Confirmed Presentations
Enhancing the Operating Costs and Revenue Generation with Composites: A Ten Year
Interiors Market Outlook
CHRIS RED, Principal, Composites Forecasts and Consulting LLC
 Current market for advanced composite components and materials in use on
commercial aircraft, specifically in interiors
 Competitive landscape for the suppliers of those components
PVDF Foam Applications for Aircraft Interiors: Offering Reduced Weight vs. Composites and
Silicone Rubber, FAR 25.856 Compliance and Cost Reduction
JACK DERUYTER, Vice President Business Development, Technifab Inc.
 How the chemistry works
 How the material physics work
 The fabrication process
 The success of the fabricated parts
Environmentally Benign Nanocoatings that Create a Flame-retardant Gas Blanket for Aircraft
Interior Foams, Fabrics, Etc.
JAIME GRUNLAN, Associate Professor and Gulf Oil/Thomas A. Dietz Development Professor,
Department of Mechanical Engineering, Texas A&M University
 500 nm intumescent nanocoatings reduce pkHRR more than 50 %
 30 nm chitosan/polyvinylsulfonic acid stops burn on foam with gas blanket
 Total heat release reduced by as much as 65 % on cotton fabric
 Transparent, water-based nanocoatings are environmentally benign
Light-weight Structure Material and Process
JEFF DEGRANGE, Vice President, Stratasys Inc.
 Ultem 9085
 Flame/Smoke/Toxicity (FST) material
 Additive manufacturing
 Fused Deposition Molding (FDM) process
Nomex® XF: New Lightweight, Thin Flame Barrier for FAR 25.856 and 25.853 Applications
BILL PARDO, Global Marketing Manager Performance Materials, DuPont Protection
Technologies
 Nomex® XF Intrinsic Properties
 Nomex® XF in Composites
 Current Applications
 Future Applications
Process Conversion from Vacuum Bagged Layup to Compression Molding: Thermoset to
Thermoplastic
NICK BUSCH, R&D Engineer, Triumph Composite Systems
 Reason to switch materials and process
 Material selection
 Process development
 Benefits of new process
Low OSU/FST Epoxy Prepreg Matrix for Aircraft Interior Components
JOHNNY LINCOLN, President, Axiom Materials, Inc.
RAJ DHAWAN, Axiom Materials, Inc.
In response to increasing demand for higher strength, lower toxicity materials for
aircraft interiors, Axiom Materials, Inc. has developed and characterized a line of OSU/FST
compliant prepregs based on epoxy resin chemistry. Conventional interior prepregs have
become a less attractive option for new programs due to increased concern about their toxicity,
and a legacy of inconsistent quality, complicated processing cycles, and low strength in both
laminar and sandwich structure properties. Epoxy-based, low OSU/FST systems represent a
significant step forward in the development of environmentally-benign, high-strength, fireresistant composite products for aircraft interiors. Basic chemistry and driving factors in the
development of the prepreg systems are reviewed. Data are presented with respect to physical,
mechanical, and flammability properties of the epoxy systems on fiberglass and carbon
reinforcements in both laminar and sandwich structures. Data sets indicate performance levels
similar to those of traditional phenolic systems with regard to flammability, and superior with
regard to strength. Material transition implications and future material designs were also
explored.
Thermoplastic Composites for Interior Structures
DAVID MANTEN, President, DTC
 Progress of using thermoplastics in seating
 Interior brackets using press forming and welding
 Using CFRTP scrap to use in injection molding of interior brackets
High Elongation Glass Fibers for Aircraft Interior Applications
JUAN C. SERRANO, Business Development Manager
JAMES C. PETERS, Associate Director Science and Technology, PPG Industries.
 Fiber reinforcement cost/benefit analysis
 Global supply and availability trends
 Technical performance metrics
 Low velocity impact testing of various composites made with these fibers
Impact prone aircraft interior components such as overhead stowage bins, aircraft
flooring/ceiling panels and galleys are traditionally made with honeycomb cored sandwich
structures that incorporate fabric based face sheets (made with glass or carbon fibers). This
paper will highlight the benefits of recently developed low density/high performance glass fiber
reinforcements designed to achieve increased impact performance and lower weight making
them ideally suited for these applications. As part of this presentation, fiber reinforcement
cost/benefit analysis, global supply and availability trends, and technical performance metrics.
Mechanical properties highlighted will include low velocity impact testing of various composite
materials produced with these fibers as well as basic static mechanical properties of the
reinforcement suitable for aircraft design engineers and prepreg producers.
A Comparative Study of High Performance Infusion-grade Thermosetting Resins with Various
Advanced Reinforcement Fibers
RICK PAUER, Market Manager, CCP Composites
 Infused laminate property data comparing high performance epoxy resin to both a
rubber-modified vinyl-ester and a urethane-ester
 Infused laminate property data comparing carbon fiber to E-Glass and H-Glass fiber
 DMA Tg of infused epoxy as compared to vinyl-ester and urethane-ester
 Out-of-autoclave processing advantages of infused thermosetting resins
Reduced Weight Aircraft Interior Structures via Optimized Reinforcements
FREDRIK OHLSSON, Product Development Director, Oxeon AB
MARK SHIOLENO, Aerospace Sales Manager - North America, Oxeon Inc.
Case histories of TeXtreme® Spread Tow carbon reinforcements to reduce weight in
aircraft structures will be discussed, including design theory, optimization techniques and
current research.
 Spread tow reinforcements
 Reinforcement optimization
 Current research
 Customer case studies
Polyarylethersulfone-based Long Fiber Thermoplastics (LFT) for Metal Replacement in Aircraft
Interior Applications
RALPH D. MAIER, Manager, Aerospace Technologies, BASF Corporation
RAJ MATHUR, VP & Director, Technology & Business Development, PlastiComp
 BASF aerospace materials
 Polyarylethersulfones
 PlastiComp
 Long Fiber Thermoplastics (LFT) based on polyarylethersulfones