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3M™ Matrix Resins for Pultruded Epoxy Composites

Taking the PULL out of pultrusion

3M brings its game-changing nano-enhanced resin technology to Pultrusion with the launch of 3M's family of Pultrusion resins. In addition to improving mechanical performance properties, 3M's Pultrusion Resins remarkably reduce Pull Force during processing, enabling pultruders to either increase fiber volume or increase line speeds. Now you can create pultruded products that were impossible to make with ordinary resins and explore entirely new market opportunities.

Resin Name 3M™ Matrix Resin 5831 3M™ Matrix Resin 5832
Resin Type Advanced Formulated Epoxy Advanced Formulated Epoxy
Capability Performance improvement and
pull force reduction
Additive for pull force reduction
Applications Rods, tubes Rods, tubes

Proven performance on almost every composite measure

pultrusion increase interlaminar shear stress

Composites made with 3M™ Matrix Resin 5831 can withstand 15% more shear stress at equivalent fiber volume.

increase flexural failure stress

Get 11% more flex before breaking with composites made with 3M™ Matrix Resin 5831.

pultrusion decrease force, increase fiber

3M™ Matrix Resins can significantly reduce the pull force required for pultruded composites, allowing you to increase the fiber volume of the part or increase the line speed to improve product throughput.

Improving your process

The same advanced properties of 3M™ Matrix Resins that improve composite performance can also help make pultrusion processing easier, reducing the pull force in pultrusion processes by more than 60%. This means higher line speeds, greater carbon fiber volume with less downtime, greater productivity and easier restarts. 3M™ Matrix Resins 5831 and 5832 take some of the pull out of the pultrusion process!