PRF Composite Materials launches RP570 FR REEPREG at RECOMP 2024

PRF Composite Materials is excited to announce the launch of RP570 FR REEPREG, presented
today at RECOMP 2024: Reuse and Recycling of Composites.

Developed for aircraft interior components, RP570 FR REEPREG is a fire-retardant eXpress cure
prepreg material made with recycled carbon fibre nonwoven mat and has a complete processing time
of 5 minutes at 160°C. This innovative material combines REEPREG’s class-leading handleability
with PRF’s eXpress cure technology and provides a fire-retardant carbon prepreg material that
reduces landfill waste, improves circularity, and is highly suited to high volume manufacturing (HVM).

Robert Burnell, CEO and Head of Product Development at PRF comments: “RP570 FR REEPREG
has been developed specifically with lightweighting in mind, looking at enabling recycled composite
materials to be used in aircraft interior programs and other applications requiring FST properties and
HVM. Through significant investment in R&D, we have developed a special methodology of
impregnation to ensure that once prepregged, REEPREG is easy to handle and press from a flat
sheet into a 3D shape. The development of 400gsm REEPREG also enables thickness to be built up
very quickly, thereby reducing cost in these applications.”

Now in manufacture, RP570 FR REEPREG offers a significant opportunity for composite component
constructors, providing a way towards the industry objective of recover, regenerate and reuse.

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