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Lambient Technologies designs and produces instruments for real-time analysis of the curing of thermosets and advanced composite materials such as those used in aerospace, automotive, marine, and wind power applications. Our products offer unique insights into how these materials react and change during curing, processing, and manufacturing. Armed with this critical data, users can proceed with research, quality testing, and final production, confident in the integrity of their processes and materials—and in the reliability of their finished products.

R&D

For researchers working on new formulations of thermoset materials, it's critical to gather specific data about material reaction. Lambient Technologies' products provide exact details on how time and temperature affect materials processing—improving efficiencies and cutting research and development costs.

 

Qa/qc

Lambient Technologies' solutions reveal cure state in real time during quality assurance and quality control. With our CureView software, users can overlay data from different cures to compare ion viscosity data in QA/QC, allowing potentially costly errors to be identified and addressed before materials move to final production.

 

manufacturing

In manufacturing of raw resins, sheet/bulk molding compounds, and prepregs, and in finished products such as bath fixtures, wind turbine blades, and aerospace and automotive components, Lambient Technologies' solutions show cure progress in real time, giving users the data they need to ensure the quality of end products.

 
 

Latest News: Carbon+Unitrode SenSor for cure monitoring of carbon fiber composites with direct contact

Lambient Technologies has released the Carbon+Unitrode sensor, enabling cure monitoring by direct contact with carbon fiber reinforced prepreg (CFRP), carbon fiber sheet molding compound (CF-SMC) and other similar composites. Because conductive fillers can short circuit a sensor, a filter normally must be placed over the electrodes to block them. The new Carbon+ sensors have a rugged insulating coating that prevents carbon fibers from contacting the sensor, avoiding the use of filters and opening new possibilities for monitoring carbon fiber composites during rapid, repetitive operations such as manufacturing. Read our press release here, and find detailed information in our application note.

first-ever combined ac/dc measurement system

Available now, Lambient Technologies’ LT-440 Dielectric Channel offers the industry’s only cure measurement system to combine AC and DC measurement capabilities. The LT-440 provides a single solution that functions as a research-grade toolset for measuring the entire cure of thermosets and composites, as well as a specialized system for gathering accurate data on extremely resistive materials such as silicones. Check out the CompositesWorld article on our approach to combining AC and DC measurement, and read our press release here.

what is dielectric cure monitoring (dea)? 

Dielectric cure monitoring, also known as dielectric analysis (DEA), is a technique for measuring degree of cure in advanced composites such as bulk, sheet, and epoxy molding compounds, carbon fiber prepregs, adhesives, paints and coatings, and other thermosets. Compared to traditional cure testing, dielectric cure monitoring delivers faster, less expensive, and more precise and comprehensive results. Materials can be tested in R&D and QA/QC applications, and these tests can be repeated in manufacturing. With the data gained from DEA, companies save time and avoid serious errors that can result in faulty materials and failure-prone end products. 

WHITE PAPER: ACCELERATING COMPOSITES PRODUCTION WITH DIELECTRIC CURE MONITORING

Manufacturers often use experience and guesswork to determine when to remove large and costly components, such as wind turbine blades and aerospace parts, from molds. But acting too soon or too late can be a costly, time-wasting mistake. With dielectric analysis, manufacturers gain a cost-effective, simple method to learn exactly when these materials are cured to their specifications. Are you ready to stop guessing about cure state? Fill out this form to get our free white paper.

Components such as wind turbine blades are produced in molds. These parts have significant variations in size, thickness, and many other factors, along their considerable length - which can make it difficult to know for sure when they should be de-m…

Components such as wind turbine blades are produced in molds. These parts have significant variations in size, thickness, and many other factors, along their considerable length - which can make it difficult to know for sure when they should be de-molded. Mistakes can render expensive parts unusable.

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Closeup of carbon fiber material.

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