Leveraging DDF technology and CYCOM® EP2750 fast cure prepreg to deliver unmatched operational and sustainable benefits
Syensqo, a global leader in advanced materials, and Bell Textron, Inc., an aerospace and defense company, have joined forces to accelerate the industrialization of composites.
Bell is the early adopter of Syensqo’s patented DDF1 manufacturing process, coupled with its fast cure aerospace prepreg CYCOM® EP 27502.
Bell qualified and industrialized this technology quickly, achieving high-rate production of aerospace composite parts. Implementing this new process has brought major benefits such as decreased operational costs while generating positive environmental aspects such as reduced waste, energy consumption and green-house gas emissions. In addition, DDF enabled the relief of autoclaves’ usage for curing small to medium size parts allowing their utilization for larger parts.
After more than 30 years our Syensqo-Bell relationship continues to bring innovative solutions to benefit the composite industry. Syensqo's customer support model is based on the belief that design, material and manufacturing are all inter-related and key to a successful increase in composites adoption. Our teams are structured to support this model and customer collaborations are fundamental in working towards a more industrialized composites industry.
1 DDF technology is a proven, efficient, automatable processing technology for the high rate and high volume manufacture of composite parts when combined with fast cure prep materials such as CYCOM® EP2750.
2 CYCOM® EP2750 was developed for the high rate manufacture of aerospace primary structures. It is ideal for small to medium parts that can be press molded.
Syensqo is a science company developing groundbreaking solutions that enhance the way we live, work, travel and play. Inspired by the scientific councils which Ernest Solvay initiated in 1911, we bring great minds together to push the limits of science and innovation for the benefit of our customers, with a diverse, global team of more than 13,000 associates in 30 countries.
Our solutions contribute to safer, cleaner, and more sustainable products found in homes, food and consumer goods, planes, cars, batteries, smart devices and healthcare applications. Our innovation power enables us to deliver on the ambition of a circular economy and explore breakthrough technologies that advance humanity.
Learn more at www.syensqo.com.
Thinking above and beyond is what we do. For more than 90 years, we’ve been reimagining the experience of flight – and where it can take us.
We are pioneers. We were the first to break the sound barrier and to certify a commercial helicopter. We were a part of NASA’s first lunar mission and brought advanced tiltrotor systems to market. Today, we’re defining the future of advanced air mobility.
Headquartered in Fort Worth, Texas – as a wholly-owned subsidiary of Textron Inc., – we have strategic locations around the globe. And with nearly one quarter of our workforce having served, helping our military achieve their missions is a passion of ours.
Above all, our breakthrough innovations deliver exceptional experiences to our customers. Efficiently. Reliably. And always, with safety at the forefront.
Learn more at www.textron.com/About/Our-Businesses/Bell
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Double Diaphragm Forming (DDF)
Syensqo's novel forming technology, Double Diaphragm Forming (DDF), is now a proven and established method, having been successfully commercialized and adopted by customers. This method automates dry fiber pre-forming, prepreg pre-forming or press molding into a single-step process speeding up the takt time involved in part making.