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ImpacGard™ is a patent pending composite facing that absorbs impact energy to reduce the risk of major structural damage, and minimize the potential for hazardous debris.

Patent pending ImpacGard™ standard products can be used in an environment between -40&#176C to 100&#176C.

Custom products can be formulated to increase maximum temperature up to 220&#176C without sacrificing performance.</span></p> <p class="style200"><span class="style191">ImpacGard&#8482 Fx</span> is a front guard for dramatic improvement in the impact resistance of composites, which are prone to fracturing on impact.

It will absorb impact energy at the surface and is not thermally sensitive.

Source notes for this comparison

Leen, “Damage and permeability in tape-laid thermoplastic composite cryogenic tanks,” Composites: Part A, Applied Science and Manufacturing, vol.

Jaredson, “Out-of-Autoclave Manufacturing of Large Integrated Structures Using Thermoplastic Composite Materials,” ECCM15 - 15TH European Conference on Composite Materials, Venice, Italy, 24–28 June 2012.

Semprimoschnig, “Overview of advanced materials and surface activities at ESA, ” in EIROFORUM WAMAS meeting, CERN, November 19–20, 2013.

Gardiner, “Precision Design for Deployable Space Structures,” CompositesWorld, June 2016, pp.

“On Orbit Assembly and Manufacturing State of Play, 2021 Edition,” Page 72 https://ntrs.nasa.gov/api/citations/20210022660/downloads/osam_state_of_play%20(1).pdf 10.

glass transition and melt temperatures of the matrix) and the forming takes place as the dies close.

This allows the part to be removed from dies after only a few minutes, while also allowing sufficient crystallinity to develop.

AFP followed by stamp forming was used to make stringers and frames for the RL4 demo article.

Co-Fusion is a patented thermoplastic composite processing method that combines skin consolidation and welding of faying stiffening elements into a single bag molding process [5].

The system utilizes a heated tool and breather/insulation under the bag in an ambient temperature room or autoclave to create a thermal gradient through the thickness whereby the skin and faying flanges melt but the protruding portion does not.

e recent NASA-led efforts to fill in the TPC material property database by the authors and collaborators are summarized in the remainder of this section.

2 It is noted that bonding is theoretically a process localized to the adherend interface while in practice an elevated temperature cure cycle is often applied by heating the region or entire part, which can introduce additional challenges.

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Public reports in this retrieval set: NASA TM thermoplastic joining resistance induction ultrasonic; Thermoplastic Composite High Rate Fuselage Manufacturing Demonstrator; NASA TM TDEA thermoplastic composite welding; Thermoplastic Aircraft Manufacturing Model; Finite Element Thermal Model for Ultrasonic Welding of Thermoplastic Composites; Manufacture, Characterization, and Fusion Welding of Thermoplastic Composites for Space Applications.

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NASA TM thermoplastic joining resistance induction ultrasonicJaredson, “Out-of-Autoclave Manufacturing of Large Integrated Structures Using Thermoplastic Composite Materials,” ECCM15 - 15TH European Conference on Composite Materials, Venice, Italy, 24–28 June 2012.20250006527
Thermoplastic Composite High Rate Fuselage Manufacturing DemonstratorAFP followed by stamp forming was used to make stringers and frames for the RL4 demo article.20250005727
NASA TM TDEA thermoplastic composite welding2 It is noted that bonding is theoretically a process localized to the adherend interface while in practice an elevated temperature cure cycle is often applied by heating the region or entire part, which can introduce additional challenges.20250008644
Thermoplastic Aircraft Manufacturing ModelThis drives many replicates of these pieces of equipment (61 Broetje rings, 252 mandrel segments) creating a large non-recurring cost (805 million dollars).20240000967
Finite Element Thermal Model for Ultrasonic Welding of Thermoplastic Compositesndicator (colored slice): 𝐷𝐷𝑏𝑏 = 1 Contours: temperature (K) Baseline Case Thermal Field Transience 22 All: temperature (K) Mesh Convergence Study 23 Post Shear Test Fractured Interface 24 Squeeze-out Bonded?20240005126
Manufacture, Characterization, and Fusion Welding of Thermoplastic Composites for Space Applicationse Flight Center • Langley Research Center • Marshall Space Flight Center NASA Centers ➢ Target Potential Applications ▪ Human Lander System - Thermal isolators, landing leg, cryogenic tanks, habitat structures. ▪ Tall.20240012394
Manufacturing and Mechanical Testing of TC1225/LM-PAEK and TC1200/PEEK Thermoplastic Composite PanelsConsolidated panels were characterized by the following standard methods: • Inspection: Laminate consolidation was characterized by ultrasonic C-scan using a 5 MHz transmission frequency.20220015690
Amorphous Bonding for in-Space Welding of Thermoplastic Composite Deployable StructuresMETHODOLOGY The semi-crystalline (PEEK) prepreg used was Toray’s Ce- texTC1200withAS4fibers,withanominalthicknessof 125𝜇𝑚.20250000549

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Manufacturing and Mechanical Testing of TC1225/LM-PAEK and TC1200/PEEK Thermoplastic Composite PanelsConsolidated panels were characterized by the following standard methods: • Inspection: Laminate consolidation was characterized by ultrasonic C-scan using a 5 MHz transmission frequency.

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