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Ford to turn McDonald's coffee waste into sustainable autocomposites
Ford Motor Co. has teamed up with McDonald’s to turn the fast-food chain’s coffee chaff into automotive headlamp housings and other commercial car parts.
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Scottish rocket facility unveils advanced materials production methods
Orbex offered a peek into its Scotland-based rocket facility, unveiling its carbon fiber winding equipment and 3D printed single piece rocket engines, as well as its new Mission Control Centre.
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Composites Index contracts on weak exports
The Composites Index experienced further contraction in business activity in October, with a reading of 48.3, led by steep contraction in export orders.
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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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