CW Tech Days: High-Temperature Resins, Coatings and Thermal Protection Materials

Pushing polymer composites beyond their traditional limits
Hypersonic vehicles, solid rocket motors, next-generation engines, reusable launch systems and high-power electronics all subject composite structures to heat that conventional epoxies can’t tolerate. Ceramic matrix composites and carbon/carbon often get the most attention. But in many applications, the deciding factors are the resin, coating, insulation or ablative layer that protects the part and allows it to be built at a practical cost and rate. The newest installment of CW Tech Days, CompositesWorld’s online industry education series, looks at those enabling materials: the high-temperature resin systems, thermal management materials, ablatives and protective coatings that extend what polymer and hybrid composites can do in extreme environments.

Explore the latest materials and processing strategies
CW Tech Days: High-Temperature Resins, Coatings and Thermal Protection Materials will take place February 3, 2027. This online event will feature presentations from industry experts on:

• Next-generation high-temperature materials including phthalonitriles, polyimides, bismaleimides (BMI), cyanate esters and their role in hot structures and secondary components


• Sprayable and conformal high-temperature coatings that protect composite substrates from thermal damage


• Ablative and charring materials for thermal protection systems and propulsions systems


• Thermal barrier, insulation and thermal interface materials for managing heat


• Processing challenges and moving from lab-scale chemistry to production-scale supply


• Testing, characterization and qualification of materials for extreme thermal environments


• Real-world applications in hypersonics, space launch and re-entry, missile and propulsion systems, defense and emerging commercial markets

Presentations will show how advances in polymer chemistry and new processing methods are helping engineers protect high-temperature composite structures and build them more efficiently.

Who should attend CW Tech Days: High-Temperature Resins, Coatings and Thermal Protection Materials?

This installment of CW Tech Days is designed for…

✔️ materials engineers and chemists
✔️ design and structures engineers
✔️ manufacturers and process engineers
✔️ program managers and industry professionals

…who develop, specify or produce composite parts and protective systems for aerospace, defense, space, energy and electronics applications operating at elevated temperatures.