Carbon Fibers
Gurit acquires majority share in Fiberline Composites A/S
Sixty-percent share of the Denmark-based manufacturer brings pultruded carbon and glass fiber products into Gurit’s wheelhouse for wind blade production.
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Space Walker raises $4.5 million for composite spaceplane, business developments
Cumulative seed funding closes at $10 million for development of CFRP suborbital spaceplane and bolstering of new composite materials department.
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Cycling forward with bike frame materials and processes
Fine-tuning of conventional materials and processes characterizes today’s CFRP bicycle frame manufacturing, whether in the large factories of Asia or at reshored facilities in North America and Europe. Thermoplastic resins and automated processes are on the horizon, though likely years away from high-volume production levels.
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Long-fiber liquid crystal polymers
High-performance, injection moldable grades to be offered with long glass, carbon fiber options.
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NCC and Synthesites work toward intelligent manufacturing for resin infused composites
The National Composites Centre (NCC) and Synthesites develop an advanced closed loop control system for resin infusion with non-invasive sensors, real-time resin flow monitoring and accurate, in-situ estimation of online viscosity and glass transition temperature.
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CompoTech, Bilsing carbon fiber gondola beam development key for simplifying tooling management
Stiffer EOAT design for automotive tandem press line tooling increases load capacity and productivity, overcomes strokes per minute limitation and improves factory interchangeability.
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Notox surfboards combine upcycled carbon fiber from Airbus with Sicomin bio-resin
One-hundred percent upcycled fabrics declared unusable for aerospace applications go through a wet lamination process with vacuum bag consolidation to produce the sustainable Notox R-Carbon products.
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Archer Aviation plans to work with Hexcel to advance eVTOL production capabilities
Under the proposed relationship, Hexcel will supply its high-performance carbon fiber prepreg material for the production aircraft.
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Classic Recreations announces carbon fiber bodied Shelby Cobra race car
The officially licensed 1965 CSX Shelby Cobra race car features an autoclave-cured carbon fiber body, including the floor and doors, and is said to rival supercars in weight and horsepower.
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Hexcel carbon fiber selected for Artemis 9 mission booster production
Lightweight composite design for BOLE boosters enable increased performance for NASA’s future missions to the moon and Mars.
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