Materials
Scaling up, optimizing the flax fiber composite camper
Greenlander’s Sherpa RV cab, which is largely constructed from flax fiber/bio-epoxy sandwich panels, nears commercial production readiness and next-generation scale-up.
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Customized, performance-drive carbon fibers support thermoplastic compounding, engineered composites
CAMX 2025: Barnet’s signature line of carbon fiber products, featuring oversized and chopped carbon fibers made from post-industrial recycled material, are engineered with versatility, high mechanical reinforcement and sustainability in mind.
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CARBOWAVE studies microwave and plasma-induced carbonization for carbon fiber production
The European research consortium is holistically exploring the process’ improvement and commercialization for more energy-efficient, affordable materials manufacturing.
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Zoltek celebrates 50 years serving the carbon fiber industry
Since its founding in 1957 by Zsolt Rumy, Zoltek has grown its global carbon fiber capacity into what it is today, and is looking ahead to the next five decades under Toray leadership.
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Airbus completes A350F freight horizontal stabilizer in Spain
Like other parts of the large cargo aircraft, the HTP is composite, to be fitted to the first A350F aircraft for 2026-2027 flight tests.
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Carbon fiber boosts dry-processed battery performance
ORNL researchers have found that dry-processed films incorporating long carbon fibers improves strength and conductivity for more affordable lithium-ion battery electrodes.
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Thermoplastic thin-ply UD tapes drive high versatility, scalability
CAMX 2025: A+ Composites is featuring thin-ply UD TPC tapes engineered with the inherent benefits of thermoplastics, but with individual ply thicknesses below 50 µm and fiber volume contents up to 68%.
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Troubleshooting thermoplastic composite stamp forming
Understand the basic science of TPC stamp forming, a manufacturing process steadily gaining momentum in aerospace and mobility applications thanks to its rapid forming, short cycle times and automated methods.
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Clean Aviation's regional aircraft technology testbed #2 demonstrates advances with composites
European project advances OOA outer wing box using resin infusion and thermoplastic composite technologies.
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Strohm completes first 13 thermoplastic composite jumpers for ExxonMobil
The thermoplastic composite pipe (TCP) jumpers were fabricated as part of the company’s Jumper on Demand concept aimed at flexible, high-volume part manufacture.
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