Owens Corning (Toledo, OH) has debuted a multi-end roving designed for epoxy sheet molding compound (SMC) systems in automotive applications. In combination with such systems, ME1510 glass ...

For more than a half century, sheet-molding compound (SMC) has been a well understood and broadly applied composite technology, used in industries as diverse as automotive, rail, aviation, marine and ...

However, for a statement on the properties of the final component, the local material properties, such as resin/matrix composition, pore content, fibre content, distribution and orientation, are ...

The new composites are designed as alternatives to thermoset sheet molding compounds (SMCs). Offering similar mechanical performance, they are much more ductile and, as thermoplastic systems, much ...

Compression molding involves forming of complex shaped components by molding of a charge of fiber reinforced prepreg bulk molding compound (BMC) under heat and high pressures. Unidirectional fiber ...