Materials

Plant Tours

Plant Tour: STELIA Aerospace, Méaulte, France

Supplier of Airbus fuselage sections pushes boundaries of hybrid aerostructures production, assembly and thermoplastic composites.

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Bonding

Solvay epoxy-based film for prepregs

Solvay Composite Materials has developed FusePly, an epoxy-based film that is designed to co-cure with a prepreg and provide a chemically active surface that reacts with functional groups in adhesives to create a covalently bonded structure.

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Defense

Technical Fibre Products microfiber support veils

Technical Fibre Products has launched its range of next-generation surfacing and adhesive support veils, for superior flexibility and surface smoothness.

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Epoxies

Hexion self-extinguishing epoxy resin

Hexion has introduced Epon FlameX, a halogen-free, non-particulate, non-additive chemistry for epoxies that provides strong fire/smoke/toxicity (FST) performance in aerospace applications.

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Alaka’i Technologies launches hydrogen-powered eVTOL

Skai is a composite, five-passenger aircraft built by an air mobility startup and co-designed by BMW’s design group.

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Thermoplastics

BASF to build engineering plastics, thermoplastic polyurethanes plants in China

The two plants will be located at the company’s proposed integrated chemical production site in Zhanjiang, China.

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Innovate UK and IACMI composite competition now open

The U.K.-based competition will award funding for disruptive composite technologies. 

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Adhesives

WMG prototypes CFRP frame for Very Light Rail (VLR) demonstration vehicle

Braided thermoplastic composite frame enables lightweight, recyclability and high-volume manufacturing.

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Focus on Design

Chopped carbon fiber, polyamide and innovation redefine the modern pickup truck bed

CarbonPro, the first thermoplastic composite box, boosts damage resistance, reduces mass 28 kg, scales to high production volumes.

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Autoclave

Thermoplastic composites: Poised to step forward

The evolving role of thermoplastic materials and processes and their future in next-generation commercial aircraft.

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