Processes

Pultrusion

Pultrusion, pull-winding showcase high-volume composites production

JEC World 2024: Exel Composites offers attendees a chance to engage with company experts and learn more about continuous composite manufacturing processes across various industries.

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Filament Winding

Industrial equipment manufacturer expands global footprint, reaches into new markets

India-based CW Top Shops honoree EPP Composites reflects on a recently successful vertical filament winding application and new pultruded FRP rebar capabilities, as well as future opportunities.

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Caracol inaugurates tech assembly, innovation facilities in Milan

Caracol continues to evolve large-format additive manufacturing, opening two additional state-of-the-art facilities to accommodate client services, as well as materials and processes R&D.

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Construction

Fiberglass conduit manufacturer grows into new products, infrastructure applications

Texas-based Champion Fiberglass, a five-time CW Top Shops honoree, expands its success in the fiberglass composite conduit market into new applications and products, looking toward future automation and sustainability initiatives.

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Trends

Broetje-Automation demonstrates rCF placement via AFP

Through the ScrapSeRO project, the system integrator and machine builder successfully processed recycled composites, in addition to more traditional materials, via its highly flexible Staxx One system.

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CRP Technology launches Windform SL for UAV needs

Carbon fiber-reinforced polyamide, added to CRP’s Top-Line series, is well suited to demands for lightness, stiffness and thermal resistance in composites 3D printing.

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JEC

Automated end-to-end composite solutions for tape laying, fiber placement

JEC World 2024: Fives invites attendees to learn more about its specialization in providing composites precision and performance, whether its through its Cincinnati, Forest-Liné and Lund lines or its ACE and COAST engineering suites.

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Defense

Ballistic protection panels manufacturer relies on automation for high throughput, efficiency

Maine-based CW Top Shops honoree Compotech Inc. recently doubled its manufacturing space and team to produce modular composite panels for defense applications via light resin transfer molding (LRTM).

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BCN3D forms Supernova for VLM business growth

An independent entity, Supernova will enhance materials development and hardware industrialization for the viscous lithography manufacturing process, which can take fillers or fiber reinforcement for elevated product development.

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Thermoplastic tape friction tester completed at TPRC

Delivered and implemented at Toray Advanced Composites, the setup seeks to eliminate defects during hot press forming thermoplastic tapes.

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