Infrastructure
Multimaterial carbon fiber composite engine brace
The project’s aim was to produce a lighter, composite version of an aluminum Audi engine brace, with a more aesthetic molded shape.
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MIT and NASA engineers design lightweight polymer airplane wing
The wing, comprising a lattice of injection-molded, configurable polymer subassemblies, is designed to change shape during flight.
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WVU researchers win Delmonte Award for composite infrastructure system
Hota GangaRao and Praveen Majjigapu’s NextGen Multifunctional Composite System has been developed for sustainable, cost-effective reinforcement bridges and other structural applications.
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Plant Tour: Composite Advantage
Composite Advantage supplies engineered fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) products including bridge decks, trail bridges, cantilever sidewalks, rail platforms, as well as waterfront structures such as fender protection systems, pilings and naval ship separators.
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Rock West Composites expands machining capability
The company’s new 5-axis CNC machine center has 5' x 10' x 4' of useable volume for working on large composite parts.
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Hexcel molding compound enables high-volume, zero-waste process
The company’s HexMC-i 2000 high-performance molding compound has been used to produce a carbon fiber-reinforced plastic (CFRP) transmission crossmember using a zero-waste process well-suited for high-volume manufacture.
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Solvay and Airborne to partner on developing automated processing for composite materials
The partnership aims to identify solutions to the industrialization challenges facing the composites industry.
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Army partners with Lockheed Martin to develop new materials for defense applications
The Army Research Laboratory and Lockheed Martin Corp. are partnering to create new materials for defense optical technology and protective coatings.
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Nouryon increases MEKP production for North America
Nouryon has started production of Butanox, one of its methyl ethyl ketone peroxide (MEKP) products, at its Pasadena, Texas, U.S. site, to serve the North American market.
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FRP composite piles chosen for bridge rehab at New Jersey seaside resort
Composite Advantage’s fiber reinforced polymer (FRP) composite pipe pilings will replace aging timber fenders on bridges at New Jersey’s Cape May resort.
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