Pressure Vessels
Toyota and Hino agree to develop heavy-duty fuel cell truck using composite storage tanks
Type IV tanks will help provide 600-kilometer range and meet commercial vehicle requirements
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Toray to provide prepreg carbon fiber for OceanGate submersibles
Materials from Toray Composite Materials America have been selected for composite pressure vessels on deep-sea submersibles.
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NASA, OceanGate collaborate on manufacture of carbon fiber pressure vessels
The pressure vessels built through this agreement will be used on OceanGate’s latest deep-sea Cyclops submersible.
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Flaw detector includes new features to improve inspection workflow
Designed for pressure vessels and pipes, Olympus’s OmniScan X3 flaw detector is said to combine the tools needed for efficient phased array ultrasonic testing (PAUT) inspections.
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Graphene technology enables composite cryogenic pressure vessels
Infinite Composites incorporates Applied Graphene Materials’ graphene technology into two resin systems for cryogenic pressure vessels being considered for NASA missions.
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Voith Composites, HRC to develop hydrogen pressure vessels for EVs
The next-generation filament-wound composite high pressure vessels will be designed for use with fuel cell electric vehicles.
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Plastic Omnium opens hydrogen storage R&D centers in Belgium, China
The new centers will focus on the development of emissions control and fuel systems, including high-pressure hydrogen tanks and fuel cells.
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Cimarron advances micro-strain performance for cryogenic pressure tanks
Cimarron Composites (Huntsville, AL, US) has made a leap forward in all-composite cryogenic tank development: development of a carbon fiber-reinforced composite storage tank capable of 15,000 micro-strain performance while in a pressurized liquid nitrogen environment.
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Victrex launches PEEK polymer for cryogenics
VICTREX CT 200 is designed for dynamic sealing applications where gases such as liquefied natural gas (LNG) are stored and transported at cryogenic temperatures.
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Composite pressure vessels take on cryogenic temperatures
Several recent innovations involving composite high pressure tanks indicate a leap forward in pressure vessel technology.
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