Jeff Sloan

Jeff Sloan Brand Vice President, ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ & Plastics Technology

Construction

Scott & Fyfe reinforcements reorganized, expanded

Technical fabrics specialist Scott & Fyfe (Tayport, Scotland) has reorganized its line of Alphashield CIPP (cured-in-place products) has been expanded and refined into four new product groups.

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HEATCON offers hot bonder thermocouple expansion

HEATCON Composite Systems (Seattle, WA, US) has developed the HCS9300E Series thermocouple expansion expansion unit, which expands thermocouple channels from the 20 built in on the HCS9200B Hot Bonder to 40 or 60 channels.

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Out of Autoclave

Airtech's Combo-Tech combines vacuum bagging materials

Airtech Advanced Materials Group (Huntington Beach, CA, US) has introduced Combo-Tech, an expanded product line that bonds various vacuum bagging materials together to form what is said to be a better overall product that reduces touch labor.

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Verisurf announces Faro Software Solution Series

Verisurf Software Inc. (Anaheim, CA, US) has introduced its Faro Solution Suites, a combination of Verisurf application modules configured to provide easy-to-learn, easy-to-use vertical measurement solutions using any new or legacy Faro device.

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Wind/Energy

Australian research group launches carbon fiber manufacturing

CSIRO has begun manufacture of Australia’s first carbon fiber sourced entirely from materials produced in the country. Fiber quality is automotive grade, but the organization has its sights set on aerospace grade material.

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Space

Dream Chaser completes free-flight test

Dream Chaser inches closer to first flight in the run-up to servicing the International Space Station, starting in 2020.

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Carbon Fibers

Webinar: Carbon fiber characterization

ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ is presenting a free Netzsch-sponsored webinar on Nov. 30 at 11:00 am EST titled, “Material Characterization Along the CFRP Manufacturing Process.”

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Automation

Mikrosam expands into North America

Macedonia-based Mikrosam will partner with New Jersey-based Composites Automation LLC to sell its composites automation system into North America.

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Aerospace

V-22 Osprey exceeds 400,000 flight hours

The composites-intensive V-22 Osprey tilrotor aircraft, in service since 2007, has logged more than 400,000 flight hours in theaters throughout the world.

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Out of Autoclave

Maverick Corp. sister company sold to Loar Group

Maverick Molding, sister company of high-temperature polyimide supplier Maverick Corp., was acquired by New York-based Loar Group.

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CAMX 2018 to be co-located with industrial fabrics expo

CAMX 2018 and IFAI Expo 2018 will be held Oct. 15–18, 2018, at the Kay Bailey Hutchinson Convention Center in Dallas, TX, US.

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Electronics

Ultrathin sandwich panels come to market

These 0.2-mm-thick carbon fiber/foam sandwich structures have been developed by North Thin Ply Technology and 4a manufacturing.

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