Materials in Motion
Toray's advanced composite solutions for the recreational industry provide some of the lightest and strongest materials for sporting good applications. Stronger and lighter than metals, more durable than plastics, Toray materials deliver ultimate performance to all athletes.
Improve your Game
In sports and recreation, performance is king. Extra weight limits even the best of athletes. Lightweight performance composites from Toray let you make the most of your products to appeal to customer performance demands.
Available in thermoset and thermoplastic technologies, our products perform across a broad range of specialized sporting applications, from tennis rackets, bicycle helmets, fishing rods, and boat paddles to high-end athletic footwear and insoles.
Features of Our Materials
Toray continually invests in product development for the recreational industry, staying on the leading edge of product development. Properties of our materials include:
Stiffness
Toray advanced composites are extremely rigid and durable, allowing the fabrication of high-strength items including backpack frames, tent poles, or paddles.
Lightweight
Toray thermoset and thermoplastic prepregs offer a 40% weight reduction over aluminum, making them the material of choice in high-end recreational equipment where durability and every ounce counts.
Impact Resistant
Toray materials are impact resistant, giving them the competitive, durable edge in paddles, backpack frames, bats, racquets, and golf club heads and shafts.
Explore Our Products
Resources
Toray CFRT® Footwear Brochure
Toray Guide to Composites—Volume One
Material Formats
Continually investing in product development, we have a portfolio of thermoset and thermoplastic materials that have been developed specifically for use within recreational applications.
Toray Cetex and CFRT Thermoplastic Laminates
Toray Cetex and CFRT brand thermoplastic laminates represent multi-ply oriented panels. These panels can then be cut and thermoformed to shape in fast 5–10 minute thermoforming cycles.
Toray Cetex Thermoplastics
Toray Cetex and CFRT thermoplastics are ideal for recreational applications. Resin systems like nylon and PET are low cost and amenable to high-volume manufacturing. Applications include bats, shafts, paddles, and more.
Toray Thermoset Prepregs
Toray's thermoset prepregs may be cured under vacuum-bag-only pressure in ovens, reducing the processing cost over autoclave-cured prepregs. Toray's materials are also designed with long out times and selective products may be snap cured to facilitate large volume recreational applications. Toray's epoxy prepregs are toughened to provide durability and impact resistance.
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Toray Advanced Composites UK
Need more information?
At Toray our goal is your success. If you have any questions or would like to learn more, please contact us.
Toray Performance Materials Corporation, USA