Carbon Fibers

Automotive

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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Automotive

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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Wind/Energy

Siemens Gamesa to supply French offshore project

Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy (SGRE, Zamudio, Spain) will supply its new 8 MW offshore wind turbine, the SG 8.0-167 DD, to the 500 MW Saint Brieuc offshore wind project off France’s Bretagne coast.

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Braiding

SGL Carbon sold its shareholding in SGL Kümpers

SGL Group’s production of composites and composite components will now be concentrated at five sites in Germany and Austria. 

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Out of Autoclave

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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Chocolate Factory replaces metal parts with Stratasys composite 3D printing material

3D printed replacement machine part, produced in Stratasys FDM Nylon 12CF thermoplastic containing 35% chopped carbon fiber.  

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Consumer

Solvay, deBotech announced as USA Bobsled and Skeleton technology partners

Solvay and deBotech will provide custom designed high quality carbon fiber composite equipment.  

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Carbon Fibers

Zero-defect manufacturing of composite parts

ZAero project aims for 30-50% boost in productivity via inline AFP inspection, simulated part performance and decision support tools.

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Thermoplastics

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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Sustainability

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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