Toray Advanced Composites (formerly TenCate Advanced Composites) is a multi-national producer and supplier of
advanced composite materials. In the twentieth century, it developed a range of
high-performance thermoplastic composites and
thermoset pre-preg resins that are used today in a broad spectrum of applications.
, the company was listed as one of the top advanced polymer composite manufacturers in the global market. It operates six manufacturing facilities in four countries. The corporate office for Toray Advanced Composites USA is located in
Morgan Hill, CA, and the European corporate office is located in
Nijverdal, the Netherlands. They distribute the following composite products worldwide:
* Thermoplastic and thermoset
pre-pregs
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Composite laminates
In materials science, a composite laminate is an assembly of layers of fibrous composite materials which can be joined to provide required engineering properties, including in-plane stiffness, bending stiffness, strength, and coefficient of therm ...
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Tooling Materials
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Syntactic Foams
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Bulk Molding Compounds
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Film Adhesives
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Honeycomb Core
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Compression-molded Parts
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RTM Resins
it was privately held. On March 14, 2018,
Toray announced an agreement with Royal Ten Cate B.V. to acquire TenCate Advanced Composites for 930 million euros. The completion of the transaction occurred on July 17, 2018.
On March 12, 2019, TenCate Advanced Composites announced to change its name to Toray Advanced Composites at JEC World 2019.
Applications
Toray Advanced Composites’
cyanate ester pre-pregs (fibers impregnated with resin) have been used on
Hubble Space Telescope Servicing Mission 4, NASA’s
LADEE
The Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer (LADEE; ) was a NASA lunar exploration and technology demonstration mission. It was launched on a Minotaur V rocket from the Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on September 7, 2013. During its se ...
mission, as well as the first 3D woven composites NASA used in the
Orion Multipurpose Crew Vehicle. Their TenCate Cetex® thermoplastics are found on commercial aircraft manufactured by Airbus, Boeing, Embraer, Fokker, and Gulfstream, and their compression-molded parts are used in
Bell’s 525 Relentless and
V-22 Osprey
The Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey is an American multi-mission, tiltrotor military aircraft with both vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) and short takeoff and landing (STOL) capabilities. It is designed to combine the functionality of a convention ...
helicopters. Their materials have also been used to reduce vehicle weight to improve efficiency in London Underground’s Central Line train, Alfa Romeo’s 4C, and Brunel Racing’s Formula Student car.
Toray Advanced Composites is a Tier 1 member of the Thermoplastic Composites Research Center consortium. Their thermoplastics are used in a variety research applications, including improvements in vehicular crash performance, new circuit board materials for solar arrays, and the development of a low-cost
thermoplastic composite welding process. Their materials are also used in a variety of recreational footwear, medical applications, and orthotic devices, including a prototype articulated brace designed to allow a paraplegic sky-diver greater control while flying.
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Innovative Uses of Composites in Sport
Materials World Magazine, The Institute of Materials, and Mining, 2017-01-04. Accessed 2017-1-31.
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External links
Official website
Companies based in Morgan Hill, California
Aerospace companies
Thermoplastics