Epoxy resins (EP) - Components and properties

The termepoxide refers to a wide variety of prepolymers containing one or more epoxy units which, after polycondensation with a hardener, lead to thermoset products whose main applications are bonding and composite materials (epoxy matrix with glass or carbon fiber reinforcements).

These high-performance products can be used in a wide range of applications, some of which are of an undeniably high technical level:

• aerospace and automotive industries (structural and panel bonding);

• medium- and high-voltage electrical industry (mainly switchgear) ;

• electronics (capacitor coating, printed circuit board manufacture, etc.);

• sports (skis, snowshoes, bows and arrows, carbon bicycle frames, lenticular wheels...);

• tools (reproduction models, master models, core boxes, etc.) ;

• laminates and composites (honeycombs, triangular structures, drive shafts, sports car bodies...);

• chemical-resistant coatings, dam crack repair, etc.