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Thermosetting Resins

KANE ACE™ MX series is a masterbatch product of Core-Shell Rubber (CSR) which is uniformly pre-dispersed at high concentration in thermosetting resins including epoxy resins.
KANE ACE™ MX improves fracture toughness, adhesive properties, impact strength, fatigue resistance and heat shock resistance, etc., while maintaining the thermal properties of thermosetting resins (heat resistance, rigidity, etc.) (Examples of properties improvement)

Feature of KANE ACE™ MX

  • Improves fracture toughness and adhesive properties, etc., while maintaining thermal properties
  • Can be dispersed uniformly without cumbersome/time-consuming mixing or dispersion process
  • Applicable for wide variety of thermosetting resins, curatives and various cure conditions
  • Gives stable sea-island morphology and therefore high reproducibility

Applications

  • Adhesive (automotive, aerospace and industrial structural adhesives, bonding paste for wind turbines)
  • Composite material (pressure vessels, auto parts, aerospace, pipes, sporting goods, wind turbine blades)
  • Others (E&E encapsulants, casting materials, molding compounds, 3D printing inks, CCL, etc.)

Solutions

  • Enhances impact resistance and fracture toughness of cured products without depression of thermal properties
  • Improves fatigue resistance and heat shock resistance by stress relaxation
  • Reduces defect rate and improve manufacturing yield by preventing cure-related cracks
  • Enhances adhesive properties and crash resistance under lower temperature
  • Shows stable performance regardless of cure conditions
  • Saves time-consuming process for mixing powder material into liquid resins

Example of Grades

Bis-A Epoxy

Product CSR CSR Content Viscosity [mPa.s@50ºC]
MX-125 SBR 25% 5,500
MX-153 PBd 33% 17,000
MX-257 37% 18,000
MX-150 40% 16,000
MX-154 40% 25,000
MX-160 45% 25,000
MX-962 Silicone 25% 3,000

Bis-F Epoxy

Product CSR CSR Content Viscosity [mPa.s@50ºC]
MX-136 PBd 25% 2,500
MX-267 37% 7,000
MX-965 Silicone 25% 1,500

TGMDA based Tetra-functional Epoxy

Product CSR CSR Content Viscosity [mPa.s@50ºC]
MX-414 PBd 25% 30,000

TGPAP based Tri-functional Epoxy

Product CSR CSR Content Viscosity [mPa.s@50ºC]
MX-451 SBR 25% 12,000

Cycloaliphatic Epoxy

Product CSR CSR Content Viscosity [mPa.s@50ºC]
MX-553 PBd 30% 3,000
MX-555 40% 4,500

Unsaturated Polyester Resin

Product CSR CSR Content Viscosity [mPa.s@50ºC]
MX-010 PBd 40% 6,000 @ 25ºC

PPG MW 1000

Product CSR CSR Content Viscosity [mPa.s@50ºC]
MX-710 PBd 40% 4,000 @ 25ºC

PPG MW 400

Product CSR CSR Content Viscosity [mPa.s@50ºC]
MX-714 PBd 40% 2,000 @ 25ºC
  • These are typical but not guaranteed values.

Related information

Core-Shell Rubber (CSR)

Appearance of KANE ACE™ MX, CSR dispersion in cured epoxy (TEM image), schematic figure of CSR

Fracture Toughness

Fracture toughness and glass transition temperature (Tg) with adding KANE ACE™ MX.
Formulation: DGEBA/CSR/MTHPA

Adhesive property

Improve adhesive properties of 1 component epoxy adhesive
Formulation: DGEBA/CSR/DICY/Fillers