Fabrics/Preforms for Composites

Composite fabrics or preforms serve as the foundation for creating composite materials, comprising carefully arranged layers of fibers or textiles before they are infused or coated with a matrix material. These fabrics or preforms come in various shapes, weaves, and orientations, allowing engineers to customize the material's properties based on specific application requirements. They play a pivotal role in determining the final characteristics of the composite, influencing factors like strength, flexibility, and weight distribution.

Aerospace prepregs with braided reinforcement demonstrate improved production rates, cost
Prepregs

Aerospace prepregs with braided reinforcement demonstrate improved production rates, cost

A recent time study compares the layup of a wing spar using prepreg with A&P’s TX-45 continuous braided reinforcement versus traditional twill woven prepreg.

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Fabrics/Preforms

Angeloni Group completes Selcom Multiaxial Technology merger

Acquired in 2022, Selcom and Angeloni Group are now operating as a single company with enriched composites expertise.

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Ketones

Teijin Carbon, A&P Bimax TPUD braided fabric meets scalable composites manufacturing goals

A combination of Teijin Carbon’s UD thermoplastic tapes and A&P Technology’s braided fabrics translates into a PAEK biaxial fabric with minimal crimp, high drapability and other rate-enabling qualities. 

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Verretex, Ryse Energy confirm use of rGF textiles as drop-in wind blade materials

Pilot trial at Ryse’s Spain facility required no alterations to production equipment or schedule when using the recycled glass fiber textile, with strength, stiffness and compliance targets achieved.

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Glass Fibers

DITF launches €4.2 million recycling projects to advance fiber, textile circular economies

The initiatives focus on creating industrial-scale processes for recycled high-performance fibers and transforming textile waste into high-quality yarns.

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Trends

RWC completes prototype radome using Renegade NCAMP-certified composite

Completed prototype for Georgian Aerospace uses a low-dielectric epoxy prepreg on quartz fabric, which has passed radio frequency testing with results equivalent to traditionally higher-cost, low-dielectric matrix options.

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CAMX

Braided composites enable low-cost, high-rate fabrication

CAMX 2025: A&P Technology highlights its QISO and slit tape thermoplastic material capabilities through customer examples and industry applications.

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Knowledge Centers

CW Tech Days: Bonding and Welding
CW Tech Days: Bonding and Welding

Join us for insights into advanced bonding techniques and welding processes for composite materials to ensure durability and structural integrity.

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Composites in Advanced Air Mobility
Composites in Advanced Air Mobility

Explore the cutting-edge composites industry, as experts delve into the materials, tooling, and manufacturing hurdles of meeting the demands of the promising advanced air mobility (AAM) market. Join us at CW Tech Days to unlock the future of efficient composites fabrication operations.

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Latest Fabrics/Preforms News And Updates

CAMX

Complete solutions support reinforcements, consumables, plug and mold production

CAMX 2025: Attendees can discover how Metyx continues to support composites manufacturers with production-ready innovations, including Matvantage Plus, Matvantage PV, Metybond and Metycalc.

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3D weaving capabilities achieve complex shapes with reduced labor times, costs

JEC World 2025: The specialized engineered woven fabrics company displays film-infused 3D woven joints, woven TPS and woven composite 3D structures.

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Fabrics/Preforms

Composite surfacing veils improve finish, function

JEC World 2025: James Cropper streamlines composites production through the launch of Surfacetec, improving fabrication efficiencies, part functionality and targeting sustainability.

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Fabrics/Preforms

MoistTech Corp. introduces IR3000 moisture sensors

Near infrared (NIR) sensors deliver precision moisture control and reliable moisture analysis for natural fibers, synthetic fibers and blended fabrics.

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Fabrics/Preforms

Biesterfeld gains composites distribution rights from Saertex 

Under the new strategic distribution partnership, Biesterfeld will be the official sales partner for various Saertex material products to the German market.

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Infrastructure

CSub delivers one-piece composite truss bridge in Norway

EPC supplier has fabricated, transported and delivered a 42-meter composite bridge intended for pedestrians and bicyclists.

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Featured Posts

Carbon fiber/flax landing gear achieves 54% weight reduction via tailored layup optimization

Fuko’s Biogear showcases how strategic composite material distribution and natural fiber damping properties can lightweight and enhance critical aerospace structure performance.

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Braiding

Co-molding SMC with braided glass fiber demonstrates truck bed potential

Prepreg co-molding compound by IDI Composites International and A&P Technology enables new geometries and levels of strength and resiliency for automotive, mobility.

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RTM

Designing an infused, two-piece composite baseball bat

With its Icon BBCOR bat, Rawlings leveraged its experience in braided fabrics and RTM to create an optimized, higher-performance two-piece design.

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RTM, dry braided fabric enable faster, cost-effective manufacture for hydrokinetic turbine components

Switching from prepreg to RTM led to significant time and cost savings for the manufacture of fiberglass struts and complex carbon fiber composite foils that power ORPC’s RivGen systems.

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Hybrid process marries continuous, discontinuous composites design

9T Labs and Purdue applied Additive Fusion Technology to engineer a performance- and cost-competitive aircraft bin pin bracket made from compression-molded continuous and discontinuous CFRTP.  

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Glass Fibers

Understanding vacuum bagging layers in production, repair

Recognizing the functions of each layer in a vacuum bag schedule can help users discover what vacuum bag schedules work best for their application.

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