Molds/Tools

Glass Fibers

History, myths and urban legends of pultrusion

CW guest columnist and composites industry pultrusion consultant David E. Green tells us that many interesting stories have been told about the early days of pultrusion, and some of them are true.

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Thermoplastics

Stratasys debuts Robotic Composite and Infinite-Build 3D printers

The company says this new 3D printing technology produces larger, lighter production parts for aerospace and automotive.

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Glass Fibers

METYX Composites expands Turkey site

The expanded site is almost twice the size of the current factory, providing METYX with the space to double weaving capacity for glass and carbon fiber multiaxial fabrics.

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Ketones

Three new 3D printing technologies for composites

Fiber-reinforced composite tooling, ceramic matrix composites (CMCs) and woven fiber composites are all now the realm of 3D printing.

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RTM

Fine-tuning fiberglass: Smart fiber sizing

Some insights into those proprietary chemistries that can customize performance at the fiber/resin interface.

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Thermoplastics

TenCate opens its European Centre of Excellence for thermoset composite materials

The opening follows a period of significant investment for the UK operation of TenCate Advanced Composites.

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Molds/Tools

3-D printing autoclavable composite molds

The polymer additive manufacturing research team at the Department of Energy’s Manufacturing Demonstration Facility at Oak Ridge National Laboratory reports that it has successfully fabricated autoclave-capable carbon fiber composite molds, manufactured using large-scale 3D printing/additive manufacturing.

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Weaving

JEC World 2016, the full report

ÂÌñÏׯÞ's editors report on the technologies and products that caught our eye at JEC World 2016, in early March.

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PAEK

JEC World 2016 exhibition and product previews

JEC World 2016 will be held in Paris March 8-10. These are some of the products that will be found at the show.

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Aerospace

Aircraft composites repair moves toward maturity

New technologies seek to address the challenges MROs will increasingly face in the age of commercial airliners with composite airframes.

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