Marine

Construction

CW Top Shops: Meaningful data for composites fabricators

The amount of data produced by manufacturing facilities is increasing exponentially. CW Top Shops' inaugural benchmarking  survey helps contextualize some of that data.

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Sustainability

OceanGate to build two new deep-sea submersibles

The company is planning construction for two new carbon fiber composite submersibles, Cyclops 3 and 4, to be rated for 6,000 meters.

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Glass Fibers

Composite deckhouses cut weight, noise in wind farm service boats

Holland Composites produces CFRP deckhouses for Windcat wind farm service vessels

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Mass Transit

Composites Index contracts for third month

The Composites Index experienced its third month of contracting activity in September, registering 47.3.

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Molds/Tools

Mouldbox rebrands as Plyable, uses AI to automate composite tooling

By uploading CAD data into the Plyable app, businesses access a pre-qualified manufacturing network offering superior quality, plus time and cost savings.

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Marine

Composites industry events focus on recycled carbon fiber, filament winding

CETMA and Suez present a workshop on recycled carbon fiber, MF Tech announces global filament winding convention, and SAMPE 2020 abstracts are due Nov. 15.

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Automotive

Composites Index contraction slowed in August

The Index indicated expansionary readings in production, supplier deliveries and exports, but was pulled lower by employment, new orders and backlogs.   

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Cincinnati Incorporated and Marine Concepts to debut 3D printed molding tool

Cincinnati Incorporated’s Big Area Additive Manufacturing (BAAM) machine was used to create a 3D printed light resin transfer molding (LRTM) tool that will be showcased at the IBEX boat-building trade show in Tampa Florida October 1-3, 2019.

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Adhesives

Additive manufacturing reimagined: large-scale, fiber-reinforced thermoset printing

ORNL, MVP and Polynt-Reichhold launch world’s first commercially available, large-scale thermoset composite additive manufacturing machine and reactive print material.

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RTM

Composite Integration Ltd. moves to new, expanded facility

The RTM and resin infusion specialist will use the additional space at its Saltash, U.K. facility for R&D, training and larger machines.

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