Medium-to-High Areal Weight Carbon Fiber Prepregs for High-Volume Applications

Zoltek Corporation | 3101 McKelvey Rd. | St. Louis, MO 63044

P: 314-291-5110 | F: 314-291-8536 | E: sales@zoltek.com | W: www.zoltek.com
Panex 35 Prepreg Tapes
Technical Datasheet
Zoltek produces uni-directional (UD) prepreg
tapes based on Panex carbon fber. Zoltek
prepreg is ideal for large-volume composite
applications where high production throughput,
excellent composite properties, and low material
cost are important. A wide selection of epoxy
resin formulations meets most processing and
composite property requirements for tack,
toughness, fow in cure, surface fnish, curetime,
cure temperature, and delivered composite
strength and modulus. Custom formulations are
also available. Zoltek prepreg properties, such as
fber areal weight (FAW), resin content, and
width, are readily adjusted to exactly meet
customer requirements. Packaging options
include core size, interleaf type (paper and/or
poly flm) and number (one side or two), and
custom labeling. Zoltek prepreg production is
geared to large volumes and low cost. Special
projects are welcomed.
Description
Any article or component benefting from the
unique properties of carbon fber composites.
Excellent for hand lay-up or automated fabrica-
tion processes.
Recommended Use
Wind energy, automotive, petroleum production,
aviation, marine, industrial, other transportation,
medical (including X-ray), sports and recreation,
etc.
Applications
Material Overview
Fiber Areal Weight
Resin Content

Width*

Length**
Resin
4.4 to 26.5 oz/yd
Up to 50 in.
Up to 4,900 ft.
28 to 45 percent (wt/wt)
150 to 900 g/m
Up to 127 cm
Up to 1,500 m
SI US
Several epoxy resin formulations are available for processing
fexibility and to meet the requirements of diverse applications.
Zoltek resins vary in cure, mechanical property translation, elonga-
tion, out time, etc.
* Production efciency and pricing may be impacted by tape and width selection
** Maximum roll size is 1,000 lbs net prepreg weight
Panex 35 Prepreg Tapes
0512
Zoltek uni-directional prepreg tapes are supplied
on heavy-walled cardboard tubes. Typical tube
diameters are 10, 12 or 18 inches (25, 30 or 46 centi-
meters, respectively). Tube diameter can be speci-
fed by the customer.
According to customer preference, Zoltek prepreg
tapes are supplied with either paper or poly
(polyethylene) flm on one side only, paper on one
side and poly on the other, or poly flm on both
sides.
Special packaging is available upon request such
as markings, labeling, roll size, packaging confgu-
ration and type, etc.

Typical Packaging
A Certifcate of Analysis is included with each ship-
ment: either a standard Zoltek Certifcate of Analy-
sis or certifcation to a customer specifcation
and/or other special requirements, as requested by
the customer.
Certifcation
Obtain, read, and understand the Material Safety
Data Sheet (MSDS) before use of this or any other
Zoltek product.
Safety
Zoltek Corporation | 3101 McKelvey Rd. | St. Louis, MO 63044
P: 314-291-5110 | F: 314-291-8536 | E: sales@zoltek.com | W: www.zoltek.com
ZR6 resin, Panex 35-13 fber, 500 gsm FAW and 32% resin content in tape. Testing by IMADresden (Germany). Data normalized to 62 percent fber volume.
ZR1 resin, Panex 35-13 fber, 600 gsm FAW and 35% resin content in tape. Testing by the University of Alabama, Birmingham.
Minimum Characteristic Values, 5/95 Confdence Levels per Germanischer Lloyd Requirements for Testing
Tensile Strength
Tensile Modulus
Compressive Strength
Compressive Modulus
Interlaminer Shear Strength
+/-45 In-Plane Shear Strength
+/-45 In-Plane Shear Modulus
Glass Translation Temperature (Tg,G)
SI Typical Properties US Method
Characteristic
Values
276 ksi
19.4 msi
192 ksi
18.7 msi
11 ksi
8.6 ksi
702 ksi
252F
1,903 MPa
134 GPa
1,324 MPa
129 GPa
76 MPa
59 MPa
4.84 GPa
122C
1,712 MPa
124 GPa
1,141 MPa
121 GPa
57 GPa
4.6 GPa
DIN EN ISO 527
DIN EN ISO 527
DIN EN ISO 14126
DIN EN ISO 14126
ASTM D 2344
DIN EN ISO 14129
DIN EN ISO 14129
DMA
C E R T I F I E D
Germanischer Lloyd (GL) has
granted GL approval to Panex 35
Prepreg for use in wind energy
applications.
Approval

No US09000636
ISO 9001
AS9100
BUREAU VERITAS
Certification
PANEX is a registered trademark
of Zoltek Corporation
Germanischer Lloyd Approved, Approval No. WP 1030030 HH