Bonding

Bonding

Scott Bader, Oxeco partner for high-performance bonding solution

Joint technology breaks barriers to bonding lightweight flexible solar panels to roofing structures made from aluminum, coated steel and composites.  

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Bonding

PlasmaBound raises funding to accelerate bonding technology adaptation

Irish Startup earned €3.1 million in 2022 to brings its controlled polymer ablation (CPA) technology for composite materials to mass-market applications.  

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Thermoplastics

From plant tours to EV battery enclosures: The top 10 ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ articles of 2022

Through a variety of editorial content, CW explored the trends and topics that are rapidly flourishing in the industry. Based on Google Analytics, these top 10 articles were considered the most popular.  

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Welding

TPRC training courses target thermoplastic composites

Three upcoming in-person thermoplastic composites courses, ranging from entry-level to advanced, are organized to enhance composites professionals’ knowledge in this burgeoning field.  

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Bonding

Thermal Mapping Application digitizes GMI Aero hot bonder console

The TMApp enables operators to track and visualize the temperature field during composite repair or manufacture in real time using Anita 4.0 and Anita EZ bonding/repair bonder solutions.  

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Bonding

Molecular Plasma Group obtains “Solar Impulse Efficient Solution” Label for MolecularGRIP

Solvent-free surface functionalization technology uses low amounts of chemistry and little energy to prime composites and dissimilar materials prior to bonding in addition to other functionalities.  

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Bonding

PlasmaBound closes €2.35 million funding round on controlled polymer ablation technology

PlasmaBound’s aims to accelerate its high-speed composite bonding technology to make sustainable composites a standard feature on vehicles, devices and structures on a global scale.

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Adhesives

Conagen develops high-performing debondable adhesives

Sustainable hot melt adhesives aim to resolve traditional hurdles in bonding.

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Composite-metal anti-roll bars make headway for lightweight automotive suspension systems

The LiMeCH project, led by the AMRC, Tinsley Bridge and Performance Engineered Solutions, developed filament-wound CFRP-metallic roll bar prototypes, with additional advances in joint bonding the hybrid materials.

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NDT

Laser bondline inspection becomes reality

One of the Holy Grails of composites manufacturing has been reliable verification of adhesive bondline strength integrity. A technology that does just that has arrived.

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