Resins

Thermoplastics

Bentley, Emerald Automotive and Nissan join composites lightweighting initiative

The three automotive OEMS are working with the UK Lightweighting Excellence Programme, which seeks to manufacture composite components in medium to high volumes.

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Aerospace

CAMX 2015: Automotive, military innovations and on-floor demos

ACMA’s and SAMPE’s second combined event featured plenty of new products and thought-provoking conference sessions for the composites industry.

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Epoxies

New 250°F/120°C No Oven No Autoclave epoxy

Designed for room-temp infusion and filament winding with 2-hr no-heat-added cure or 15-30 min heated cure without post-cure for flexible processing of marine, industrial and energy structures.

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Hi-Temp Resins

New low-cost, high-temp resins

MG Resins offer a suite of properties and processing that could potentially revolutionize sectors of the composites industry.

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Resins

Composite rebar strengthens riverbed “catfish houses”

Basalt-reinforced polyester rebar eliminates rust and spalling and extends the useful life of concrete catfish spawning and habitat units in Chicago River environmental restoration effort.

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Consumer

Composites tackle concussions

The launch of the first commercial composite football helmet and new research thrusts show FRPs could play a critical role in mitigating head injuries.

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Plant Tours

Plant Tour: Fokker Aerostructures: Hoogeveen, Netherlands

This Dutch aerospace supplier leverages its founder’s pioneering spirit from a century ago to lead the way, today, in thermoplastic aerocomposites.

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Core

Report from IBEX 2015

As always, IBEX supplied new products, processes and education, not only to boatbuilders, but to the composites industry overall.

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Filament Winding

CFK-Valley Stade Convention 2015 report

The composites industry in Germany is preparing for the 4th Industrial Revolution.

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Consumer

Super "skinny" water skiff

Hell’s Bay Boatworks’ (Titusville, FL, US) latest design for a sportfishing customer does an unprecedented job of shaving weight and boosting toughness of flatboats for shallow-water operation.

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