Products in Structural Components: Resins, Binders & Matrix Materials

Crystic® Transfer Moulding Resin 783PA is a pre-accelerated, isophthalic polyester resin, designed for use in RTM (Resin Transfer Molding). It is a versatile resin, with good mechanical properties and impact resistance, recommended for the manufacture of mouldings for use in structural, high performance applications.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 397PA is a pre-accelerated isophthalic/neopentyl glycol polyester resin with a high heat deflection temperature and good water and chemical resistance. It is recommended for the fabrication of high-performance laminates for critical applications in aggressive environments. This product is suitable for contact molding and filament winding processes.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 921 is an un-accelerated, orthophthalic, unsaturated polyester resin with a low viscosity to accept the maximum level of filler particles. It has been developed specifically for polymer concrete. Crystic® 921PALV is a lower viscosity, thixotropic version of this product. It is suitable for pigmented castings filled to a low level or not filled at all.

Crystic® Fire Retardant Resin 5046PA is a filled, orthophthalic, pre-accelerated, unsaturated polyester resin suitable for fire retardant applications. It is designed for manufacturing composite parts using hand layup or injection processes. This product is ideal for demanding applications in buildings, public transport, and railways. It has excellent fire resistance and a Q rating of 0.53, achieving M1/F2 standards as a fully cured laminate with Gelcoat 967 PA FR. This product has a low viscosity, which lowers consumption and enhances suitability for RTM processes. The low styrene content also provides better comfort for users, and the stability provides low filler sedimentation. Pigments and additional fillers can be added to this resin. However, their effects should be tested in workshop conditions before being added to the formulation.

Texicryl® AD9122 is a modified styrene acrylic copolymer emulsion that offers excellent water resistance and adhesion to various substrates including wood, rubber and metal. It has been designed for the formulation of low VOC waterbased coatings and can be formulated as mulch coatings for various mulch subatrates.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 196E is a non-accelerated, non-thixotropic, orthophthalic polyester resin for use in hot climates. It has Lloyd's approval and can be used in marine, transportation, building and construction, and industrial applications. This product is particularly suitable for filament winding and pultrusion processes.

Crestapol® 1211A Urethane Acrylate Resin is a partially accelerated, filled, tough urethane acrylate resin designed for applications requiring the highest levels of fire and smoke performance. It incorporates a selected grade of alumina trihydrate (ATH), which makes it suitable for the production of laminates where excellent fire resistance and low levels of smoke and toxic fumes are required. This product is halogen-free and does not contain heavy metals.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 2.420PA is a long gel time, low styrene emission, pre-accelerated orthophthalic polyester resin. This laminating resin has a 45-minute gel time and low exotherm, making it suitable for the molding of large structures and thick laminates. Crystic® Polyester Resin 2.402PALV is the low-viscosity version of this product. It has Lloyd's approval and can be used in marine, transportation, building and construction, and industrial applications.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 272 is an isophthalic polyester resin. It is recommended for use in high-performance applications using filament winding, pultrusion, and centrifugal or contact molding processes. The fully cured laminates have high mechanical strength and excellent strength retention in wet environments at temperatures up to 60ºC.

Crystic® Fire Retardant Resin PD9453PA is a pre-accelerated, filled polyester resin designed for use in RTM and RTM light processes. It is fire-retardant and has a 20-minute gel time. This product's fully cured laminates receive a Class 1 rating according to BS 476 Part 7: 1987. It achieves Class 1 BS476 Part 7.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 625PA is a thixotropic, tough, pre-accelerated isophthalic polyester resin with good heat and chemical resistance properties. It can be used in filament winding applications and is ideally suited for the production of heat-resistant and dimensionally stable molds. This product has a 20-minute gel time.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 701PAX is a pre-accelerated isophthalic polyester resin with low viscosity and controlled exotherm characteristics. It is designed for use in vacuum infusion processes. This product has Lloyd's approval and is suitable for use in marine, wind energy, building and construction, and transportation.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 703PA is a pre-accelerated dicyclopentadiene (DCPD)-based polyester resin primarily designed for vacuum injection. With its low viscosity and controlled exotherm characteristics, it is particularly suited for large vacuum injections, although other techniques can be used. This resin is approved by Lloyd’s Register of Shipping and has excellent impact resistance, especially due to its compatibility with most reinforcement types. Because of this, it is suitable for a number of heavy-duty applications within the marine, building and construction, and transportation industries. The curing reaction requires only the addition of a catalyst to begin and should be carried out at workshop temperature. The resin, mold, and workshop should all be allowed to reach at least 15°C before the process is carried out. This resin is not ideally suited for the addition of fillers or pigments, and you should get in touch with one of our technical experts before using any additives.

Crystic® Orthophthalic Spray Topcoat 408PA White is a pre-accelerated flowcoat with excellent scuff resistance, designed for use in general purpose GRP moldings. It is based on a high quality orthophthalic unsaturated polyester resin and is suitable for all general molding requirements. The product is pigmented using a highly UV resistant grade of titanium dioxide.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 1124PA is an orthophthalic, low-viscosity, unsaturated polyester resin. It is supplied as a solution dissolved in monomeric styrene. This product is pre-accelerated to give a sufficient pot life for contact molding using Andonox® KP9 at normal ambient temperatures. It has been formulated to give a rapid cure time while retaining a usable pot life and a normal peak exotherm temperature. For an extra-rapid cure, the use of acetoacetonyl peroxide (Andonox® PD40) is recommended.

Crestapol® 1213A Urethane Acrylate Resin is a thermosetting resin based on methacrylates that is amine pre-accelerated and heavily filled with 170 phr alumina trihydrate (ATH) fire retardant filler to achieve excellent low smoke and low toxicity fire performance. This resin is developed specially for both hand lamination and closed mold applications.

Crystic® Vinyl Ester Resin VE679-03PA is a pre-accelerated, DCPD modified, vinyl ester resin developed for use as a infusion resin with a wide range of gel times with various catalysts. It has excellent blister resistance and significantly reduces the occurrence of print through, to produce durable moldings with an enhanced surface finish.

Crystic® Resin S15.6 is a very flexible unsaturated polyester resin based on adipic acid. It can be used alone or in conjunction with other polyester resins for the manufacturing of flexible products. Impregnating resins particularly isophtalic resins can be flexibilised by addition of Crystic® Resin S15.6 without any significant impact on the chemical resistance properties.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 702PAX is a pre-accelerated orthophthalic polyester resin with low viscosity and controlled exotherm characteristics. It is designed for use in vacuum infusion processes. This product has Lloyd's approval and is suitable for use in marine, wind energy, building and construction, and transportation.

Crystic® Polyester Resin 406COS is a non-thixotropic, non-accelerated, orthophthalic unsaturated polyester resin used for casting, artificial marble, and solid surface applications. This product has a 5-minute gel time. It contains UV absorbers, allowing very good resistance to yellowing and UV radiation.

Crystic® FR1166 PAK is a filled, orthophtalic, pre accelerated, low styrene content and thixotropic unsaturated polyester resin. It has to be used when excellent low smoke and fire resistant laminates are required. Crystic PD1166 PAK is halogen free and does not contain heavy metals.

Texicryl® 17-0376 is a modified styrene acrylic copolymer emulsion designed for use in high performance anticorrosive primers. It has been specifically designed for the formulation of low VOC waterbased anticorrosive primers which provide excellent salt spray (to ASTM B117), humidity and prohesion resistance on clean metal substrates.

Crystic® Polyester Resin U904LVK is an orthophtalic, pre accelerated, non thixotropic, unsaturated polyester resin. It has to be used when good mechanical properties and good heat resistance are required. The product has been designed to be catalysed with a conventional MEKP at 50% while giving a very fast demold time under quite low exotherm.

XECARB® 2-C30 is a 30% carbon fiber reinforced PA6

XECARB® 30-C30 is a 30% carbon fiber reinforced PA6.10

A non-draining, 100% solids, no VOCs epoxy system for producing fiber reinforced epoxy composites. A single resin (StrongBond™ 400A Saturant Resin-Part A) with available choices of curing agents provides the maximum flexibility for a variety of fiber reinforced applications

A non-draining, 100% solids, no VOCs epoxy system for producing fiber reinforced epoxy composites. A single resin (StrongBond™ 400A Saturant Resin-Part A) with available choices of curing agents provides the maximum flexibility for a variety of fiber reinforced applications

A non-draining, 100% solids, no VOCs epoxy system for producing fiber reinforced epoxy composites. A single resin (StrongBond™ 400A Saturant Resin-Part A) with available choices of curing agents provides the maximum flexibility for a variety of fiber reinforced applications

A non-draining, 100% solids, no VOCs epoxy system for producing fiber reinforced epoxy composites. A single resin (StrongBond™ 400A Saturant Resin-Part A) with available choices of curing agents provides the maximum flexibility for a variety of fiber reinforced applications

DISTITRON® 427 AN2 - Unsaturated polyester resin in styrene,Orthophthalic. It is used to produce furnitures and sanitary through casting,mix with fillers and/or additives method.

ENYDYNE® H 66126 TAE - Unsaturated polyester resin in styrene,DCPD. It is used to produce pipes and tanks through hand lay up and spray up method.

EPOLAM 2020 is a Variable reactivity by addition of an accelerator Tg ~80°C

NORSODYNE® F 16207 AEL - Unsaturated polyester resin in styrene,Orthophthalic. It is used as general purpose in filament winding,injection molding,rtm method.

XTX Composites 3216FR Epoxy Resin is mainly applied in fire retardant level requirement of fiber reinforced composite material structures, such as rail transportation, yachts, car interiors and part structure composite material. This resin composite material structure, when heated and close to the fire will not release toxic and harmful gasses. Especially suitable for infusion process, RTM process (low viscosity and low surface tension of resin can quickly be capillary action, fully infiltrate various reinforced material) and had lay-up process. 3216FR resin with 3216AH is for infusion process; 3216FR resin with 3216BH is for hand lay-up process.

Rhino Linings USA, Inc. 1310T Resin is a Thixotropic (non-draining) Epoxy for Laminating and Tooling. Thixotropic version of 1310L-6 used for vertical laminates, tooling or where a nondraining epoxy system is desired.

Stypol® RSP10022 - pre-promoted unsaturated polyester DCPD blend resin. Main applications areas are agrochemical, agrobusiness, automotive, building and construction, composites, industrial sector, marine, mass transports etc.