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Carbon Fibers

Composites at AIA 2017

The ACMA Architectural Division exhibited its 4th annual Composites Pavilion and 2nd annual COMPOSITES CHALLENGE for architectural students.

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Consumer

Seriforge: A new paradigm for composite preforms

Silicon Valley startup aims to produce complex 3D carbon fiber preforms with z-axis reinforcement at mass production scale using automated processing lines.

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Braiding

JEC World 2017 exhibit preview

JEC World will be held March 14-16 in Paris. CW previews some of the products and technologies that will be at the show.

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Aerospace

Size-unlimited OOA composite process enables next-gen system

United Launch Alliance selects Ruag Space for lower cost/improved quality out-of-autoclave manufacture of Vulcan’s composite primary structures.

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Adhesives

CAMX 2016 Show Report

The 3rd annual joint ACMA/SAMPE-sponsored trade event comes to Anaheim with an exhibition and conference program attractive to professionals across the composites world.

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Composites enable portability in driving simulator

FRP design enables portable, light-tight, enclosure with an image-projection-grade inner surface.

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Sandwich structure makes hangars possible

Greek company Dasyc has developed the high-strength Composite Modular Transportable Hangar (CMTH), which uses interlocked composite sandwich panels to ease assembly and disassembly.

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Automotive

METYX Composites expands Turkey site

The expanded site is almost twice the size of the current factory, providing METYX with the space to double weaving capacity for glass and carbon fiber multiaxial fabrics.

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Biomaterials

Orthopedics: Carbon foam fosters bone growth

The Center of Innovation for Biomaterials in Orthopedic Research (CIBOR) at the National Institute for Aviation Research (Wichita, KS, US) has two patents on the use of carbon foam as a bone-graft material to improve success in orthopedic implants.

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Braiding

JEC World 2016, the full report

ÂÌñÏׯÞ's editors report on the technologies and products that caught our eye at JEC World 2016, in early March.

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