Automotive

Ketones

Overmolding as enabler for composites, aerospace to automotive

CCP Gransden can make 50 to 100,000 parts/yr economically viable using PEEK, PPS, PEI or PA.

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Adhesives

Cevotec dry-fiber bindered tape available for automated placement

Manufacturer of SAMBA automated placement systems offers high-quality material aimed to make series CFRP production economical for non-aerospace applications.

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Carbon Fibers

McLaren opens Composites Technology Center

Jan. 16, 2018 marked the opening of the Yorkshire manufacturing center that, from 2019, will start producing carbon fiber tubs for McLaren Automotive (Woking, UK), the British creator of luxury sportscars and supercars.

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Aerospace

A partnership for sustainable composites

CW talks to Entropy Resins and Gougeon Brothers about their future as one company.

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Glass Fibers

New Lorenz BMC, SMC pass Euro rail fire standards

A new fire protection standard for German rail transport, DIN EN 45545-2, put forth by DIN (Berlin, Germany) now will regulate and standardize the fire protection requirements on a European level. To meet the new requirement, Lorenz Kunststofftechnik developed two new thermoset molding compounds, BMC 0204 and SMC 0208.

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Automotive

Deadline reminder for the Lightweight Open Innovation Challenge

Innovators have until February 1st to submit their innovative lightweight solutions to two categories: materials and manufacturing.

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Carbon Fibers

Fold-to-form CFRP battery boxes, HP-RTM wishbones

Williams new EV platform demos 223 composite forming process and £20 suspension arms using recycled carbon fiber.

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Automotive

Hybrid composite materials: tailoring for specific performance

I received a link to an interesting technical paper presented at CAMX by AGY (Aiken, SC, US). It got me thinking about hybrid composites.

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Recycling

ELG's new CARBISO product on display in Japan

ELG Carbon Fibre Ltd (Coseley, West Midlands, UK) will be exhibiting for the first time at the Automotive World Show in Tokyo from January 17-19, 2018. The company will introduce its trademarked CARBISO range of recycled carbon fiber products for high volume, automotive applications.

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Automotive

A range of new products from Huntsman

Huntsman Advanced Materials used the 2017 CAMX show to showcase new products from its Advanced Materials and Huntsman Polyurethanes divisions, including advanced composite resin systems and adhesives.

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