General Plastics Manufacturing Company will exhibit at SAMPE Tech October 22-23, 2013 in Wichita, Kansas. The company will highlight its aerospace-specific products at Booth #B25 in the Century II Convention Center. During this premier exhibition of advanced materials and processes, General Plastics will spotlight its LAST-A-FOAM® FR-4700 High-Temperature Tooling Board Series and its aerospace-grade composite core boards.
“This show is a great venue to present our high-performance LAST-A-FOAM® FR-4700 HT Tooling Board Series, which is extremely cost-effective for monolithic tools and molds,” said General Plastics President Bruce Lind. “It is always consistent, easily machined and it supports prepreg composite layup tooling for applications up to 400º F. These qualities make this tooling board ideal for models, master plugs, pattern making and large-scale molds.”
Beyond making molds for short-run composite tools highly affordable, General Plastics’ FR-4700 Series products offer outstanding stability and versatility. Their higher glass transition temperature and low coefficient of thermal expansion (CTE) make them suitable for use in vacuum-forming applications where other urethane products may soften or deform.
General Plastics’ LAST-A-FOAM® FR-3700 Performance Core and FR-6700 Aerospace-Grade Board Series will be featured at SAMPE as well. Both of these high performance, flame-retardant product lines are ideal for models and design prototypes; composite core; vacuum-forming and mold patterns; and honeycomb edge closeout for aircraft interior sandwich panels (overhead stow bins, passenger cabin class dividers, galleys and lavatories).