Carbon Fibers
Recycled carbon veil designed to close carbon fiber lifecycle loop
CAMX 2023: Technical Fibre Products’ new nonwoven veil can be reused in composites, effectively closing the loop and providing a viable route for the recycling of fibers.
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Sicomin epoxy resins power Candela composite boat construction
Candela’s zero-emission P-12 foiling passenger shuttle offers low vessel weight, higher journey frequency with its carbon fiber-reinforced epoxy fabrication.
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Composite molding compound replaces Invar for lightweight small satellite structures
Patz Materials and Technologies and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory developed a new monolithic optics housing with 80% less weight, near-zero CTE and the high-volume manufacturing required for commercial space.
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Toray boosts European carbon fiber production capacity
Toray Carbon Fibers Europe S.A. facility in France will increase to an annual production of 6,000 metric tons of medium and high modulus carbon fiber tows.
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Purdue researchers develop new type of intelligent architected materials
Phase transforming cellular materials (PXCM) exhibit intelligent responses to external forces and stimuli, can dissipate energy to avoid damage and are being developed for transportation, military and other applications that can use composites.
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Hexagon Purus opens new composite H2 cylinder manufacturing hub in Kassel, Germany
Third new manufacturing facility for Hexagon Purus this year and second dedicated to carbon fiber-reinforced composite pressure vessels for H2 storage.
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Gurit composite materials support FridgeWize industrial chiller fan blades
Gurit prepreg and technical assistance has solved FridgeWize’s specification, volume and production efficiency challenges, enabling the manufacture and installation of more than 25,000 fan blades in 2022.
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Engine vane demonstrates potential for gapped, unidirectional dry fiber for infusion
GKN Aerospace and its partners developed an aircraft demonstrator component made with TeXtreme’s latest Gapped UD material, proving out a dry, infusible tape meant to compare in performance to UD prepreg.
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British supercar is lightweighted using Hypetex colored carbon fiber
The bespoke BAC Mono R uses Hypetex titanium carbon fiber twill body for a distinctive aesthetic finish without the need for paint, for up to eight times more weight savings and maximized performance.
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Carbon fiber chassis halves weight of Krone Big X forage harvester
IFW and partners are developing and testing a CFRP chassis for agricultural vehicles, enabling new design possibilities, enhanced torsional stiffness and 50% less weight.
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