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BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE MATERIAL SPECIFICATION

BAMS 532-018

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FIBERGLASS CLOTH,
PREIMPREGNATED, EPOXY RESIN,
250˚F CURE

APPROVED SITE: MONTRÉAL APPROVED - MONTRÉAL

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1 SCOPE
1.1 This specification establishes the requirements for the physical and
mechanical properties for epoxy resin preimpregnated fiberglass cloth
which has been “B” staged and is capable of being cured in a temperature
range of 250˚F ± 10˚F.

2 CONTENTS
SECTION
1 SCOPE
2 CONTENTS
3 CLASSIFICATION
4 REFERENCES
4.1 Bombardier Aerospace Test Standard
4.2 Miscellaneous Documents
4.3 American Society for Testing and Materials Specifications
4.4 Military
5 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
5.1 Materials
6 DETAIL REQUIREMENTS
6.1 Prepreg
6.2 Cured Laminate
7 QUALIFICATION
8 QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVISIONS
8.1 General
8.2 Acceptance Tests
9 SHIPPING AND STORAGE

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TABLES
Table I PREPREG PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Table II PREPREG CHEMICAL PROPERTIES
Table III LAMINATE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES
Table IV MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CURED LAMINATE
Table V LAMINATE DESCRIPTION
Table VI TEST PANEL FABRICATION
Table VII QUALIFICATION MECHANICAL TEST MATRIX
Table VIII ACCEPTANCE TEST REQUIREMENTS
Table IX MANUFACTURER QUALITY CONTROL

FIGURES
Figure 1 VACUUM BAGGING STACKING SEQUENCE

3 CLASSIFICATION
3.1 Two styles of fabric reinforcement shall be available to this specification.

3.1.1 Type I : Style 120 E-Glass Fabric

Type II : Style 181 E-Glass Fabric (Styles 7781 or 1581 E-glass Fabric
considered equivalent).

4 REFERENCES
4.1 BOMBARDIER AEROSPACE TEST STANDARD

4.1.1 BATS 4551 Cured Ply Thickness

4.1.2 BATS 4561 Resin Content, Preimpregnated Fiberglass Cloth

4.1.3 BATS 4562 Prepreg Volatile Content

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4.1.4 BATS 4563 Prepreg Flow

4.1.5 BATS 4564 Gel Time

4.1.6 BATS 4565 Fiber Volume and Void Content

4.1.7 BATS 4566 Prepreg Tack

4.2 MISCELLANEOUS DOCUMENTS

4.2.1 Federal Aviation Airworthiness Standards Transport Category

Regulations Airplanes
(FAR) Part 25

4.2.2 NBS Technical Interlaboratory Evaluation of Smoke Density

Note 708 Chamber

4.2.3 Suppliers of Compressive Properties of Oriented Fiber-Resin

Advanced Composites
Composite
Materials
Association
(SACMA)
SRM-1

4.2.4 SACMA Tensile Properties of Oriented Fiber-Resin

SRM-4 Composites

4.2.5 SACMA Inplane Shear Stress-Strain Properties of

SRM-7 Oriented Fiber-Resin Composites

4.2.6 SACMA Apparent Interlaminar Shear Strength of Oriented

SRM-8 Fiber-Resin Composites by the Short-Beam Method

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4.3 AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS

SPECIFICATIONS

4.3.1 ASTM D790 Flexural Properties of Unreinforced and Reinforced

Plastic and Electrical Insulating Materials

4.3.2 ASTM E168 Practices for General Techniques of Infrared

Quantitative Analysis

4.3.3 ASTM E682 Practice for Liquid Chromatography Terms and

Relationships

4.4 MILITARY

4.4.1 MIL-C-9084 Cloth, Glass, Finished for Resin Laminates

5 GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
5.1 MATERIALS

5.1.1 Prepreg

5.1.1.1 The product supplied shall be an epoxy resin, preimpregnated, woven

glass fiber cloth.

5.1.2 Epoxy Resin

5.1.2.1 The epoxy resin system shall be of high quality suitable for the intended
purpose and non-corrosive to metals. The resin shall be free of all foreign
matter. The resin shall be capable of thoroughly wetting the glass fibers
during impregnation.

5.1.3 Woven Fiberglass Cloth

5.1.3.1 The woven fabric cloth shall meet all the requirements of MIL-C-9084
except the finish shall be one which is compatible with the epoxy resin in
the prepreg.

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5.1.3.2 Before impregnation, the glass cloth shall be free of wrinkles, creases,
tears or permanent distortion.

6 DETAIL REQUIREMENTS
6.1 PREPREG

6.1.1 General

6.1.1.1 The prepreg shall possess a high degree of tack and drape sufficient to
ensure easy handling in routine fabrication procedures in the
temperature range of 65 to 77˚F.

6.1.1.2 The required tack shall allow the prepreg to adhere to itself during hand
lay-up to the extent that stripping a ply will not appreciably disturb the
previous ply. This degree of tack shall be exhibited for a minimum of 10
days at a temperature of +65˚ to +77˚F with a humidity of 55%
maximum.

6.1.1.3 The required drape shall allow the prepreg to be deformed or contoured
over or in a mold and to remain in this position without restraint.

6.1.1.4 The shelf life of the prepreg shall be a minimum of 180 days from date of
receipt at the purchaser’s destination, but not to exceed 210 days from
date of shipment.

6.1.1.5 The shop life shall be a minimum of 10 days when exposed to an

environment of +65 to +77˚F and a relative humidity of 55% maximum.

6.1.2 Physical

6.1.2.1 The prepreg shall meet all the physical requirements of Table I

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6.1.3 Chemical

6.1.3.1 The prepreg resin shall be tested to the requirements shown in Table II
using vendor defined detail test methods approved by Bombardier.

6.1.3.2 Infrared analysis and Liquid Chromatography shall be performed a

minimum of once on each resin batch. The results shall be maintained
by each manufacturer as part of the normal Quality Control retention of
data. The requirements shall be established by each manufacturer and
results outside this acceptable range will be deemed unacceptable.

6.1.4 Appearance and Dimensional

6.1.4.1 The prepreg material shall be uniform in quality and condition, clean
and free from foreign materials, fiber misalignment or other defects
detrimental to fabrication, appearance and performance.

6.1.4.2 Prepreg shall be free from curled or folded selvages that overlays non-
selvage areas, wrinkles, resin rich areas, or other defects detrimental to
handling, lay-up, or structural properties.

6.1.4.3 Visible indications of impurities, dry areas, areas of nonuniformity,

incomplete impregnation, cured resin, or localized colour differences in
the impregnated cloth shall be clearly identified as nonconforming areas.

6.1.4.3.1 Areas of nonconforming material shall be clearly marked on the edge of

the prepreg material at the start and the end of each defect. The type,
location and length of each defect shall be identified on a log defect sheet
for each roll on the release note.

6.1.4.3.2 The total maximum amount of nonconforming areas on each roll shall
not exceed 3% of the roll surface.

6.1.4.4 A maximum of 1.5 inches of selvage width on each side of the cloth shall
be permitted.

6.1.4.5 The alignment of the warp and fill yarns shall be perpendicular to each
other. All the warp and fill yarns of the preimpregnated fabric shall be
parallel to their respective direction to within 2 inches over the full
width, not including the selvage.

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6.1.4.6 The prepreg width shall be within ± 1 inch of that specified on the
purchase order, not including the selvage.

6.2 CURED LAMINATE

6.2.1 General

6.2.1.1 Laminates fabricated in accordance with Table VI shall meet the

following requirements.

6.2.2 Physical

6.2.2.1 Cured laminates shall meet all the requirements of Table III.

6.2.3 Mechanical

6.2.3.1 Cured laminates shall meet all the mechanical properties listed in Table
IV.

6.2.4 Flammability

6.2.4.1 Cured laminate, in all thicknesses, shall meet the self-extinguishing

requirements of FAR Part 25.853(a).

6.2.5 Smoke Emission

6.2.5.1 Cured laminate of any thickness shall have a smoke rating of not greater
than 50.

7 QUALIFICATION
7.1 The manufacturer is responsible for the performance of all tests in this
Specification.

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7.2 Product qualification will be based on the testing of prepreg from five
separate and distinctive batches of material. The five separate batches
shall contain at least 3 different resin batches and 3 different lots of
reinforcement. The different lots of reinforcement may be in the fill
direction only.

7.3 The five batches of material shall be layed up as per Table V and
processed in accordance with Table VI by Bombardier.

7.4 The mechanical test matrix is outlined in Table VII.

7.5 The specimen environmental conditioning shall be as follows:

7.5.1 Humidity

7.5.1.1 Specimens are to be soaked for 1000 hours at 125 ± 10˚F in an

environment of 98 ± 2% relative humidity, Graphs of moisture
absorption versus time are to be produced from the conditioning
treatment.

7.5.2 Chemical

7.5.2.1 Specimens are to be tested at +70 ± 10˚F after being soaked at +70 ± 10˚F
for 1000 hours in the following chemicals:

a. Fuel: Jet A-1 - Canadian Government Specification CAN2-3.23.

ASTM D1655 Jet A-1.
b. Cleaner: Turco Jet Clean “C” or equivalent.
c. Hydraulic Fluid: Skydrol 500B-4 - Monsanto Chemical Company
d. Antifreeze: Ethylene Glycol - Commercial

7.6 SMOKE EMISSION TESTING SHALL BE AS FOLLOWS:

7.6.1 A minimum of 3 specimens, with the results averaged, shall be tested in

accordance with National Bureau Standard Technical Note 708.

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7.6.2 Test specimens shall be conditioned prior to testing at 70˚F ± 5˚F and 50
± 5% relative humidity until moisture equilibrium is reached, or for 24
hours maximum. Only one specimen at one time shall be removed from
the conditioning environment immediately prior to testing.
NOTE: NBS Technical Note 708 conditioning shall not be used.

7.6.3 Each test shall be conducted with the specimen in the flaming or non-
flaming condition, whichever produces the greater amount of smoke.

7.7 The test facility to be used shall require Bombardier Aerospace

Materials and Processes Engineering approval in writing before testing
commences.

7.8 The manufacturer shall submit all test data in report form to
Bombardier Aerospace Materials and Processes Engineering showing
compliance with all the requirements of this Specification.

8 QUALITY ASSURANCE PROVISIONS

8.1 GENERAL

8.1.1 The manufacturer is responsible for the performance of all required

sampling, inspection, and testing of each batch prior to submission of the
material to the purchaser for acceptance. Three copies of the test reports
shall be submitted with each shipment showing conformance with the
requirements. The manufacturer is responsible for obtaining
certification of the fiber and cloth to the requirements of this
Specification from the manufacturer of the cloth.

8.2 ACCEPTANCE TESTS

8.2.1 The manufacturer shall be responsible for carrying out the production
sampling and batch inspection tests.

8.2.1.1 Alternate equivalent test methods may be used by the vendor to

determine Physical Properties only, however in the case of dispute, the
BATS test method shall be the final authority.
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8.2.2 The tests in Table VIII shall be carried out for each prepreg batch within
each shipment and shall meet the requirements of Table I, II, III and IV.
The minimum number of rolls to be tested for each prepreg batch shall
be as per Table IX.

8.2.3 The manufacturer shall furnish three copies of all test results showing
compliance with this specification. This report shall include the
purchase order number, the material specification number, batch number
and date of manufacture.

8.2.4 Bombardier reserves the right to perform any or all of the tests outlined
in this specification. Any test resulting in a failure will necessitate a
return of that batch of material to the manufacturer.

9 SHIPPING AND STORAGE

9.1 The material shall be kept at or below 0˚F during shipment and storage.

9.2 The shipping container shall include end supports, so that the roll is
fully suspended from the core ends within the container.

9.3 Each roll core, on the inside visible surface, shall have a permanent label
showing the Material Specification, the batch number, the date of
manufacture, and the roll number, and the manufacturer’s product
identification.

9.4 Each shipping container shall be permanently and legibly marked with a
label showing the following information:
Bombardier Specification BAMS 532-018, Type ......
Manufacturer’s Product Identification
Quantity
Width
Purchase order
Batch No.
Roll No.
Date of Manufacture
Storage Temperature

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9.5 A 25 foot sample shall be cut in a distinctive pattern from randomly

selected rolls from each batch of material in the shipment. The cut
samples shall be identified from which rolls they were cut and then
placed in MIL-B-131 Bags and placed in a separate cardboard shipping
box along with the test reports and a temperature recorder. The
cardboard box shall be easily and clearly identified as containing test
sample material for acceptance testing. The test sample box shall be
stored and shipped along with the bulk material shipment.

TABLE I. PREPREG PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

Style 120 Style 181 Test Method

Resin Content, percent 45 ± 3 38 ± 2 BATS 4561
weight
Volatiles Content, 1.5 1.5 BATS 4562
percent weight (maximum)
Flow, percent weight @ 14 ± 6 8 - 25 BATS 4563
275˚F ± 5˚F
and 50 ± 5 psi

Fabric Areal weight 2.89 - 3.25 8.13 - 9.17 BATS 4565

OZ/yd2
Gel Time, minutes 4±2 4±2 BATS 4564
at 275˚ = 5˚F
Tack pass pass BATS 4566

TABLE II. PREPREG CHEMICAL PROPERTIES

PROPERTY REQUIREMENT TEST

METHOD
Uncured Resin Report Infrared Scan ASTM E168
Chemical Structure
Resin Component Report Liquid ASTM E682
Analysis Chromatography

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TABLE III. LAMINATE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

REQUIREMENT
E-GLASS FABRIC STYLE TEST
PROPERTY
METHOD
120 181
Cured Ply Thickness, 0.004 ± 0.001 0.010 ± 0.001 BATS 4551
inch 1)
Fibre Volume, % 34-56 42-52 BATS 4565
Void Content 2.0 2.0 BATS 4565
(Percent maximum)

NOTE: 1) Minimum of ten determinations across laminate

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TABLE IV. MECHANICAL PROPERTIES OF CURED LAMINATE

PROPERTY TEST MINIMUM TEST

TEMP. INDIVIDUAL METHOD
STYLE 120 STYLE 181
Tensile Strength, Ultimate
(x103 psi) +70˚F 36 45 SRM-4
Warp and Fill 160˚F 27.0 33.7

Tensile Modulus,
(x106 psi) +70˚F 2.3 2.8 SRM-4
Warp and Fill 160˚F 1.7 2.1

Compressive Strength,
Ultimate
+70˚F 38 50 SRM-1
(x103 psi) 160˚F 28.5 37.5
Warp and Fill

Compressive Modulus,
+70˚F 3.00 3.40 SRM-1
(x106 psi)
Warp and Fill 160˚F 2.25 2.55

Short Beam Shear Strength,

(x103 psi) +70˚F 6.3 8.4 SRM-8
Warp and Fill

Flexural Strength,
Ultimate
+70˚F 60 65 ASTM D790
(x103 psi)
Warp and Fill

Inplane Shear Strength,

Ultimate +70˚F 3.5 3.5 SRM-7
(x103 psi) 160˚F 2.63 2.63

Note: The test temperature tolerance range is ±10˚F.

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TABLE V. LAMINATE DESCRIPTION

NO.
DRAWING NO. DESCRIPTION LAMINATIONS
120 181
EXO 00390 Tensile Specimens 20 8

EXO 00391 In-Plane Shear Specimens 30 12

EXO 00392 Compression Specimens 30 12

EXO 00393 Short Beam Shear and 20 8

Flexural Specimens

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TABLE VI. TEST PANEL FABRICATION

OPERATION DESCRIPTION
Laminate Lay-up and (1) Apply non-porous release film or
Test Panel Bagging release agent to tool plate.
Preparation Procedure (2) Position layer of peel ply Release Ply
(Figure 1) B (or equivalent) for panels requiring
tab bonding. Preferably the peel ply
should be resin impregnated 45 ± 5%
by weight.
(3) Lay-up required number of glass
epoxy plies.
(4) Insert thermocouples in edge of lay-
up.
(5) Cover lay-up with layer of peel ply for
panels requiring tab-bonding.
(6) Cover lay-up with porous armalon or
perforated release film.
(7) Apply 1 layer of Airweave SS breather
(or equivalent)
(8) Install nylon vacuum bag.
Cure Cycle (1) Apply 22-26 in Hg to vacuum bag.
(2) Apply 30 ± 5 psi positive pressure.
(3) Vent vacuum to atmosphere when
positive pressure reaches 20 psi.
(4) Raise part temperature to 260 ± 10˚F
at a rate of 1.5 to 8.0˚F/minute. For
qualification panels, heatup rates of
1.5 ± .1, 4.75 ± .1 and 8.0 .1 are to be
used for 2, 1 and 2 batches
respectively.

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TABLE VI TEST PANEL FABRICATION

(5) Hold part temperature at 260 ± 10˚F

for 60 ± 60
------ minutes. For qualification
0
panels, 60 ± 15
------ and 120 ± ------ minutes
0
0 15
are to be used for an equal
distribution of panels.
(6) Cool part temperature to 140˚F or
below at a maximum rate of 5.0˚F/
minute. Qualification panels to use
5.0 1˚F/minute.
(7) Release pressure in autoclave

Notes: Heatup rates apply only above 140˚F.

Cooldown rates for qualification panels are to be controlled to as
low a temperature as possible within equipment and tooling
mass limitations.

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TEST DIRECTION DRY HUMIDITY CHEMICAL
CONDITIONED CONDITIONED
70˚F ± 10˚F
+70˚F +160˚F +70˚F +160˚F FUEL HYD ANTI ‘C’
10˚F ±10˚F ±10˚F ±10˚F OIL FRZ CLNR
Tensile per Fill 21(1) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
SRM -4
Tensile per Warp 3
SRM -4
Compression per Warp 3
SRM -1
Compression per Fill 24(2) 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
SRM -1
Flexural per Fill 3
ASTM D790
Short Beam Shear Fill 3
SRM -8
Inplane Shear +/- 45 21 3 3 3 3 3 3 3
SRM -7
Poisson Ratio per Fill 3

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Note: Numbers in blocks represent number of specimens per batch.

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TABLE VIII.

CATEGORY TEST SPECIMENS TEST

PER SAMPLE METHOD
Prepreg Physical Fabric Areal Weight 3 BATS 4761
Properties Resin Content 1 BATS 4761
Volatile Content 1 BATS 4762
Flow, % 1 BATS 4763
Gel Time at 275˚F 1
Tack 1
Prepreg Chemical Uncured Resin 1 ASTM E168
Properties Chemical Structure
Resin Component 2 ASTM E682
Analysis
Laminate Physical Fiber Volume % 3 BATS 4765
Properties (Report Only)
Mechanical Tensile Strength 3 SRM -4
Properties at RT (1)
Tensile Modulus 3 SRM -4
at RT (1)
Compressive Strength 3 SRM -1
at RT (1(
Short Beam Shear 3 SRM -8
at RT (1)

Note (1): To be tested in fill direction at 70˚F ± 10˚F.

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TABLE IX. MANUFACTURER QUALITY CONTROL

NO. OF ROLLS IN BATCH NO OF ROLLS TO TEST

1 - 10 1
11 - 30 2
31 - 60 3
61 - 90 4
90+ 1 Additional Roll for
each Additional 40 Rolls.

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FIGURE 1 VACUUM BAGGING STACKING SEQUENCE (NO SCALE)

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