Sustainability

Carbon Fibers

Recycled carbon fiber update: The supply side

Commercial recyclers aren’t alone in their pursuit of fiber reclamation. Textile converters have joined the effort.

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Adhesives

Recycled carbon fiber update: Closing the CFRP lifecycle loop

Commercial production of recycled carbon fiber currently outpaces applications for it, but materials characterization and new technology demonstrations promise to close the gap.

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Fabrics/Preforms

CAMISMA’s car seat back: Hybrid composite for high volume

Recycled fibers, in-situ polymerized PA12 and steel inserts combined in one-shot process to cut weight 40 percent at competitive cost, cycle time and safety.

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Marine

Buoyant buildings: Modular design relies on cored composites

Arquitectura en el Agua’s (AEEA, Santa Cruz, Tenerife, Canary Islands) architects and engineers convert for metal to composites for their floating modular structures for marinas, harbors, restaurants, hotels and leisure centers.

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Sustainability

SPE Automotive Div. names winners of Innovation Awards Competition

The SPE Automotive Div. hosted its 44th-annual Automotive Innovation Awards Gala on Nov. 12 and announced 2014's winners in several categories.

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Sustainability

Material ConneXion introduces composites around the world

Physical and virtual material libraries and access to designers should attract composites industry participation.

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Defense

F-35 makes first arrested landing aboard aircraft carrier

An F-35C Lightning II carrier varient Joint Strike Fighter conducted its first arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier on Nov. 3 off the coast of San Diego, Calif., USA.

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Nanomaterials

Haydale acquires EPL Composite Solutions Ltd.

Graphenes and nanomaterials specialist Haydale will acquire EPL Composite Solutions, a specialist in the design, development and commercialization of advanced composites polymer materials in the U.K. and overseas.

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Graphene

SPE ACCE 2014 report

Automotive composites still on the horizon — are they getting closer?

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Aerospace

Inside a CAMX session on composites recycling

CW technical editor Sara Black reports on the what some of the composites industry's leading recycling thinkers have to say about carbon fiber reclamation and re-use.

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