RCS - Haydale Graphene Ind - Graphene-Enhanced Prepreg Extends Tool Life

Haydale Graphene IndustriesAnnouncement

20/12/2022 07:00

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RNS Number : 2153K  Haydale Graphene Industries PLC  20 December 2022

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 For immediate release  20(th) December 2022

Haydale Graphene Industries plc

 

('Haydale' or the 'Group')

 

Haydale Graphene-Enhanced Prepreg Extends Tool Life Over 100 per cent

 

Haydale, (AIM: HAYD), the global technology solutions company, is pleased to
be launching its graphene-enhanced prepreg after extended field trials more
than doubled the manufacture of composite parts.

 

Using Haydale's HDPlas technology, functionalised graphene is added to high
performing tooling epoxy resin and then pre-impregnated onto a suitable carbon
fibre reinforcement for use in tool manufacture.

 

The graphene-enhanced epoxy prepreg tooling material is designed to deliver
cost-efficient composite tooling with extended tooling life, improved surface
quality and enhanced thermal conductivity.

 

Working with a UK Automotive Tier 1 composite parts manufacturer, Prodrive
Composites Ltd ("Prodrive"), the tooling prepreg has been on trial for two
years, and they have been delighted with the performance they have seen.

 

"We have been producing duplicate parts with both our standard and the
nano-enhanced version and can say with confidence that the Haydale material
has delivered more than 500 parts without any deterioration of the mould
surface. Using the standard version, we would expect approximately 250 pulls
from a tool before it is replaced," says Matt Bradney, Director of Business
Development, Prodrive.

 

Commenting on the graphene-enhanced prepreg, Keith Broadbent Haydale CEO said:

 

"With fibre-reinforced composites gaining in use across aerospace and
automotive applications, the fact that our functionalised graphene can extend
the tooling life significantly will mean substantial cost savings for the
producer and end user."

 

Switching over to the graphene-enhanced prepreg requires no changes to
standard processing for use in autoclave and out-of-autoclave (OOA)
applications.

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For further information:

Haydale Graphene Industries plc

Keith Broadbent,
CEO
Tel: +44 (0) 1269 842946

Sarah Thomas, Marketing Manager
                                  Tel: +44 (0) 1269 507026

 

finnCap (Nominated Adviser & Broker)

Julian Blunt / Edward Whiley, Corporate Finance
                    Tel: +44 (0) 20 7220 0500

Andrew Burdis, ECM

 

Notes to Editors

 

Haydale is a global technologies and materials group that facilitates the
integration of graphene and other nanomaterials into the next generation of
commercial technologies and industrial materials. With expertise in graphene,
silicon carbide and other nanomaterials, Haydale can deliver improvements in
electrical, thermal, and mechanical properties, as well as toughness through
its state-of-the-art functionalisation. Haydale has granted patents for its
technologies in Europe, USA, Australia, Japan, and China and operates from
five sites in the UK, USA, and the Far East.

 

For more information please visit: www.haydale.com (http://www.haydale.com)
 

 

LinkedIn: Haydale-ltd

Twitter: @haydalegraphene

 

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