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SP Sprint gets top award at Paris JEC show
01 Jul 2002
Launched a year ago, SP says Sprint has seen considerable uptake within the wind energy, marine and automotive markets.
The technology offers features to component builders such as easy handling, low void content, drapeability and excellent surface finish, as well as offering benefits such as reduced component weight and cost.
Sprint materials consist of dry fibre reinforcements, into which a thin precatalysed resin film has been inserted.
When a vacuum bag is applied, the dry reinforcement provides a path for air to be extracted from the material - from between the Sprint layers and from the mould surface.
During the heat cure cycle the resin film softens, flows into the air-free reinforcement and yields a composite component with high fibre content, very low voids and excellent surface finish.
SP Systems Ltd Tel: 01983 828000 Fax: 01983 828100 E-mail: info@spsystems.com Web: www.spsystems.com
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