Prepregs

Glass Fibers

Fire retardant prepregs enable Museum of the Future's 3D façade panels

Notus Composites to supply fire retardant prepregs for the 3D façade panels of the Museum of the Future in Dubai. 

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FACC receives STC approval for its Passenger Luggage Space Upgrade program

The glass fiber-reinforced composite overhead stowage bins are said to increase space while reducing weight by up to 67 percent.

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Out of Autoclave

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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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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Thermoplastics

People in Composites – January 2019

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

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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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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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Adhesives

Kaneka Aerospace acheives AS9100D aerospace certification

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

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Plant Tours

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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