Carbon Fibers
New technologies and markets at World of Filament Winding event
Nov. conference features winding developments with robots, automated fiber placement, additive manufacturing and emerging markets.
Read MoreAirline travel is poised to become faster
Numerous supersonic concepts were announced at the National Business Aviation Assn. (NBAA) annual meeting in Orlando in October, indicating it is a technology to watch.
Read MoreCAMX 2018: Second look, more new developments
Curved pultrusion for automotive, Smart Susceptors for primary structure repairs and Huntsman advances leaf springs for trucks, carbon wheels for automotive, “thin-ply” ailerons with Airbus and Nanocomp Technologies.
Read MoreRail passenger seating support created from fire resistant bio-based prepreg
Composite Evolution’s Evopreg bio-derived prepreg used to created composite cantilever for lightweight train seating support.
Read MorePushing EVs forward
Multifunctional chassis design and novel composites processes enable lighter, longer-range, safer electric vehicles.
Read MoreFilament winding, reinvented
Robots and digital technology deliver speed plus larger, more complex parts, while generative 3D winding obviates mandrels and waste for automotive applications.
Read MoreContinuous Fiber Manufacturing blurs the line between 3D printing and AFP
Continuous fiber manufacturing (CFM) is a 3D printing/continuous fiber deposition process patented by moi composites.
Read MoreCarbon fiber pickup box: A GM redux?
Didn’t GM release a truck with a composite pickup box years ago? The Pro-Tec box was molded in the same Huntington factory as the new CarbonPro version. So, what sets the new pickup box apart?
Read MoreComposite pickup box drives expansion of CSP’s Huntington, IN plant
The new expansion is where commercial production will begin next spring on the CarbonPro composite pickup box for top-of-the-line GMC Sierra Denali pickups.
Read MoreRamaco Carbon's innovation campus green-lighted
The iCAM research center will host researchers from national laboratories, universities, research groups and manufacturing organizations with the goal of using coal to create advanced carbon based manufactured products.
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