Cambium, revolutionizing the discovery and delivery of mission-critical advanced materials for defense and high-performance applications, announces the launch of its breakthrough ApexShield 1000 high-temperature resin system. The breakthrough allows parts fabricators to massively increase the speed of carbon-carbon parts production for hypersonics glide bodies and other critical components such as rocket nozzle extensions. The same resin system also brings significant benefits to ablative applications, from solid rocket motor nozzles to ship vertical launch tubes.
Cambium utilized its AI-driven material discovery to optimize the processing and production of phthalonitrile-based resin systems in collaboration with US Department of Defense laboratories, industry partners and the Bioindustrial Manufacturing and Design Ecosystem (BioMADE). The optimized resin system reduces carbon-carbon parts fabrication to 1-2 polymer infiltration and pyrolysis (PIP) cycles, a reduction of 70% - 80% over legacy systems. Cambium is the first to achieve this PIP cycle breakthrough, which will allow parts manufactures to cut production time from 6-9 months to 1-2 months — and reduce costs proportionately.
Our Thermal Protection Resin System has a low melt viscosity that is ideal for Vacuum Assisted Resin Transfer Molding (VaRTM) or Resin Transfer Molding (RTM) applications. This system is room temperature stable, eliminating the need for freezer storage, and is being produced at metric-ton scale.
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15 May 2025
