Resins

Suprem expands thermoplastic capabilities

A tailored combination of fiber reinforcement and high-performance thermoplastics  can now be processed with this technology to fulfill applications from marine to aerospace.

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Consumer

Salewa's new hiking boot features thermoplastic composites

The Ortles Couloir boot includes thermoplastic composites from Xenia Materials and was designed to offer both stiffness and flexibility.

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Thermoplastics

Thermoplastic tapes continue to show potential for composite aerostructures

Web Industries reports increased R&D activity within several aerospace markets enabled by the flexibility and advantages of thermoplastic tapes.

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Aerospace

Electroimpact, Toray, Janicki advance technologies for rapid, large-scale thermoplastic parts manufacture

Project combines Electroimpact high-speed AFP equipment, Janicki’s OOA heated layup tooling system and Toray Cetex TC1225 low melt PAEK UD tape for deposition rates of up to 4,000 inches/minute.

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Adhesives

Lohmann expands reactive chemistry adhesives line

Lohmann Corp. & Subsidiaries launches UV-LUX, a UV light-activated adhesive that changes changes colors as it adheres and cures, indication chemical progression.

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Clean Sky 2 FRAMES project advances heating simulation of thermoplastic composite AFP with xenon flashlamp

Heraeus Noblelight and Compositadour develop heating simulation to optimize process temperatures during automated fiber placement of composite aerostructures.

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Thermoplastics

Reactively polymerized resin expands organosheet market, opportunities

Johns Manville to introduce Neomera, a new family of thermoplastic composites.

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Feature

Out-of-autoclave VBO rear spar, thermoplastic ribs target Wing of Tomorrow

French Tier 1 aerospace supplier Daher develops out-of-autoclave materials and process technologies for application in next-gen structures for the Airbus Wing of Tomorrow program.

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Thermoplastics

CAMX 2021 exhibit preview: Teubert

Teubert highlights its continuous compression molding (CCM) system for manufacturing fiber-reinforced thermoplastic composites such as plates and profiles.

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CAMX

CAMX 2021 exhibit preview: Magnolia Advanced Materials Inc.

Magnolia 7018 A/B is a two-component syntactic epoxy adhesive designed with high strength and flame-retardant properties.

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microwire technology for composites