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Hexcel to exhibit at Aero India show in Bangalore

17 Feb '15

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Hexcel Corporation, a leading advanced composites company, is set to exhibit at the Aero India show in Bangalore, from February 18 to 22, 2015, to promote a range of carbon fibres and composites that are benefiting Indian aerospace manufacturers for commercial aircraft, helicopters, and space programs.

Hexcel’s HexPly M21E/IMA prepreg is used by TATA advanced materials to make spars and composite panels for the Airbus A350 XWB. The first A350 XWB has now been delivered to the first operator, Qatar Airways, and commercial flights will begin later this year. At the Hexcel booth at Aero India, visitors will see an A350 XWB lower panel made by TATA advanced materials using a range of Hexcel products, Hexcel said in a statement.

Hexcel has added to its range of high strength and intermediate modulus carbon fibres by launching HexTow HM63, a high modulus carbon fibre that has the highest tensile strength of any existing HM fibre. HexTow HM63 provides outstanding translation of fibre properties in a composite, including superior inter-laminar shear and compression shear strength. HexTow HM63 is therefore ideal for any high stiffness and strength-critical applications including space, satellites, UAV, commercial aerospace, and helicopters.

Resin Transfer Moulding (RTM) is a composite manufacturing process that allows high quality components to be produced, with good surface quality, without using autoclaves. Hexcel has launched HexFlow RTM6-2 to provide the industry with a bi-component version of its highly successful RTM6 resin, making it easier to transport by air or sea outside Europe.

Hexcel has supplied carbon fibre fabrics, prepregs, honeycombs and adhesives to Indian aerospace companies for many years, including Hindustan Aeronautics Ltd (HAL), National Aerospace Lab (NAL), Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), Vikram Sarabhai Space Centre (VSSC), and TATA Advanced Materials.

Hexcel develops, manufactures, and markets lightweight, high-performance structural materials, including carbon fibres, reinforcements for composites, prepregs, honeycomb, matrix systems, adhesives and composite structures, used in commercial aerospace, space and defence, and industrial applications. (GK)

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