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HexWeb® Honeycomb Selector Guide

HexWeb® Honeycomb Selector Guide
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HexWeb® Honeycomb Selector Guide HexWeb® honeycomb provides exceptional stiffness and strength with little added weight for aerospace and industrial applications

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• Exceptional stiffness and strength with little added weight for the aerospace and industrial markets • Available in a variety of cell sizes and densities • Made from fiberglass, aluminum and aramid mechanical papers Honeycomb is a lightweight core material for structural stiffening applications. This versatile material is widely used in the construction of aircraft components such as floors, interior paneling and helicopter rotor blade aerofoils. Other applications include railway carriage doors and ceiling panels, marine bulkheads and furniture. Honeycomb is also the ideal material...

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Glass Aramid Product type \r is a registered trademark of E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company Product type

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Honeycomb Configurations W Direction Hexagonal Core The standard hexagonal honeycomb is the basic and most common cellular honeycomb configuration, and is currently available in all metallic and non-metallic materials. OX-Core® The “OX” configuration is a hexagonal honeycomb that has been over-expanded in the “W” direction, providing a rectangular cell configuration that facilitates curving or forming in the “L” direction. The OX process increases “W” shear properties and decreases “L” shear properties when compared to hexagonal honeycomb. Flex-Core® The Flex-Core cell configuration...

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