Glass Fibers
Bedford Reinforced Plastics introduces FRP pedestrian and trial bridge line
Pre-engineered ReadySpan system for trail, park and golf bridges designed for easy installation and to perform in harsh environments for 75+ years with little maintenance.
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Umoe Advanced Composites enters JV for large-scale glass fiber pressure vessel production in China
Large-scale production facility ramps up hydrogen expansion, with an annual production capacity of 12,000 glass fiber pressure vessels.
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Assessing a composites supply chain in flux
The global pandemic, shipping woes and winter storms have wreaked havoc on the composites supply chain. CW attempts to find out how widespread the problem is.
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Lanxess introduces new water-based dispersions for glass fiber sizing
Expansion of Lanxess’ Trixene Aqua BI product family offers excellent crosslink and adhesion promoters for aqueous coating systems, improves sizing formulation chemical and mechanical resistance.
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Composites as auto-body reinforcements
Hybrid structural-reinforcement technology expands options, gains applications, markets.
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German composite specialist INVENT collaborates in SUSTAINair for increased aircraft circularity
Three-and-a-half-year, 11-partner EU project will include metals and composites spanning design, manufacturing, maintenance, repair, assembly and recycling.
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Solico launches Amphora engineering, design software for composite silos and tanks
Customizable tool enables the calculate and optimization of construction variables like design loads and laminate thickness for rapid composite vessel development.
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Composites protect subsea cables for offshore wind power
Balmoral uses FRP to improve installation, performance and service life while reducing cable failures in rough seas.
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Optimized fiber reinforcements, fabrics, NCFs
In this Digital Demo, Vectorply provides an overview of its fiber formatting capabilities and technical support operations.
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Large composite covers protect a lot of water
A massive concrete water storage facility in Bogotá, Colombia, gets a much-needed makeover with the resin transfer molding of 840 large composite domes that keep the water potable.
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