Processes
Exel Composites, Eze Shoring partner on composite solution for construction
The versatile Eze Shoring concept consists of four individual glass fiber-reinforced high performance pultruded composite profiles and offers a completely new option for the construction industry.
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CAMX 2017: Highlights from the floor
3D printing and nanotechnology developments promise to cut time and cost in composite structures production while recycling and sustainability continue to grow in importance.
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Wisconsin Oven doubles manufacturing space
The company has added 130,000 ft2 of new space with the acquisition of a neighboring building in East Troy, WI, US.
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Trelleborg finalizes Automated Dynamics acquisition
Automated Dynamics specializes in the development of customized automated fiber placement (AFP) solutions for high-performance composite parts and structures.
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Steelhead Composites earns AS9100 certification
Steelhead Composites designs, manufactures and tests specialty, lightweight hydraulic components and composite pressure vessels to be used for weight-sensitive energy and fuel storage applications.
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Spirit AeroSystems unveils new composites curing technology
Spirit’s research group in Scotland has developed an “intelligent heated tool” technology that obviates the need for the autoclave and reduces cure time by 40%.
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Kent Pultrusion ships machine to a North American pultruder
Kent Pultrusion (Kent, Ohio), a division of Kent Automation, has successfully completed and shipped a ServoPul 1610 two stream pultrusion machine for a leading pultruder in North America producing composite wall panel structures utilizes green building technology.
Read MoreADEKA, GH Craft develop fiber-to-composite direct process
The FtoC molding process automates resin impregnating, curing and laminating processes while aligning highly oriented fibers.
Read MoreHexcel acquires Oxford Performance Materials
Hexcel (Stamford, CT, US) announced December 8, 2017 that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the aerospace and defense (A&D) business of Oxford Performance Materials.
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Dr. Suresh Shah named SPE Lifetime Achievement Award Winner
Shah is a technical specialist, with over 30 years of experience and more than 45 Intellectual Properties including patents and trade secrets - more than 40% of these are in production, which is far more than the 4% industrial average.
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