Wind/Energy
Roth develops high-volume LPG tank line
The gantry-based filament winding system is designed to produce as many as 600,000 plastic-lined, glass fiber-overwrapped liquefied petroleum (LPG) gas pressure vessels per year.
Read MoreTooling: 3D printing’s “killer app”
If 3D printing can be scaled to make tools for composite auto body panels ... it will be transformative
Read MoreState of the Composites Industry
Do you have your own assessment of the state of the composites industry? If so, let me know at jeff@compositesworld.com. And have a great 2018.
Read MoreGoldwind announces new GW 6S offshore smart wind turbine platform
First commercial deployment of offshore turbines for China's largest wind turbine OEM.
Read MoreNew wind industry report tracks 2017 wind turbine orders
A new report from Navigant Research (Chicago, IL, US) tracks all publicly announced wind turbine orders between January and June 2017, providing details on orders placed by region, country, and vendor.
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Australian research group launches carbon fiber manufacturing
CSIRO has begun manufacture of Australia’s first carbon fiber sourced entirely from materials produced in the country. Fiber quality is automotive grade, but the organization has its sights set on aerospace grade material.
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MHI Vestas repurposes power plant for wind blades
MHI Vestas Offshore Wind A/S (Aarhus, Denmark) will repurpose an oil-fired power plant decommissioned in 2015 into a state-of-the-art painting and logistics facility for its record-breaking 80m turbine blades.
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Velox to distribute Enka materials in Europe
Composites and plastics materials distributor VELOX GmbH (Hamburg, Germany) has announced the expansion of its distribution partnership with Low & Bonar (London, UK) to distribute Low & Bonar’s trademarked Enka-Channel and Enka-Fusion resin infusion consumables throughout Europe.
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LM Wind Power 73.5-meter blade arrives at Castellón Port
This is the largest wind turbine blade ever made and transported in Spain.
Read More3A Composites receives two Sacha Awards
The Sacha Awards are awarded every two years for projects on best forestry management and processing of legal timber practices in Ecuador.
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