Composite – AMC

Wet Lay-Up and Infusion Systems

Sika offers a wide range of high performance composite resins being used for mold making and as well as parts production. Our composite resins are well designed to meet the highest standards of production, performance and process efficiency.

Our composite resins consist of epoxy and polyurethane which are specially formulated with various kind of parameters to meet specific processes and application in composite industry such as wet lay-up, vacuum infusion, RTM, pultrusion and filament winding.

WET LAY-UP SYSTEMS

Epolam 2008

Epolam 2010

Epolam 2017

Epolam 2051

Overview – Wet Lay-Up Systems

Product	Description	Colour	Application	Density(g/cm³)	Pot life (mins)	Viscosity (mPa.s)	Shore Hardness	Tensile Strength (MPa)	Thermal resistance (°C)
Epolam 2008/F	Low viscosity, good wetting ability	Yellow	Multipurpose epoxy system with the choice of 2 hardeners, no foaming, variable curing time	1.10	20-30	700	82 D	50	70
Epolam 2008/S	Low viscosity, good wetting ability	Yellow		1.10	50-60	900	81 D	50	65
Epolam 2010/2010	Wet lay-up room temperature system with the choice of 3 hardeners for tooling and parts production	Amber	Composite moulds and parts, can be used as gelcoat or concrete back-up with addition of fillers	1.16	30-35	1000	83 D	65	50
Epolam 2010/2011				1.16	60-70	900	83 D	55	50
Epolam 2010/2012				1.16	120-150	800	83 D	50	55
Epolam 2017/2017	New system with same processing conditions as Epolam 2015, DNV-GL approved but with much quicker demoulding times	Amber	Production of composite structures by wet lay-up, vacuum infusion and low pressure injection, good behavior on wood impregnation	1.16	35	550	88 D	73	84
Epolam 2017/2018		Amber		1.16	160	350	86 D	68	75
Epolam 2051	High thermal resistance, dimensional stability, easy to process	Amber	RIM mould, PU foam mould, RTM mould, thermoforming mould	1.12	110	1200	86 D	65	140

Overview - Wet Lay-Up Systems

INFUSION SYSTEMS

Epolam 2031

Epolam 2040

Overview – Infusion Systems

Product	Description	Colour	Application	Density(g/cm³)	Pot life (mins)	Viscosity (mPa.s)	Shore Hardness	Tensile Strength (MPa)	Thermal resistance (°C)
Epolam 2031/2031	New infusion system with 2 compatible hardeners; adjustable processing time and heat resistance up to 140°C	Amber	Production of composite moulds and structures by infusion method	1.12	100	350	88 D	80	138
Epolam 2031/2032		Amber		1.12	200	550	88 D	70	145
Epolam 2040/2042	Low viscosity with excellent wetting ability, choice of 2 hardeners. Germanischer Lloyd (GL) approval for high performance composite parts	Amber	Production of composite structures by infusion method. Ideally for nautism, wind, general industries	1.10	100	300	88 D	75	93
Epolam 2040/2047		Amber		1.10	300	220	88 D	71	86

Overview - Infusion Systems