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Soric®

Lantor Soric® Flexible Core

Core material and infusion medium in one

Soric is a polyester nonwoven material with a compression resistant hexagonal (XF, SF, LRC) or random dot-printed (TF) cell structure. These pressure-resistant cells, which are separated by channels, contain synthetic micro-spheres.
The cells do not absorb resin and therefore limit the total resin up-take. Since these cells are pressure resistant, they create thickness in the laminate even when pressure is applied by vacuum bag. The channels facilitate resin flow and form a pattern of cured resin with good mechanical properties and excellent bonding to the outer skins.

Because of these unique properties and characteristics, Soric can be used as:
    * Thin core (bulker), adding stiffness, while reducing weight
    * Inter-laminar resin flow medium, eliminating the need for other (disposable) flow media
    * Print blocker (liner), that meets the most demanding cosmetic and finish requirements.

Soric SF

Soric SF is the general purpose grade, balancing resin flow and surface quality. Soric SF is therefore especially suitable for thinner laminates.

Soric XF

Soric XF maximises weight reduction in structural core applications. Soric XF offers the fastest resin flow for the lowest resin consumption, and is therefore ideal for thicker laminates.

Soric TF

Soric TF is the ideal product for the most demanding cosmetic and surface finish requirements. Soric TF can be used as a core, but is most often used as a print blocker in infused laminates.

Development Product: Soric LRC
(Low Resin Consumption)

Soric LRC is the latest grade in the Soric product line. Soric LRC has a resin uptake of about 350 g/m2/mm.
Soric LRC is now commercially available in thicknesses of 1.5 mm, 2 mm and 3 mm.

New Product! FR-Soric®

Flexible, Flame Retardant Core for Closed Mould Processes

A Flexible Core Innovation for the “Fire-Smoke-Toxicity Market”

What would it be worth to you to increase the FST- performance of a composite part and have similar processing and properties present or improve processing and mechanical properties with the same FST performance?!

The world today has several interesting and important challenges to face. Reducing oil/fuel usage, providing mobility and transportation to the ever growing number of “world-inhabitants” and providing sustainable housing are just some of them.

The challenges of “mobility and reducing fuel usage“ support the idea of a growing and more complex “public-transport-society” in which more focus is put on public transportation possibilities which are available or can be developed.

In both cases an important strategy is creating lightweight-designs. In other words: make the transportation vehicles as light as possible without compromising today’s design-, comfort-, functionality- and safety requirements.

Composite solutions following this strategy offer both designers and engineers a whole range of possibilities, which are in fact exciting and challenging themselves as design freedom with composites is enormous and properties can be tailored according to requirements.

Two important processes usable for abovementioned solutions are Vacuum Infusion and RTM-Light primarily due to cost efficiency requirements. A new Flexible Fire Retardent Core, FR-Soric, is under development by Lantor BV which is suited for both these processes and will support lightweight composite solutions in the Mass Transit and Building & Construction market.

In this new FR-SORIC, the loading of the Halogen Free flame retardant can be tailored, depending on it's application. FR-Soric enables you to have all the Soric advantages, e.g. design freedom (flexibility) weight reduction and flow support, and Integrate the supportive fire resistant role of this flexible core in your “FST-application”.

This new material will Enhance FR-properties in a GRP-laminate, resulting in less after burning time, less destroyed area, less smoke and overall easier passing of FR-tests.