HexWeb® Honeycomb Overview
HexWeb® honeycomb is a revolutionary lightweight core material designed to provide exceptional stiffness and strength with minimal added weight. This advanced honeycomb solution is tailored for both aerospace and industrial markets, offering a wide range of mechanical and thermal properties. Available in various cell sizes and densities, HexWeb® honeycomb features a unique structure fabricated from different web materials such as fiberglass, aluminum, and aramid/para-aramid mechanical papers.
Structural Excellence and Versatility
Hexcel stands out in the aerospace industry by offering the broadest range of structural honeycomb products. With over 700 varieties and ongoing product development, Hexcel is dedicated to meeting diverse customer demands. HexWeb® honeycomb serves as an exceptional core material for sandwich structures in addition to applications like energy absorption, laminar flow control, sound attenuation, and dielectric properties. The honeycomb is produced through various manufacturing processes to deliver a range of products and cell configurations that cater to specific customer requirements including formability, strength, and stiffness.
Key HexWeb® Honeycomb Products
Hexcel's HexWeb® Honeycomb product line features a range of specialized offerings including HexWeb® HRP-C fiberglass core for aircraft nacelle applications, HexWeb® HDC heavy density fiberglass suitable for potting replacement in honeycomb sandwich panels, aluminum cores with corrosion treatment options, aramid/para-aramid cores with phenolic dip coating, and glass cores with various coatings. Additionally, Flexcore is designed for highly contoured applications, allowing for exceptional formability into compound curvatures with reduced anticlastic curvature.
HexWeb® Flex-Core® Innovation
HexWeb® Flex-Core® is a standout solution that enables superior formability into compound curvatures with reduced anticlastic curvature and improved cell angularity. Available in both Non-Metallic and Metallic materials, this technology is ideal for highly contoured sandwich panels used in leading edges, flaps, nacelles, fairings, and other complex shapes. Whether for radomes, ducts, or aerodynamic surfaces like wings and stabilizers, HexWeb® Flex-Core® ensures flexibility and reliability in extreme curvature applications.
Industrial Applications and Benefits
HexWeb® honeycomb extends its benefits beyond the aerospace sector into various industrial markets. Offering exceptional stiffness with minimal weight gain, this lightweight core material caters to structures requiring high performance with reduced mass. With options like regular hexagonal cells, over-expanded cells, Flexcore, and Double-Flex cells, HexWeb® honeycomb boasts versatility in density, cell size, and other essential properties while facilitating high-volume production. Hexcel's industrial honeycomb products find applications in boat hulls, train interiors, sports equipment, automotive chassis, body panels, and more, thanks to their exceptional properties and versatility.