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Magnolia Plastics Products for the Defense Industry

Providing Innovative, High-Performance Stock and Custom Formulated Epoxy Systems Since 1957

Magnolia Plastics products have been octa-BDE and penta-BDE free since 2001 in accordance with the dictates of the European Union.

Magnolia has developed over 2,000 products since our inception in 1957. More than 700 of these are currently in active use in diverse industries around the globe. Of these are our widely accepted line of epoxy based products suitable designed for and qualified for use in the Defense Industry.

Many of our Adhesives are qualified to various manufacturer's and government specifications:

Magnolia Plastics has an extensive line of epoxy based products developed for and qualified for use on many different aircraft, missles, and weapons systems used by our armed forces. These products include the following:

These and other products from Magnolia Plastics deliver a profile of high performance properties suitable for this unique environment. Some of these properties are as follows:
    1. High Temp Resistance (up to 500°F)
    2. Excellent Hot/Wet Properties
    3. Excellent Chemical Resistance
    4. Adhesion to a wide variety of materials
    5. Specialized Packaging Options

Take a look at Magnolia Plastics products in action!

    
F-22 Raptor
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B-2 Spirit Bomber
Patriot Missile
V-22 Osprey
F-16 Fighting Falcon
F-35 Joint Strike Fighter

Photo Credits: Raptor - Lockheed Martin; B2 - Northrup; Patriot Missile - U.S. Army; V22 Osprey - U.S Navy; F-16 - General Dynamics; F-35 - Edwards AFB

Magnobond 6388-3, Parts A&B, a High Performance Adhesive, is just one Magnolia product used by the defense industry. Used in the Patriot Missle System, Magnobond 6388-3 was selected as the best product available from a pool of thirty-five competitive systems.

Magnobond 6388-3 is a technoligical breakthrough for bonding ceramic radomes to filament wound epoxy/Kevlar thread ring. The performance profile of Magnobond 6388-3 is
  • Endures high temperature and thermal gradients due to aerodynamic heating
  • Withstands surface erosions due to supersonic flight in rain fields
  • Stable dielectric and bond strength in presence of long-term storage at field deployment temperature and humidity
  • Bending moment sufficient to withstand thermal excursion (-67F to +440F) of ceramic/Kevlar ring
  • Long Work Life
  • Adequate thixotropy to prevent runoff
  • Primer compatability
  • QPL list to MMM-A-132A, Type 1, Class 3 and MMM-A-134, Type 1
Other Magnolia products used in the defense industry are:
  • Magnobond 6150, Parts A&B - High Peel Strength over a wide range of bondline thicknesses. Good properties at elevated temperature with moderate heat cure.
  • Magnobond 6367, Parts A&B - Low viscosity fluid system for injection repair.
  • Magnobond 6369, Parts A&B - Good properties to 350F° with a long working time for convenient application.
  • Magnobond 6371, Parts A&B - A Low Viscosity Product for injection repairs of Aluminum, Titanium, or Composites with good properties to 350F°.
  • Magnobond 6373, Parts A&B - A long pot life version of Magnobond 6371 above.

    Speaking of repairs ... in February, 1994, a Raytheon Starship (S/N NC-35) crashed just after take-off from Roskilde, Denmark. After attaining an altitude of just 50 feet, the Starship introduced itself to the frozen ground at 150 mph and slid 984 feet before coming to rest. There were no casualties among either the passengers or the crew. Also, significantly the composites in the craft sufferred no damage although the same cannot be said of the metal components.

    Danish authorities concluded that if the craft had been constructed of metal, not only would there have been casualties, but the aircraft would probably have been completely destroyed. Instead, the aircraft was repaired on-site over a period of 6 months at a cost of $500,000. The $500,000 repair cost was less than estimated since the bottom of the Starship only needed repainting after its use as a multi-million dollar sled.

    Part of the repair was a wet layup using dry fibers and an epoxy resin system from ... you guessed it! ... Magnolia Plastics!

  • Magnobond 6390, Parts A&B - Tough. Temperature Resistant. High Bond Strengths. Especially designed for Composites.
  • Magnobond 6392, Parts A&B - A standard thixotropic paste which does not run or sag and has a superior blend of shear and peel strength over a wide temperature range. This system contains spacer beads for bondline thickness control.
  • Magnobond 6394, Parts A&B - A Non-metallic system used when dielectric properties are important.
  • Magnobond 6398, Parts A&B - A standard thixotropic paste which does not run or sag and has a superior blend of shear and peel strength over a wide temperature range. This system is the same as Magnobond 6392, but contains no spacer beads for bondline thickness control.

The products listed above are only a few of the many aerospace epoxies produced by Magnolia Plastics to a wide variety of specifications and for a wide range of general and specialized uses.



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Updated: Saturday, September 22, 2007 22:29