Processes
Increasing demand for composite driveshafts leads to automated production
California-based fabricator ACPT Inc. worked with machine suppliers to build an innovative semi-automated production line featuring an automated filament winder.
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Fortify expands fiber-reinforced photopolymer 3D printing line for end-use part applications
Company adds new FRP printers and open access software to enable new advanced materials, including Flux Core and Flux 3D.
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Composites as auto-body reinforcements
Hybrid structural-reinforcement technology expands options, gains applications, markets.
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Purdue University to establish Thermwood LSAM research laboratory
Industry-funded research to pursue large-scale composite thermoplastic additive manufacturing, with the goal of providing services to enhance, encourage and expand the adoption of large-scale AM for diverse industrial applications.
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Huntsman Advanced Materials resin systems meet composite pressure vessel requirements
Araldite resin systems cover wet and towpreg filament winding and RTM manufacturing processes for increased productivity and greater part consistency.
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Best practices in the CNC machining of composites
Machining composite materials is a challenging task. Proper tool selection, machine settings and process innovations help make it manageable.
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Huntsman PU resin systems enable lightweight sandwich construction for automotive
Vitrox RTM and Rimline FC polyurethane systems to advance lightweighting, design freedom and simplified manufacturing opportunities.
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Strata to manufacture compression-molded components for Pilatus PC-24
Strata to deliver composite engine mounting flaps, as well as the horizontal flap and conical stabilizer of the aircraft's tail per a seven-year deal.
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WEAV3D, GAA partner to expand structural composite opportunities in automotive sector
Tunable, composite lattice structures produced via patented automated weaving process able to support automotive volumes of hundreds of thousands of units per year.
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Cobra International commissions prepreg compression molding production line
Production capacity delivers highly structural prepreg carbon fiber hydrofoil components with a final surface finish straight from the mold.
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