Trends

Carbon Fibers

SGL Carbon and Airbus Helicopters to intensify collaboration

The two companies have agreed on framework contract that regulates the basic provision and further development of innovative carbon and glass fiber materials.

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PAEK

General Atomics Aeronautical developing tool-less thermoplastics composites process

Aerospace manufacturer General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. is developing a novel process for the fabrication of thermoplastic composite structures that obviates the need for traditional molds or tooling.

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Trends

IAI launches new production line for F-35 wing skins

Israel Aerospace Industries has launched a new automatic fiber placement line for composite skins for the F-35 wings.

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Adhesives

Pultrusion picks up speed in automotive applications

Pultrusion is one of the most cost-effective processes for manufacturing high-volume composite parts.

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Trends

NIAR's NCAMP qualifying TenCate thermoplastic composite

TenCate’s Cetex TC1225 T700GC 12K T1E unidirectional tape is a low-melt polyaryletherketone (LMPAEK) and is part of a broad effort by the National Center for Advanced Materials Performance (NCAMP) to qualify thermoplastic materials.

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Aerospace

Consortium works to develop biosourced composites from bamboo fiber

The BAMCO collaborative project aims to develop new biocomposites created from long bamboo fibres.

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Construction

Joinlox and USQ recognized for composite pile repair system

Joinlox and USQ collaborative technology on composite infrastructure repair solution receives JEC Asia Innovation Award 2018.

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Trends

Researchers develop bio-composite material from date palm fiber

Researchers claim date palm fiber polycaprolactone bio-composite has increased tensile strength and good low-velocity impact resistance.

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Aerospace

Boeing to supply ELG carbon fiber for recycling

Under a five-year agreement, Boeing will supply carbon fiber recycling specialist ELG Carbon Fibre with cured and uncured material from its 777X wing manufacturing facility, as well as other locations.

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Aerospace

Cimarron advances micro-strain performance for cryogenic pressure tanks

Cimarron Composites (Huntsville, AL, US) has made a leap forward in all-composite cryogenic tank development: development of a carbon fiber-reinforced composite storage tank capable of 15,000 micro-strain performance while in a pressurized liquid nitrogen environment.

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