DATA SHEETS PRODUCT EXPLORER CONTACT Home Markets Products Company Resources Media Contact Us Newsletter Sign Up Lightweight to Elevate Advanced Air Mobility challenges engineers to rethink manufacturing for transportation. Materials must be light, strong, and rapidly producible in high volume. Toray provides the composite solutions today for a new era in urban travel. Urban Air Mobility OverviewProductsApplication AreasResourcesWhy Toray Composites Make eVTOL Flight Possible Advanced Air Mobility has arrived. With test flights and commercial use predicted to begin in a few short years – designs for affordable commuter-style air travel in urban and rural areas are well underway. Composites technology is critical to the development and growth of this market—fiber reinforced composite materials create very strong lightweight structures, allowing eVTOL aircraft to fly maximum distances with minimal electric power. Experience and innovations with thermosets and thermoplastics can now deliver cost-effective prototype-to-production scale designs while supporting rapid, high-volume manufacturing. Toray Advanced Composites is your eVTOL design partner. Our extensive aerospace and high-performance automotive experience, broad portfolio of lightweight fiber reinforced composites, and comprehensive databases help you create your eVTOL application. From primary structures and propulsion components to seat structures, interior cabin components, access doors and battery covers, your designs have the advantage with Toray materials inside. The Masters of Vertical and Transitional Flight Dragonflies are one of the original masters of vertical and transitional flight. We chose the dragonfly as our UAM/AAM symbol due to its eVTOL-like exceptional maneuverability and its deep heritage as a symbol of transformation, adaptability, and harmony. The unique flying characteristics of the dragonfly parallel those of the eVTOL aircraft. By the fast and graceful motion created with their wings, they can lift and land vertically, hover, and fly at varying speeds in all directions. With more than 5,000 dragonfly species in existence, each varying by their unique wing structures, they illustrate how a variety of designs can achieve success. Their power, adaptability, and harmony also embody the wholistic approach a Toray partnership offers designers to help create their innovative eVTOL designs. Composite Materials for UAM Below we cherry pick our star products for UAM from our broad portfolio of advanced composite materials. Our complete product offering can be viewed in our UAM Product Selector Guide View full UAM Product Selector Guide Format Product Resin Tm Processing Temp Out life (days) Database / Qualifications Description Thermoplastic Prepreg Cetex® TC1225 LM PAEK 305°C (581°F) 340–385°C (644–725°F) Indefinite +++ Outstanding structural performance Compatible with PEEK for overmolding and welding BMC Cetex® MC1100 PPS 280°C (536°F) 330°C (626°F) Indefinite PPS based BMC with HS & IM fibers, fire retardant Dry Tg (onset) Cure Temp(s) Thermoset Prepreg BT250E-6 Epoxy 131°C (268°F) 121–127 °C (250–260 °F) 30 +++ High-modulus system for rotor blades Prepreg TC275-1E Epoxy 168°C (334°F) 135–177°C (275–350°F) 28 ++ Ideal system for large structures with low moisture uptake Prepreg TC380 Epoxy 201°C (394°F) 135–180 °C (275–356 °F) 28 ++ Excellent CAI and open-hole compressive strength Excellent hot/wet strength retention BMC MS-4H Epoxy 191°C (375°F) 138–154°C (280–310°F) 14 Chopped fiber epoxy BMC with high strength (standard-modulus) fiber Tooling AmberTool® HX42 Epoxy 200°C (392°F) with post cure 50°C–75°C (122°F–167°F) 5 ++ Low temperature initial cure and high temperature post cure epoxy prepreg Ancillaries Film Adhesive MicroPly™ TC310 Epoxy 157°C (315°F) 177°C (350°F) 21 Ideal composite bonding film adhesive Surfacing Film MicroPly™ TC235SF-1 Epoxy 119°C (246°F) 121°C–177°C (250°F–350°F) 30 Protective surface finish with optional embedded lightning strike foils Propulsion Systems Unique eVTOL propulsion systems must be lightweight and durable with sound dampening characteristics that minimize noise inside the passenger compartment as well as in the surrounding environment. Toray’s vast experience with strong, light, noise dampening materials for vertical lift systems is reflected in our expansive databases and unparalleled industry expertise. Propulsion Structural Components Interiors Platform Protection Battery System Panels, Covers, and Communication Resources White Paper - Composites Technology for Urban Air Mobility Get PDF by email Urban Air Mobility Selector Guide Download PDF Toray Guide to Composites—Volume One Request print copy MORE DOWNLOADS Why Toray Materials? Material solutions from Toray Advanced Composites for eVTOL vehicles offer many processing, design, and lightweighting benefits. Impact Resistance Toray Cetex® thermoplastics are inherently tough and impact resistant. Toray thermosets are secondarily toughened to provide the impact resistance needed to enhance the damage tolerence needed for eVTOL aircraft, airplanes, helicopters, and launch vehicles. Database Availability Material databases are critical for creating effective eVTOL aircraft, airplane, and helicopter designs. Toray maintains several extensive material databases to help you design your ideal aerospace applications. Sound Dampening Toray’s advanced composite materials absorb soundwaves, helping reduce noise created from eVTOL and traditional vertical lift propulsion systems and reducing sound inside the fuselage to improve passenger experience. Additionally, composites minimize vibrations that add to environmental noise. 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