Compression Molding
Hybrid battery cover: Materials, process decisions
A Q&A with Timo Huber, vice president of HRC’s Advanced Composite Technology Center, discusses material and process considerations for HRC Group’s SMC electric vehicle battery cover research project.
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SMC material configurations tailored to automotive battery enclosure design
SMC battery cover offers various module configurations, levels of performance, mass and cost for electric vehicles.
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Plant tour: Bucci Composites, Faenza, Italy
A stalwart in Italy’s “Motor Valley” opens its doors for a discussion and exploration of the company’s history in composites manufacturing for high-performance cars and other applications.
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Top 10 ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ articles of 2021
As this year comes to a close, ÂÌñÏ×ÆÞ is taking some time to reflect on what the year held for those in the composites industry. Take a look at the most popular articles of 2021.
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Plant tour: ATC Manufacturing, Post Falls, Idaho, U.S.
ATC is at the top of the list when it comes to thermoplastic composites and aerostructures manufacturing. CW explains why.
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Composites Evolution showcases high-performance prepregs, novel thermoplastic UD tapes
Composites Evolution highlights its Evopreg prepreg family, as well as PA6 tapes reinforced with UD carbon fiber for ATL, filament winding and compression molding.
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Hexcel, HP Composites develop carbon fiber Class A body panels
Italian component producer combines composites processing expertise with Hexcel HexPly XF3 surfacing material, HexPly M47 and HexPly M49 prepregs for supersport sedan external body panels.
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Increasing the composite stack: Co-molding of dissimilar materials
This demo introduces the concept of co-molding with thermoset composites to improve the final part performance. (Sponsored)
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9T Labs recognized as a Swiss Top 100 Startup company
9T Labs has been awarded third place in the 2021 Swiss Top 100 Startups competition for its hybrid 3D printing technology, which combines 3D printing with compression molding in matched metal dies.
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Precision Cutting Enables High Speed Composites Molding Process
Automatic cutting of proprietary composite materials is critical for high speed molding of military-grade pressurized camera enclosures.
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