Resins

Automotive

Turning ideas into innovative composites

From helmets to harps to the new Formula Lites all-carbon race car, Crawford Composites pursues perfection in a wide array of carbon fiber parts.

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Epoxies

Dow: 60-second epoxy is in range with liquid compression molding

Dow Automotive Systems (Horgen, Switzerland) made big news at JEC Europe 2014 with the introduction of VORAFORCE, its ultralow-viscosity, fast-cure epoxy for automotive molding.

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Automotive

Hexion is Hexion again, with a 60-second epoxy in hand

Resins manufacturer Hexion (Columbus, OH, US), which has spent the past few years going by the name Momentive, is back to being called Hexion.

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Automotive

The rise of HP-RTM

Decades of development have propelled it to prominence but its future demands industrial solutions for handling cost, complexity and process control.

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Weaving

Thermoplastic composites “clip” time, labor on small but crucial parts

Preconsolidated carbon fiber/PPS and PEEK and automated thermoforming enable six-figure production of connectors for the Airbus A350 XWB.

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Polyamide improves impeller performance

Direct-to-milled-tool process simplifies large deck mold development.

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RTM

HP-RTM on the rise

Decades of development have propelled it to prominence but its future demands industrial solutions for handling cost, complexity and process control.

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Pultruded polyurethane pallets

Composite solution transforms wooden consumable into profit-generating asset.

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Thermoplastics

New thermoplastic work cell to test overmolding

Lanxess subsidiary Bond-Laminates has a new work cell for demonstrating automated Tepex forming and overmolding for process development.

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Epoxies

At JEC Europe 2015: DSM Composite Resins AG

The Schaffhausen, Switzerland-based resin manufacturer introduced three new offerings to JEC Europe visitors and displayed the latest version of the Human Powered Vehicle, Velox4.

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