Elium® liquid thermoplastic resin

Elium® liquid thermoplastic resin by Arkema is a cost-effective, breakthrough innovation with recasting capacity. It enables the manufacture of 100% recyclable wind turbine blades.

• Suitable for the production continuous carbon fiber or fiber glass thermoplastic composite parts of all sizes and in complex shapes.
• Offers the advantage of thermoforming and thermowelding.
• Recommended for wind energy, construction and sports sector including cycling shoe soles, tennis rackets, hockey sticks and helmets.
• Used in bodywork panels and can replace the metal in bodies-in-white and various structural components for the automotive or railroad sectors.
• Elium® liquid thermoplastic resin exhibits easy implementation, short setting times at ambient temperature and compatibility with many technologies for transforming thermosetting resins.
• It utilizes infusion technology used for wind turbine blades or for boat hulls, resin transfer molding, sheet molding compound, pultrusion and permeated tapes.
• Possesses excellent surface appearance, fireproof properties and high electrical insulation.
• It replaces corrosion-prone cables and strands for prestressed concrete used in segmental bridge construction.
• It has been tested on standard pultrusion machines, again with IRT M2P in Metz, to produce ultra-resistant bars and cables.