Why Choose EPON™ & EPIKURE™ Epoxy Resins

EPON™ & EPIKURE™ Epoxy Resins

EPON™ & EPIKURE™ epoxy resins and systems have excellent adhesion to a very broad range of substrates. Its low shrinkage exhibited by the systems during curing results in lower stress levels in the finished piece than found in other polymer systems with higher values of shrinkage. This contributes to strong, longer-lived fabricated items.  These systems do not form products during the curing reactions. There are no volatile materials that can lead to voids. Epoxy resins provide excellent electrical insulating characteristics and excellent chemical resistance to a wide variety of corrosive media, especially resistant to caustic as well as acids and solvents.

EPIKURE™ 3015 Epoxy Resin

EPIKURE™ 3015 is a low viscosity amidoamine combined with an EPON epoxy resin to formulate a system which delivers the needed performance for a specific end use or application.

Application Areas:

• Concrete repair
• Metal & plastic adhesive
• Electrical potting
• Casting

Benefits:

Good adhesion; good chemical resistance; low exotherm; low viscosity; high filler loading; fast setting (16 hours at 25C); non-critical mix ratio

EPIKURE™ 3125 Epoxy Resin

EPIKURE™ 3125 is a medium viscosity reactive polyamide curing agent combined with an EPON epoxy resin to formulate a system which delivers the needed performance for a specific end use or application.

Application Areas:

• Maintenance and marine coating
• Potting, casting, and encapsulation
• Adhesive, caulks and grouts

Benefits: Excellent adhesion; good water resistance; good toughness and flexibility; good pigment and substrate wetting; non-critical mix ratio

EPIKURE™ 3140 Epoxy Resin

EPIKURE™ 3140 is a low viscosity reactive polyamide curing agent combined with an EPON epoxy resin to formulate a system which delivers the needed performance for a specific end use or application.

Application Areas:

• Metal and plastic adhesive
• Potting, casting, and encapsulation
• Maintenance and marine coating

Benefits: Good chemical and corrosion resistance; good water resistance; good pigment and substrate wetting; good adhesion; non-critical mix ratio

Curing Agent W

Curing Agent W is a non-MDA aromatic amine combined with an EPON Resin 862 to formulate a system for fabricating composite parts.

Application Areas:

• Advanced composite structures
• Resin transfer molding (RTM)
• Filament winding

Benefits: Low room temperature viscosity; long working life (>20 hrs); low moisture absorption; high-performance properties after an elevated temperature cure.

EPON Resin™ 828 Epoxy Resin

EPON Resin™ 828 is an undiluted clear difunctional Bisphenol A/epichlorohydrin liquid epoxy resin is a versatile epoxy resin when crosslinked with the appropriate EPIKURE curing agent is used for widely for most applications.

Application areas:

• Fiber reinforced pipes, tanks, and composites
• Tooling, casting, and molding
• Construction, electrical and aerospace adhesives
• Maintenance and marine coatings
• Electrical encapsulations and laminates
• Chemical resistant tank lining, flooring, and grouts

Benefits: Mechanical properties (high strength materials are obtained when cured with a variety of curing agents); Adhesive properties (strong adhesion to a broad range of substrates); Electrical properties (very good electrical insulation characteristics and dielectric properties); Chemical resistance (to a broad range of chemicals, including caustic, acids, fuels and solvents)

EPON Resin™ 826 Epoxy Resins

EPON Resin™ 826 is a low viscosity, light colored bisphenol A based epoxy resin finds use in variety of applications when crosslinked with the appropriate EPIKURE curing agents.

Application Areas:

• Fiber reinforced pipes and composites
• Tooling and molding compounds
• Construction, electrical and aerospace adhesives
• Electrical castings and laminates
• Chemical resistant high solids tank lining
• Grouting compounds

Benefits: low viscosity; low color; low ionic contamination; produces high-strength cured systems resistant to chemical attack.

EPON Resin™ 815C

EPON Resin™ 815C is a low viscosity liquid bisphenol A based epoxy resin containing a commercial grade of n-butyl glycidyl ether finds use in variety of applications when crosslinked with the appropriate EPIKURE curing agents.

Application Areas:

• Adhesives
• Electrical casting and encapsulation
• Contact and vacuum bag laminating
• Tooling
• Floor topping and grout compositions

Benefits: low viscosity, which allows for easy pumping and wetting of pigments and fillers; 100% reactive; provides minimal reduction of performance properties.

EPON Resin™ 862 Epoxy Resins

EPON Resin™ 862 is a low viscosity, liquid epoxy resin manufactured from epichlorohydrin and Bisphenol F has superior mechanical, adhesive, electrical and chemical resistance properties when crosslinked with the appropriate EPIKURE curing agent.

Application Areas:

• Maintenance and marine coatings
• Tank lining, flooring and grouts
• Fiber reinforced pipes, tanks, and composites
• Tooling, casting, and molding compounds
• Construction, electrical, and aerospace adhesives

Benefits: low viscosity; low color; good balance of mechanical, adhesive, and electrical properties; Good chemical resistance; superior physical properties vs. diluted resins.