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'Tis the season
Looking for a carbon fiber gift this holiday season? Here are a couple of ideas including a wallet-sized folding tripod.
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Connecting composites to steel
Hyconnect combines glass and steel fibers with welding to lightweight structures.
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3D printed composites with 60% fiber, less than 1% voids
9T Labs advances continuous carbon fiber 3D printing for industrial series structural components.
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Composite deck reduces river ship draft
SAERTEX worked with shipbuilder Neptun Werft to build a composite superstructure to cut weight 45% vs. steel in a river cruiser.
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Removing barriers to lightweighting ships with composites
EU consortia propel large demonstrators, new technology and affordable certification.
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3D filament winding enables vehicle seating concept
Multi-company collaboration uses xFK in 3D and additive manufacturing to develop an ultra-lightweight seat for hypercars and future mobility platforms.
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Product Roundup: November 2019
CW’s roundup of new products for the composites industry — the past month has seen innovations from CVC Thermoset Specialties, Haydale, Hemco Corp., Hexion Inc., PolyOne, Sandvik Coromant, Thermwood, Toray, Volume Graphics and Wisconsin Oven.
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The Rubik’s Cube of working efficiently with different composite materials
Each member of an aerospace OEM’s supply chain works on a different side of the project, ultimately driving toward the same goal: a better composite-intensive aircraft.
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How much is that composite wing in the window?
With Spirit AeroSystems buying Bombardier’s Belfast operations, the future of composites fabrication for large commercial aerostructures starts to come into focus.
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Corvette: A multi-material success history
At the launch of the 2020 C8, Columnist Dale Brosius reflects on the iterations of multi-material innovation in the manufacture of Corvettes over its history.
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FRP, pultrusion enable mobile Antarctic habitat module
Constructed of fire-retardant fiberglass-reinforced polyurethane walls and pultruded beams, the self contained living unit is designed to withstand extreme Antarctic weather conditions.
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Overmolding on the cheap
Innovative injection/compression composites overmolding approach combines smaller injection molded inserts with compression molded parts.
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