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Aerospace

Carbon fiber composite Mars rover chassis under development

Swiss engineering company Scheurer Swiss GmbH is developing the part along with partner RUAG Space.

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Thermoplastics

Daher acquires KVE Composites Group

The acquisition is intended to extend Daher’s thermoplastic composites capabilities for structural aircraft components.

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Fabrics/Preforms

WMG prototypes CFRP frame for Very Light Rail (VLR) demonstration vehicle

Braided thermoplastic composite frame enables lightweight, recyclability and high-volume manufacturing.

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Trends

Episode 24: Scott Lewit, Structural Composites

Scott Lewit, president of Structural Composites, discusses the company’s innovations in marine and ground transportation composites including the development of CoCure Hybrid Metal/Composite technology for Wabash trailers.

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Trends

Solvay, Stratasys partner for additive manufacturing

The companies will develop an aerospace-grade polymer for use with Stratasys 3D printers.

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PAEK

Industrialized continuous fiber composite printing in Delft

CEAD offers large builds with speed, precision, low-cost extrusion and continuous fiber.

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Continuous Composites, Spatial partner to advance composite 3D printing

As part of the partnership, Continuous Composites will use Spatial Corp.’s 3D software to advance its robotic continuous-fiber 3D printing technology.

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Trends

Architectural cladding composite unveiled

Arcitell, a manufacturer of residential siding products, has unveiled a lightweight fiber-reinforced polymer (FRP) panel that replicates traditional brick, stone or wood siding.

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Carbon Fibers

U.K. research program explores aligned discontinuous fiber prepreg

A research program in the U.K. is attempting to achieve a fundamental step-change in the composites industry.

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Wind/Energy

Massachusetts-based startup​​​​​​​ raises funding to launch carbon fiber super-composite

Boston Materials has raised $1.75 million in seed funding to launch its Carbon Supercomposite, which uses a patented Z-axis reinforcement technology in a carbon fiber composite.

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