GLARE® Laminate with S-2 Glass® Fiber0 pages
PRODUCT INFORMATION
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GLARE® Laminate with
S-2 Glass® Fiber
High-Strength Solutions for Your Toughest
Reinforcement Challenges
Airbus A380
S-2 Glass Conventional
Roving Package
GLARE Laminate
Aircraft manufacturers worldwide are always exploring and evaluating materials that can save weight. One of the most
exciting materials under evaluation for primary and secondary aircraft components is GLARE laminate, a sandwich material
constructed from alternating layers of aluminum and S-2 Glass® ber with bond lm. The material, developed at Delft
University of Technology in the Netherlands, has been recognized as one of the top aerospace materials for the future.
GLARE laminate made with AGY’s S-2 Glass reinforcement offers signicant weight savings (15-30 percent) when
compared to conventional aluminum alloys. Corrosion resistance is enhanced as the laminate’s structure acts as a barrier
to the penetration of moisture.
Major airframe manufacturers including Airbus and Boeing are evaluating and qualifying GLARE laminate for applications
ranging from aircraft skins to oor panels and re walls. For example, GLARE laminate was chosen for several key
components on the Airbus A380 passenger jet. These include upper fuselage skins, fuselage butt straps and leading edges
of the horizontal and vertical stabilizers.
Outstanding fatigue resistance and impact properties, impressive mechanical properties, solid re resistance, and lightning
strike resistance are some of GLARE laminates many desirable attributes.
Features
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Glare laminate is produced using autoclave technology
Allows existing manufacturing technology and
investments to be used.
Continuous S-2 Glass bers bridge the aluminum splices
Allows tailor-made skins of any size, not limited by the
width of aluminum rolls.
Crack growth rates 10 to 100 times slower than aluminum
Provides outstanding fatigue resistance
High temperature performance of S-2 Glass is 150°C (302°F)
greater than E-Glass.
Provides excellent re resistance enhancing safety
GLARE is a registered trademark of Structural Laminates Company
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