft interiors Applicationss
  • Access panels, rib stiffeners, brackets
  • Oil and gas

Properties

Thermal Properties
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Glass Transition Temperature (Tg)147 (297)°C (°F)
Tc (crystallinity)263 (505)°C (°F)
Tm (melt)305 (581)°C (°F)
Tp (processing)320–380 (608–720)°C (°F)
Typical Properties
ValueUnitsTest Method / Conditions
Density1.3g/cm³
Specific Gravity1.3g/cm³ (lb/ft³)
Specific Gravity81.2

Safety & Health

Product Safety

Health and safety information on handling and processing Toray composite materials is described in the Safety Data Sheet available from Toray Advanced Composites