Prepregs

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Composites training center opens in Dorset

Norco, a manufacturer of large composite structures and GRP moldings, has opened a new composites training center to offer hands-on training for new apprentices.

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Carbon Fibers

Withstanding fire without the weight

New composites meet stringent fire requirements while lightweighting ships, rail cars and battery boxes for electric cars and planes.

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Aerospace

People in Composites – January 2019

CW’s monthly roundup of people news in the composites industry.

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Carbon Fibers

Web Industries expands aerospace prepreg composites formatting business in Europe

The aerospace composite materials formatting company has acquired France-based Omega Systèmes Atlantique and Aquitaine.

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Prepregs

Roth Composite Machinery laboratory line produces minimal surface weight prepregs

Possible trials can be conducted with thermoplastic matrix materials but also with duromers with layings or fabrics of all kinds of fiber systems such as carbon, glass or aramid.

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Prepregs

L&L Special Furnace Co. unveils retort furnace for de-bindering ceramic composites

The company is customizing a large retort box furnace for de-bindering ceramic matrix composite (CMC) prepreg materials.

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Prepregs

Kaneka Aerospace acheives AS9100D aerospace certification

Kaneka Aerospace’s product portfolio includes high performance resins, prepregs and adhesive materials.    

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Carbon Fibers

Plant tour: Meggitt San Diego, CA, US

This aerospace and defense fabricator upgrades to a larger facility and gets, in the process, a chance to rethink and optimize material, people and process flow. 

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Prepregs

New Products: January 2019

CW’s roundup of new products for the composites industry – the past month has seen innovations from AnalySwift, BriskHeat, Granta Design, JETCAM, Kordsa, Starrett and Thermwood.

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Thermoplastics

Conbility's tape placement applicator installed at Technical Center AIMEN in Spain

The system boasts a multifunctional range of usage: it accomplishes laser-assisted thermoplastic tape placement, IR-assisted thermoset prepreg placement and dry fiber placement.

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