Firemen's Helmet: QC-8800 adds to the Safety of firemen. These helmets have been produced with Quantum Composites material for several years now with outstanding satisfaction both in terms of moldability and part performance.

Quantum Composites received the Composites Institute Award of Excellence for contribution of the Firemen's Helmet in the color category of the Product Awards Competition in conjunction with the Composites Institute's International Composite EXPO.

Volvo Penta's Ocean Series outdrive relies on composite cowlings, gimbal ring and gimbal housing for structural integrity and corrosion resistance. QC-8700 was selected to replace cast aluminum for these parts for corrosion resistance and its capacity to withstand high flexural, tensile and impact loads.

Reasons for this material selection: Corrosion resitance, Mechanical performance and Weight Reduction.

Ram Air Turbine Blade: This part is an aerospace application used in on an Airbus Auxiliary Power Unit (APU). The composites part is molded around a titanium root fitting insert and plated with a very thin layer of nickel; This electrically conductive coating protects the blade from lightning strikes.

Our carbon fiber epoxy was chosen to provide light weight and to offer a coefficient of thermal expansion which is compatible with the root fitting. For this application, Lytex® is the most cost effective choice when compared to various metal alternatives like aluminum, or other composites.

Saw Base: Leading manufacturers of professional power tools benefit from Quantum Composites high strength materials and spirit of innovation. Quantum Composites ESC materials have enabled a major innovation in circular saw design & performance.

Displacing Magnesium & Aluminum the ESC composite base withstands a one-story drop without bending or breaking.

Boeing 700 Series Aircraft:Pursuing weight and cost savings, Boeing has incorporating components made of Quantum Composites thermoset composites instead of aluminum or other materials on all 700 series aircraft including the new 787 Dreamliner.

Lytex 9063 glass reinforced epoxy ESC and Lytex 4149 carbon fiber reinforced epoxy ESC are both qualified by Boeing. Quantum composites material is used extensively in tertiary and secondary structure applications where net shape compression molding can provide cost and weight reduction benefits over aluminum and other metals and cost reduction over prepreg materials. Boeing has increased its reliance on compression molded QCI components as overall composite usage has increased with the newer generation aircraft with higher composite content.

Dodge Viper: The first automotive application of carbon fiber sheet molded composite (CFSMC) is made in nine components of the the 2003 and 2008 Dodge Viper to provide structural performance and to achieve significant weight savings.

Right and left fender support systems employ a total of six carbon fiber composite moldings. In addition, carbon fibers are used to provide selective stiffening to the windshield frame and door inner structures, which consist primarily of conventional glass fiber SMC (GFSMC). The design and analysis, CFSMC materials and process, and performance of these innovative composite structures are discussed.

Aircraft Weapons System Ammunition Cartridge Guide: 
General Dynamics selected compression molded Quantum Composites' Lytex 4149 Carbon Fiber Epoxy Engineered Structural Composite to meet the demands of a new aircraft weapon system's ammunition cartridge guides. The requirement included complex parts in two sizes, with curved vertical walls that form the channels through which ammunition rounds travel enroute from the container box to the weapon's firing chamber.

Other challenges included weight restrictions, the need to match the thermal properties of the container's carbon/epoxy prepreg side panels. Lytex 4149 carbon/epoxy offered superior wear resistance, compared to metals, and provides better vibration damping and fatigue resistance when jarred by ammunition rounds cycling at high-speed through each guide.

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