Why a Foam Core Has to Earn Its Place in the Laminate - A Conversation with Daniel Luo, Product Manager at Rifeng
Introduction: Rifeng W PMI foam addresses a practical composite question: how to reduce resin uptake without making processing or structural performance harder. In composite manufacturing, the difference between a promising design and a repeatable part often sits inside the laminate. A core material has to be light, but it also has to survive shaping, bonding, pressure, heat, and the small process variations that appear on a real production floor. Rifeng W is a medium-cell-size PMI structural foam developed for those decisions, particularly in vacuum infusion, RTM, medical-imaging, UAV, automotive, and underwater applications. For this conversation, Daniel Luo, Product Manager at Rifeng, discusses why the material was positioned between coarse and fine cell structures, where engineers can gain weight and cost control, and where they should slow down and verify the process before specifying a grade. Q&A Body When a composites team says it needs a lighter part, w...