Ceramic Matrix Composite · Product form
Ceramic Matrix Composite Laminate and Panel
Who supplies cured composite sheet or sandwich panel in this thickness and layup?
What it is
Cured flat or simply curved composite stock, supplied as sheet or as a bonded sandwich panel, for secondary structure, interiors and ballistic applications.
- Typical dimensions
- Thickness from a few plies to over an inch; panel sizes to roughly 4 by 8 feet.
- Also known as
- cured laminate, composite sheet, sandwich panel, ballistic panel, flat stock
Suppliers
Grouped by what they actually are. A mill and a distributor answer different needs.
Mills and producers 2
Companies that manufacture this form. Mill direct means longer lead times and mill minimums, with full melt traceability.
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COI Ceramics VerifiedOxide/Oxide
Oxide CMC laminate. Unlike SiC/SiC, oxide CMC does not require an environmental barrier coating to survive in air, which is the reason it is chosen for exhaust structure.
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GE Aerospace Ceramic Composites VerifiedSiC/SiC
Finished CMC components rather than flat stock: more than 40,000 LEAP turbine shrouds plus five different GE9X hot section components. Produced for GE's own engines; merchant availability was not established.
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