Composite materials

Elet.Ca, with its Composite Materials Division is present in the Military and professional market with the manufacturing of high technology armors,radomes, polarizers, covers and other manufactures for boat yards, automotive and aeronautic, covering the whole product cycle (from R&D to the final assembly).

The company organization and the quality of the products meet the UNI EN ISO 9001:2000 and/or AQAP 110 standards; such high levels are guaranteed by staff professionality, continuous research for improvement of processes and technology,
as well as tested experience of many years.

Elet.ca is equipped with state-of-the-art machinery for the whole product cycle (design and final assembly).

Carbon fibres are utilized for the realization of manufactures having the highest mechanical specifications.
On the market there are a lot of fibres able to cover almost completely the range of coefficients of elasticity from 200 to 500 GPa and others with variable resistances up to 4 GPa in case of tensile stress breaking.

For particular needs Elet.Ca Composite Materials Division also utilizes aramide fibres and silica fibres.

The first ones are mostly utilized for ballistic use, the second ones are utilized in thermal defence.
In order to exploit fibres specifications at best, suitable resins are used.
Nowadays the most utilized plastic matrix is the epoxy-based type both as a matrix in the composites and as a structural adhesive for high quality technical applications.
For particular uses such as high operative temperatures, polyamides and phenolic fibres are available on condition that no mechanical performances are required.Within the limits of resins for matrixes there are hundreds, maybe thousands of different formulas able to satisfy all requirements; that’s why it is important, in the definition of materials to be utilized, to point out all specifications concerning operating instructions, critical parameters and costing.

Elet.Ca technical staff si able to study and develop the right method to obtain the maximum of composite performances.