Automotive
Airtech 3D-printed resins deliver composite tooling for competitive motorsport vehicles
BBi Autosport joins with Airtech Advanced Materials Group to develop high-performance carbon fiber body panels for its Porsche race cars using Dahltram resins and Print-Tech services.
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McLaren Racing accelerates F1 car development
Through a partnership with E-Xstream Engineering, the racing company plans to optimize design decisions.
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TRB Lightweight Structures earns contract for design, manufacture of composite detrainment systems
State-of-the-art emergency detrainment systems for 94 nine-car train sets to meet stringent fire and impact requirements, replace London Underground Piccadilly Line rolling stock.
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Toray opens Resins Technical Center in Europe
New center to assist and support in customer development, address digital design for high-performance resins, increase simulation of fiber-reinforced parts and drive automotive application solutions.
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175 composites editorials and counting
This is my 175th CW editorial. That’s 104,322 words. I created a word cloud to celebrate.
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Magrail technology to undergo feasibility testing in Italy
An MOU between Rete Ferroviaria Italiana and Nevomo aids to verify the feasibility of the composite hyperloop-inspired transportation technology, with a goal to eventually integrate it with European railway systems.
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Honda discontinues Clarity fuel cell and plug-in hybrid models
Production is ceasing August 2021 as part of a broader push to trim underperforming models and evolving strategies to sell only battery-electric and fuel-cell vehicles by 2040.
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Hexagon Purus to deliver composite storage systems for hydrogen vehicle prototypes
Hydrogen storage systems will be supplier to clean mobility company, Keyou, for internal combustion engine bus and truck projects, with first deliveries slated for November 2021.
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Nèos International establishes new HQ, composites facility in the U.K.
The 60,000-square-foot plant in Derby, U.K., will be the centerpiece of the Nèos Composites subsidiary and provide a new headquarters for the larger Nèos International.
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Optimization approach helps design lighter carbon fiber composites
Approach developed by Tokyo University of Science for manufacturing carbon fibers with optimized orientation and thickness achieves more than a 5% weight reduction in fiber-reinforced materials.
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