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Rheon Labs successfully completes reactive fiber collaboration trials with FET
Under an Innovate UK Smart Grant-backed project, Rheon is developing a hyper-viscoelastic textile fiber that can actively absorb, dampen and control energy during movement.
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Mubea to collaborate on production of carbon fiber exoskeletons
Automotive supplier Mubea has entered into an agreement with robotic exoskeleton producer German Bionic on production of Cray X carbon fiber composite power suits.
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Deckers Innovation Lab combines fast, casual comfort with composite footwear
The KO-Z Sport Low Wool Carbon footwear features an Xponent midsole with carbon fiber plate layered between upcycled EVA foam for a “fast-casual” shoe selection.
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Furniture designer incorporates Bcomp natural fibers into luxury REI chair
Tras, a Japanese design and manufacturing studio, draws from decades of composites work in motorsport to develop the sustainable ampliTEX-based chair.
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McLaren, APL unveil high-performance athletic footwear brand
The all-purpose luxury composite footwear, inspired by McLaren supercars, presents a new silhouette, a three-piece segmented midsole and a carbon fiber plate.
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Cycle Inspect introduces damage, risk assessment service to the composite bicycle industry
Australian startup seeks to bridge the disparity gap between carbon fiber bike ownership and specialists trained to inspect them via an ultrasonic non-destructive testing (NDT) and visual inspections procedure.
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Loop Energy to deliver additional fuel cell systems for hydrogen-electric city bus platform
The order from Mobility & Innovation Production, known for its composite zero-emissions bus platform, advances Loop Energy to the commercial scaleup phase.
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Sikorsky delivers third CH-53K helicopter to U.S. Marine Corps
This is the third out of seven composites-intensive heavy-lift helicopters that have been delivered to the fleet exceeding all DOD rotary wing platforms, created in a complete, digital environment.
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Igus Inc. rolls out urban bicycle made entirely from recycled plastic
Lightweight plastics from landfills are used in all parts of the bicycle for a maintenance-free, corrosion-resistant platform, with first functioning model planned for end of 2022.
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Materials & Processes: Fibers for composites
The structural properties of composite materials are derived primarily from the fiber reinforcement. Fiber types, their manufacture, their uses and the end-market applications in which they find most use are described.
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