With state-of-the-art equipment and an industry-leading engineering and operations team, MAC is ready to help solve any composite material challenge. In addition to prepreg production, our team can support material characterization as well as acceptance and qualification testing.
Film Line
- Up to 50″ wide
- Forward roll & reverse roll capabilities
Film Transfer Prepreg Line
- Up to 50″ wide
- Fabric & unidirectional tapes
Direct Impregnation Hot-Melt Coating Line
- Up to 50″ wide
- Direct, in-line, automated mixing for high volume production resins
- Fabric & unidirectional tape
Cut and ply and various orientations
Multi-opening Press for Flat Laminate Production
Slitting and Rewinding
Physical Testing
- Resin Content/ Fiber Aerial Weight of Prepreg (ASTM D3529)
- Resin Content/ Fiber Volume/ Void Content of Laminates (ASTM D3171)
- Prepreg Flow (ASTM D3531)
- Prepreg Volatile Content (ASTM D3530)
- Prepreg/Resin Gel Time (ASTM D3532)
Rheological and Thermal Analysis
- Rheometer (-50°C to 500°C)
- Dynamic Mechanical Analyzer (DMA) (-50°C to 500°C)
- Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) (-40°C to 400°C)
Mechanical Testing
- 300 kN Load Frame with Environmental Chamber (-70°C to 300°C)
- Tension (ASTM D3039)
- Compression (ASTM D6641)
- Short Beam Shear (ASTM D2344)
- In-Plane Shear (ASTM D5379)
- Flexural (ASTM D7264, D790)
- Boeing Open-Hole Compression (ASTM D6484)
- Open-Hole Tension (ASTM D5766)
- Flatwise Tensile – (ASTM C297)
- KIC Fracture Toughness/ GIC Strain Energy Release Rate (ASTM D5045)
- Neat Resin Tensile (ASTM D638)
- Neat Resin Compression (ASTM D695)
- Neat Resin Flexural (ASTM D790)