What is Nomex honeycomb made of?
What is Nomex honeycomb made of?
Nomex honeycomb is made from Nomex paper – a form of paper based on Kevlar, rather than cellulose fibres. The initial paper honeycomb is usually dipped in a phenolic resin to produce a honeycomb core with high strength and very good fire resistance.
What is honeycomb Nomex?
Nomex Honeycomb is a lightweight, high strength, nonmetallic honeycomb core material manufactured from aramid fiber paper with the typical hexangular cell shape. After the honeycomb is formed, it is coated with a heat resistant phenolic resin to increase its strength and thermal properties.
What is honeycomb carbon fiber?
Nomex honeycomb is the standard for lightweight non-metallic composite construction. Commercial Grade honeycomb made with aramid fiber paper (DUPONT Nomex or equivalent) coated with heat resistant phenolic resin offers excellent resiliency, low density, lower pricing, and high strength to weight ratio.
Is honeycomb a composite material?
Today honeycomb cores are manufactured via the expansion process and the corrugation process from composite materials such as glass-reinforced plastic (also known as fiberglass), carbon fiber reinforced plastic, Nomex aramide paper reinforced plastic, or from a metal (usually aluminum).
What are the different types of carbon fiber?
Carbon Fiber 101: Understanding Weaves and Fabrics
- Plain weave. Plain weave, or 1×1 weave, carbon fiber fabric is symmetrical and resembles a checkerboard.
- Twill Weave. Twill weave consists of a 2×2 or 4×4 pattern and is the most commonly recognized type of carbon fiber fabric.
- Harness Satin Weave.
- Other weaves.
What type of structure is a honeycomb?
A honeycomb is a mass of hexagonal prismatic wax cells built by honey bees in their nests to contain their larvae and stores of honey and pollen.
What’s so special about carbon fiber?
Carbon fiber is five-times stronger than steel and twice as stiff. Though carbon fiber is stronger and stiffer than steel, it is lighter than steel; making it the ideal manufacturing material for many parts. Carbon fiber is made of thin, strong crystalline filaments of carbon that is used to strengthen material.
